Environmental Health Services

Goals and Objectives

• To facilitate the evaluation and monitoring of the standard of water quality, sanitation and health care risk waste management and disposal for the people of KwaZulu-Natal;
• To develop strategies to capacitate Health officials to impart knowledge to the persons of KwaZulu-Natal in order to empower them to be responsible for their own health and quality of life;
• To coordinate and manage the implementation of a Food Monitoring System that will ensure that all Domestic and Imported Foodstuffs comply with the provision of all applicable legislation;
• To coordinate the rendering of a comprehensive Port Health Service in terms of applicable Legislation at all Points of Entry into the Province of KwaZulu-Natal
• To reduce morbidity and mortality from Malaria and to strengthen and improve Environmental Health Information System.

Objectives

• To facilitate and support all the Districts in developing and implementing a programme for conducting community surveys, inspections of  generators of Health Care Risk waste and water quality monitoring;
   
• To facilitate participation of all Public hospitals in the Waste Management and disposal contract;
   
• To strengthen the capacity in health and hygiene education for Environmental Health Services in Districts;
   
• Strengthen coordination of the implementation of the Food Monitoring Programme;
   
• To improve the quality of service rendering for Port Health services in the Province;
• To further reduce the prevalence and incidence of Malaria morbidity and monitoring by 20% and 5% respectively;
• To finalize the improved Environmental Health Information System