Witkoppen Health + Welfare Centre

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High rates of HIV Testing and Care by siteadmin

As of 2011, we are one of the few clinics in South Africa providing the leading technology in rapid point of care TB diagnostics, the GeneXpert® System.

Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre was involved in a research study which resulted in a paper discussing the high rates of HIV testing and care among patients suspected of TB at the same clinic. This paper has been selected as a poster presentation at the 6^th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Rome, Italy on the 17^th - 20^th July 2011.

Witkoppen Health & Welfare Centre Expansion by host

The need for the medicine and psychosocial services provided at Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre’s “one stop shop” is always increasing. Approximately 10 000 patients pass through the doors each month. A recent expansion project has added an additional 400m² of much needed space.

Press Release - Wellness Day by host

Practise what you preach. That’s Witkoppen Health & Welfare Centre’s philosophy. So on Friday 11th February the clinic will be closed to the public and instead will be a Health & Wellness Day for its staff of 130. The Social Committee has organised for the staff to have the opportunity to;-

Mobile Clinic by host

Another milestone was reached in Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre’s meteoric growth when a new mobile clinic was handed to the organisation.

It now services the communities of Diepsloot, Kya Sands and the Thabo Mbeki informal settlement at the Lion Park.

Thought to be the first mobile clinic owned and run by a non-profit organisation in northern Gauteng, it is the culmination of four years’ joint effort and fund-raising by the Rotary Clubs of Kyalami and Copenhagen, Denmark and St. Michael’s Church in Bryanston, which raised almost R500 000.