Women's Health, Child Health and Nutrition Clinic - South Africa

Community health workers (CHWs), who are trained, salaried workers elected by and answerable to their communities, speak with mothers in Brown's Farm or Samora Machel who are waiting to be admitted to nutrition clinics in an effort to make them aware of resources available within their community; at the same time, mothers provide the CHWs with information. The nutrition clinic is run every fortnight by three CHWs, one coordinator, and a primary health care sister.

CHWs also carry out home visits, which involve assessing children and adding those whose weight is below the 3rd percentile to a malnutrition register. These cases are then referred to the nutrition clinics. At the clinic, the children are weighed and their progress is noted. The clinic CHWs also educate the mothers about malnutrition, health issues, and social issues.

Women, Children, Nutrition, Health.

Funded by the European Union and the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape (PAWC), Zanempilo is a South African NGO that delivers holistic primary health care services to disadvantaged peri-urban and rural communities in the Western Cape.