We are a Non-Profit Organisation which has a service level agreement with the Department of Health’s Integrated Home Based Care Services Program.

As an NPO IPI’s strategic focus pivots on proactively empowering communities by addressing health promotion, wellness and self-management and prevention of ill health. 

      This focus of empowerment is driven by a people centered approach. IPI’s strategies seek to Identify, collaborate and support (where applicable) relevant governmental and non-governmental initiatives that promote community health and development through effective networking, community and stakeholder engagement. 

This project of IPI provides free home based care services in an integrated manner and identifies health related gaps / needs and trends within the community. The mobilisation of resources and employment opportunities adds to the ethos of empowerment and of a healthier community.

IPI has been part of the Home based Care Network of NPO’s since 2016. 

      IPI has developed an impressive record of good governance on compliance related areas which is borne out through the Monitoring and Evaluation processes of the Dept. of Health. Strong collaborative stakeholder relationships have been established with hospitals and community based organizations that have improved the services of Community Health Care Workers. The bi-annual client surveys that are conducted validate the effectiveness of the services provided to the relevant communities.

The integrated services that IPI provided encompassed the areas of diabetes, hypertension, breast feeding, wound care, HIV, maternal and new born health, child, adolescent health, pregnancy care, babies under the age of 5, sexual and reproductive health, and healthy adults, ageing as well as other chronic illness These services were performed with the requisite dignity and respect for the cultural, religious and privacy needs of clients. 

IPI is committed to maintain the relationship of nurturing and support to the client/patient base that has already been established in certain areas. 

In doing so the relationship of trust and confidence that has been built with IPI and its people-centered approach reduces the burden of dependence on the public health system and largely strengthens the community and the person’s confidence in self-management with knowledge. the sample required for such analysis. The mixture of areas therefore is on the fool proof method of “something old & something new…”. The focus being community wellbeing

There are marked trends in illnesses emanating from the proposed communities IPI would want to manage. The clinical scenario in all these areas are practically identical with minor demographic differences to areas that IPI managed previously. The communities are burdened by e.g. chronic illnesses (hypertension, diabetes, asthma/ copd) TB, HIV, frail care, dementia, and children under 5 (gastro enteritis, pneumonia, TB and HIV) for certain catchment areas in the Abdurrahman service nodes. 

IPI’s rationale for its strategy and service vests in its own concept of wellness.

This concept promotes wellness by extending its understanding of wellness to include other areas that create disease such as but not limited to anxiety about domestic violence issues, maintenance for children, children in need of care, parental rights and responsibilities, older people who are abused in a household. IPI embarked on providing basic training to its CHWS on certain relevant areas so when they become skilled at identifying the reason or contributing factors of concern they have information at their disposal to make appropriate referrals to other relevant government bodies.

Empowerment is not the prerogative of any government, organisations or agency but a basic need for every person on all impacting areas of a person’s life. 

Government, communities and organisations cannot engage in isolation and disharmony strong partnerships (social partnerships) are the lifeblood for growth and development.