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The Primary Health Care Package for South Africa – a set of norms and standards Part 1 Norms and standards for health clinicsPart 2 Norms and standards for community based clinic initiated services Department of HealthPretoriaMarch 2000 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STAKEHOLDERS The production of this document is the culmination of a task that has involved many people in a great deal of work and effort. It benefited greatly from ideas, inputs and critical review from a broad range of participants from National Department of Health, Provincial Health Departments, other Governments Departments (Correctional Services, SAHMS ), Non Governmental Organisations, Universities, Private Hospitals, Professional bodies, Labour organisations and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) The National Department of Health thanks all these contributors. OTHER SUPPORT To individuals not part of either the stakeholder group nor Technical Team Task Team but who were requested to critique and advise on specific chapters related to their areas of specialty (both public and private), our sincere thanks for their for co-operation and assistance. TECHNICAL TASK TEAM A special tribute is paid to the Technical Task Team Members who contributed their time and experience to produce this document. Without their continuous contribution and tireless hard work for the Department of Health, equity would have remained beyond our reach. We applaud them for their efforts. TECHNICAL TASK TEAM MEMBERS Dr John Bennett MSH Equity Project Dr Gary Morris Child Survival Project, Bergville Kwa Zulu Natal Dr Abdul G. Elgoni Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, University of Free State Dr Cameron Bowie UK DFID consultant for Department of Health QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICAL AND SUPPORT STAFF The project was co-ordinated for the National Department of Health by The Directorate: Quality Assurance (QA) located within the Cluster: Health Information, Evaluation and Research (HIER). T