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WATCH | How this Soweto project rolls out its own NHI

Thanks to community health workers tracking the health of 30,000 residents through frequent home visits, people feel healthier and fall ill less often

Chiawelo Community Practice health workers visit the homes of residents and lead fitness groups.
Chiawelo Community Practice health workers visit the homes of residents and lead fitness groups. (Screenshot/YouTube)

For the past decade the Chiawelo Community Practice in Soweto has quietly transformed how healthcare can work — instead of waiting for people to need medical attention, community health workers visit their homes and lead fitness groups. Is this what healthcare could be under the National Health Insurance?

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