Department of Health

Gqeberha's health landscape reflects an Eastern Cape city managing both public health delivery and disease prevention across a diverse urban population. The Department of Health operates in an environment shaped by high disease burden, including tuberculosis and HIV-related conditions requiring ongoing public health programmes and clinic-based care. The department coordinates immunisation campaigns, maternal health services, chronic disease management, and communicable disease control — all critical in a port city with mobile populations and informal settlements alongside formal suburbs. Water quality, sanitation, and disease surveillance are constant operational concerns. Resource allocation and service integration between primary healthcare clinics, community health workers, and referral systems define the department's daily work.