ECareFoundation

Enhancing Care Foundation (ECF) is a not for profit, public benefit organisation which aims to promote better quality health care in South Africa.

[World Health Organization South-East Asia @WHOSEARO]

Human health, animal health and environmental health are interconnected. 🌱

What we release into the environment returns to us - it comes back through the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.

That is why safeguarding our planet is important.

#OneHealth #HealthyFuture #EnvironmentalHealth #TogetherForHealth

[EDCTP @EDCTP]

Biofabri & @IAVI announce partnership to advance MTBVAC into efficacy trials. EDCTP supports the development of MTBVAC through two projects, MTBVAC-Newborns and MTBVACN3. https://t.co/6tLpN7P5gS

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Ebola disease is a severe, often fatal illness transmitting from animals to humans and between humans.

Here’s what you need to know about how it spreads, the symptoms, and how to prevent infection.

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Today is a wonderful day to thank all those who give blood so others can live.

And if you can give blood, but have not- today is a good day to start!
#BloodDonorDay #GiveBloodSaveLives #EnhancingCare

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Today ensures that awareness is increased regarding the access to menstrual hygiene that women have across the world. It is a basic human right that women worldwide should have access to sanitary materials during their period. #MenstrualHygieneDay #EnhancingCare

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Nurses have to juggle a lot of responsibilities. They have to master the clinical skills to treat patients' health concerns. They have to be organized and efficient so that they can attend to all of their duties each day. Needless to say, it takes a special person to be a nurse!

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

DID YOU KNOW: Arthritis literally means joint inflammation. "Arth" refers to the joints, and "itis" refers to inflammation.There are more than 100 different types of arthritis affecting people of all ages, including about 300,000 children. #AthritisAwarenessMonth #GetChecked

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

MAY is Arthritis Awareness Month.
Did you know that 1 in 5 South Africans could be living with arthritis? At least 50% of those people are unaware of their status.
#GetChecked #ArthritisDoesntDiscriminate #EnhancingCare #ArthritisAwarenessMonth

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
#NursesAreHeroes #NursesCare #EnahncingCareWithNurses #FlorenceNightingale 👩‍⚕️🏥

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

South Africa’s mining industry is conscious that, for a range of reasons, TB and HIV-Aids are a special challenge for our members and their employees. This Workers Day, we are reminded of the rights of these mine workers to receive basic healthcare to eradicate these diseases.

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people fell ill with TB, and 1.6 million died from the disease (including 0.3 million among people with HIV). SA ranks highest in the world for TB infections! #tbfacts #tbtesting #tbtreatment

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

25th April is Malaria Day. Malaria is a leading killer disease in tropical Africa. Millions of children under the age of five years fall victim to this endemic monster. It, therefore, takes the effort of every person to curb and eradicate malaria globally. #BringAwareness

[TB Alliance @TBAlliance]

The art of killing a superbug: https://t.co/RpkuzRaWJr via @paimadhu #tuberculosis #stopsuperbugs

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

@ecarefoundation recognizes the importance of #HIV testing, status awareness & continued focus in HIV prevention & treatment efforts made among transgender& gender non-binary people.
#ECF #GetTested #HIV #NTHTD #knowyourstatus

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Enhancing Care Foundation offers Nurse Initiated Management of Ant-Retroviral Therapy (NIMART) Training to qualified nurses. If you are a nurse looking to broaden your qualification, check this out👇
#EnhancingCare #ECF #ARTs #NIMART #NurseTraining

[ECareFoundation @ecarefoundation]

Since its also a Thursday, #throwback to #WorldAIDSDay2010
#DurbanInternationalClinicalResearchSite #ECF #TBT

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Everyone needs to know their status. Lack of #HIV diagnosis is a major obstacle to treatment, care & prevention services. #WorldAIDSDay https://t.co/8N2RIzY4m3

[World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO]

Expanded use of HIV self-testing can help achieve the UN 90-90-90 targets by 2020. #WorldAIDSDay https://t.co/4YCfz0H6iZ

[World Health Organization South-East Asia @WHOSEARO]

Today is #WorldAIDSDay 2016
To end #AIDS we have to “Prevent, Test and Treat All” ❗️
https://t.co/RIrhUeTMKK
#Aids2016 #AIDSDay #HIV

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#WorldAIDSDay:
#HIVSelfTest should open the door for many more people to know their #HIV status and find out how to get treatment