Ugu District Office (DC 21)

Telephone: +27 (0) 39 688 3000
Fax: +27 (0) 39 682 6296
Email: khulekani.msomi@kznhealth.gov.za
Postal Address: P/bag X735, Port Shepstone, 4240
Physical Address: 41 Bisset Street Port Shepstone. Main entrance is on Nelson Mandela drive Directions

Senior Management Team:
Mr V Chetty : District Manager
Mr CM Nguza : Manager Corporate Services
Ms HN Khumalo : DDM: Primary Health Care
Mrs N Govender: DDM : Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Vision: Keeping the Healthy in Ugu Healthy and Treating the Sick Holistically

Mission: To develop a sustainable, co-ordinated, integrated and comprehensive health system at all levels of care based on the primary health care approach through the district health system

Core Values

Trust built on truth, integrity and reconciliation
Open communication
Transparency
Consultation
Commitment to performance
Courage to learn
Change and innovate

Goals

Ensure accessible, equitable and customer oriented Health services in the whole District and at all tiers of the Government.

Objectives

Provide preventive and promotive Health Care to empower customers to take responsibility for their own Health
Promote access of communities to all levels of health care available in the Province through an efficient, effective and acceptable referral pathway
Provide adequate resources in order to ensure quality care in the Health Care Facilities at all levels of care
Develop capacity/competencies for the prevention, early detection and management communicable emerging and re-emerging diseases in the District.
Develop strategies for addressing the effects of poverty on the communities

Stakeholders

Municipalities
Other Government Departments: Social Welfare & Population Development, Agriculture, Transport, Housing, Education, SAPS, Correctional Services etc
Traditional Leaders/Healers
Amakhosi’s and Izinduna’s
Community at large
NGO’s & CBO’s
Faith based organization
Suppliers