Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa

DENOSA is holding a five-day training programme called Health Workers For Teens at the DENOSA head office currently until Friday where 31 health workers from four provinces (Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KZN, are undergoing an intensive training of trainers focusing on how to handle and understand the behavioural patterns of teens who are still at school and to provide them with the necessary health care at the time that they need such. Some of the attendees are nurse educators as well as school nurses from schools in these provinces. The training is being provided by DENOSA Professional Institute (DPI), the professional wing of DENOSA which looks after professional development of nurses in South Africa. 

The trainers are undergoing training from DPI’s head, Dr Daphney Nozizwe Conco and Manager of Training, Wanda Mlotshwa. The trainees will then go back to their provinces and train other members, as a way to grow the knowledge map to health professionals so they could also play a critical role in strengthening the health education for teenagers.