Getting the community talking about NHI
The Mabopane Health Forum in northern Tshwane held a planning meeting last week around how they will stimulate community dialogue around the NHI. Civil society, the Department of Health (sub-district) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) attended the meeting.
‘It is about time that we as community leaders take responsibility of our lives and the environment we are living in by sharing the knowledge and creating understanding of the [NHI] concept within our constituencies by engaging in a form of a dialogue,’ said Fanyana Tshabalala, manager of Katekani Community Project, a civil society organisation in Mabopane.
Mrs Mmadira, a ward committee member said: ‘It is also important to report back to the community after the consultations with the Minister of Health on the insurance scheme. It will also be an opportunity to listen to the views of the constituencies on a public health system.’
A date for the community dialogue will be set for November.
* Mahlangu is an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the Tshwane district in Gauteng.
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Getting the community talking about NHI
by Health-e News, Health-e News
November 1, 2012