Year | Policy development |
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1977 (Apartheid era) | The Potgieter commission emphasized intersectoral collaboration, early identification of CAMH disorders at primary healthcare level and in schools, and increasing capacity of teachers and health staff to identify CAMH disorders [14] |
1994 (post-apartheid era) | The first democratic President acknowledged the importance of children and their vulnerability [14] |
1997 | White paper for the transformation of the health system in South Africa [15] |
National Policy guidelines for improved mental health care [16] | |
2001–2003 | National policy guidelines for youth health and CAMH [14] |
2003 | National CAMH policy guidelines, 2003 [14] |
2002 | National mental health care act, no. 17 of 2002 [17] |
2003 | Norms and standards to develop CAMH services [18] |
2005 | A situational analysis of CAMH services in South Africa [19] |
2008 | The draft of the strategic mental health plan for the Northern Cape Province finalised by the national multidisciplinary committee (NHC), awaiting adoption as of 2016 [20] |
2012 | The national mental health summit facilitated the adoption of the national mental health policy guidelines to improve mental health care [13] |
2012 | The mental health summit adopted the “Ekurhuleni declaration” [13] |
2013 | The “mental health policy framework and strategic plan” was formally adopted for implementation [13] |