The Pixley Ka Seme municipality and the Department of Health, in collaboration with various stakeholders, joined the global community this past weekend to commemorate World Environmental Health Day to raise awareness of the importance of environmental health in the prevention and control of infectious diseases to ensure healthier communities. The municipality provides on their social media that the Environmental Health Practitioners of Pixley ka Seme District Municipality were also recognized nationally and awarded for the Heroic Delivery of Extraordinary Environmental Health Services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The award was awarded in absentia at the World Environmental Health Commemoration held in Stellenbosch on the 26 and 27 September 2023 and as a result hereof the municipality used the opportunity during these proceedings to unvail and present the award to the attending workforce of the municipality.
Journalist: Mbali Masiza
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