Metro spokesman Themba Gadebe says the household registration process is not a scam, it is an intervention
by the Gauteng Department of Health and the metro’s health and social development department who have introduced Ward Based Primary Healthcare Teams (WBOT) in Ekurhuleni, since 2011.
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He says these teams operate from the clinics in specific wards and their objective is to ensure accessible, acceptable primary health care services through education and referral to the nearest clinic.
This is an element of primary health care re-engineering, in preparation for the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Gadebe says they uphold the Batho Pele principles that communities should be served by well identified health personnel at all times, but field workers must have identification.
“They should always wear the identification tags the WBOT teams are provided with while conducting door to door visits.”
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For more information, contact WBOT’s coordinator, Thembi Sedibe, on 011 737 9700.
