Ministerial

Department of Health

Objectives

  • To provide sustainable health care interventions to the people of Siavonga district so that they can contribute meaningfully to the development of the district.
  • To train and retain adequate and appropriate staff at all levels.
  • To reduce morbidity and mortality due to malaria in the general Siavonga population.
  • To halt new infections and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/TB/STI’s in Siavonga through effective interventions.
  • To reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters and mortality rate among children under the age of five years by two-thirds.
  • To contribute to the reduction in morbidity and mortality among the general population in Siavonga through improved provision of nutrition services.
  • To reduce the incidence of water-borne diseases.
  • To provide equity of access for all Siavonga residents to good quality efficacious and safe essential drugs and medical supplies.
  • To provide appropriate, efficient, cost-effective and affordable laboratory support services at health center and hospital levels in the district.
  • To provide sustainable infrastructure, conducive for the delivery of quality health services at all levels of the health care system.
  • To significantly improve public health surveillance and control of epidemics.
  • To ensure that all health care services are provided in a cost effective and efficient manner in the district.
  • Hence, Siavonga DHO’s mandate lies in ensuring that all the elements of health care are effectively implemented at all levels of care (health centers and hospitals). It is the responsibility of the Siavonga DHO to distribute the financial and material resources it receives from MOH equitably to all its facilities. All the health centers in the district operate on a yearly action plan and budget.

 

3.1.6 PUBLIC HEALTH

Siavonga Town Council Public Health interact with several pieces of legislations some of which are:-

  • The Constitution of Zambia
  • The Public Health Act Cap 295.
  • The Food and Drugs Act Cap 303.
  • The Liquor Licensing Act, No.20 Of 2011
  • The Control of Dogs Act Cap 421
  • Local Government Act Cap 281.
  • Several Statutory instruments and By-laws

MAIN FUNCTION

  1. Food Quality monitoring
  2. Meat and Meat Products Inspection
  3. Water Quality Monitoring
  4. Waste Management
  5. Liquor Trade Management
  6. Scrutiny of Building Plans
  7. Pests/Vector Control
  8. Health Education
  9. Control of Public Nuisances
  10. Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
  11. Inspection of premises

DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTIONS

  1. FOOD QUALITY MONITORNG
  • Food quality control
  • Seizure of food staffs
  • Issuance of Disposal certificates
  • Food permits
  • Food poisoning investigations
  • Food Sampling
  • Food Complaints/Food poisoning investigations
    1. MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS INSPECTION
  • Meat inspection
  • Management of waste
  • Monitor/report diseases to Veterinary department
    1. WATER QUALITY MONITORING
  • Water sampling (urban and Rural areas)
  • Water analysis Routine inspections
  • Distribution of treatment chemicals eg Chlorine in times of need

 

  1. WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Monitor waste Generation
  • Storage
  • Collection
  • Transportation
  • Disposal
  • Street sweeping/cleansing
  • Waste management contracts
  • Issuance of permit to use dump site
  • Supervision of private companies managing waste
    1. LIQUOR TRADE MANAGEMENT
  • General inspection of premises as routine and purpose of licensing
  • Procedures for acquiring a liquor license
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) practice
  1. SCRUTINY OF BUILDING PLANS
  • Check on compliance with the Building Regulations
  • Final inspection of buildings for purpose of issuing occupation certificates
  • Issuance of Partial Occupational certificate
  • Full Occupational certificates
    1. PESTS/VECTOR CONTROL
  • Spraying
  • EIC services
  • Spraying (including indoor residual spraying)
  • Fumigation (e.g.  Bee eradication)
  • Larviciding
  • Dog population control
  • Trainings
    1. HEALTH EDUCATION
  • Trainings
  • Public meetings
  • Drama
  • Public address system
  1. CONTROL OF PUBLIC NUISANCES
  • Conduct patrols
  • Attend to public complaints
  • Prosecutions
  • IEC activities

 

  1. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
  • IEC activities
  • Enforcement of statutes on prevention
  • Distribution of preventive materials/chemicals
  • Contact tracing
  • Burial of the dead
  • Facilitation of multi sector approaches
  • Resource mobilization.
    1. INSPECTION OF PREMISES
  • Public /private premises
  • Industries, factories, etc
  • Moveable vessels on Land, water and air
  • Land were public gatherings are conducted

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