Johannesburg - The Gauteng Health Department has launched sixteen mobile clinics to combat non-communicable diseases in communities.
Health MEC, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, says they will be strategically placed to enhance healthcare access and ensure no one is excluded from quality healthcare.
The mobile clinics are equipped with an ablution block.
The Gauteng Provincial Government’s Township, Informal Settlement, Hostels (TISH) programme aims to ensure that citizens in disadvantaged areas are not left behind.
Gauteng Health spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba said ,"Mobile clinics have to start work immediately.
"They will operating in all five district, in particularly targeting TISH communities."
"These are the townships, informal settlements and hostels especially to the periphery the areas that hard to reach."