ZEPRS

District STD Quality of Care Assessment (DISCA)

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Health Systems Trust
The care and management of patients with STDs is inadequate in South Africa. The endemicity of STDs, and the synergy between STDs and HIV, makes rectification of this situation urgent. To improve and sustain the quality of STD care delivery at primary care level, it is essential that district managers are given a method of obtaining quality of care information at regular intervals.