# OnCo record south-africa-national-department-of-health (institution). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/institutions/south-africa-national-department-of-health/>
  a schema:MedicalOrganization ;
  onco:kind "institution" ;
  schema:identifier "south-africa-national-department-of-health" ;
  schema:name "National Department of Health, South Africa"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "NDoH"@en, "Department of Health (South Africa)"@en, "National Essential Medicines List Committee"@en, "NEMLC"@en ;
  schema:description "South Africa's national health ministry. Through its National Essential Medicines List Committee it decides which cancer medicines public hospitals should use, it sets the national cervical and breast cancer policies, and it is responsible for the National Health Insurance Act, which has not yet taken effect."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/institutions/south-africa-national-department-of-health/>, <https://www.health.gov.za> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.health.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tertiary-and-Quaternary-EM-Recommendations-July-2026.pdf>, <https://www.health.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trastuzumab-Neoadjuvant-Therapy-for-Early-Breast-Cancer-NEMLC-Limited-Review-N-June-2026.pdf>, <https://knowledgehub.health.gov.za/system/files/elibdownloads/2023-04/Cervical%2520Cancer%2520Prevention%2520Policy.pdf>, <https://knowledgehub.health.gov.za/system/files/elibdownloads/2023-04/Breast-Cancer-Policy-2017.pdf>, <https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/202405/50664nathealthinsuranceact202023.pdf>, <https://presidency.gov.za/node/9772> ;
  schema:addressCountry "ZA" ;
  schema:addressLocality "Pretoria" ;
  schema:latitude "-25.746"^^xsd:decimal ;
  schema:longitude "28.188"^^xsd:decimal ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/cml/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-vaccine/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/trastuzumab/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/fulvestrant/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/lenalidomide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/imatinib/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-registry-south-africa/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/nhls-south-africa/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/sahpra/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/council-for-medical-schemes/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/wits-charlotte-maxeke/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/steve-biko-academic-hospital/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-machalek-hpv-vaccine-impact-south-africa-lancet-glob-health-2026/> .