Have Your Say: National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill [B16B–2017]

The Select Committee on Social Services invites interested people and stakeholders to submit written comments on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill.

The Amendment Bill seeks:

To provide for the establishment of the National Public Health Institute of South Africa in order to coordinate, and where appropriate to conduct, disease and injury surveillance; to provide for specialised public health services, public health interventions, training and research directed towards the major health challenges affecting the population of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Written presentation must be received by no later than 12:00 on Friday 16 November 2018.

Enquiries, as well as written submissions, can be directed to: Ms Marcelle Williams, Select Committee on Social Services, Parliament of RSA, P.O. Box 15, Cape Town 8000 or e-mailed to: mawilliams@parliament.gov.za.  

Copies of the Bill can be obtained from Ms Marcelle Williams on tel. 021 403 3799, cell: 083 709 8451 or at www.parliament.gov.za

Issued by MP Dlamini, Ms LC, Chairperson: Select Committee on Social Services.