SHAWCO Health

SHAWCO (Students Health and Welfare Centres Organisation) Health provides free primary healthcare (PHC) to different developing communities within the Cape Metropol. We offer services at a PHC level in terms of womens health, family health, paediatrics and health and rehabilitation to approximately 4000 patients every year. SHAWCO Health co-ordinates eight student-run clinics each week in over 12 developing communities: six clinics which operate at night from Monday to Wednesday in various Cape Town communities; one paediatric clinics every month; and a Womens Health Clinic every month which serves refugees in association with the Scalibrini Centre. Each clinic has a qualified doctor to supervise the volunteer students, and a registered dispensing nurse who oversees the clinic pharmacy. All services and treatment is offered free of charge to patients. SHAWCO Health, along with SHAWCO Education, is one of the 2 major sectors of SHAWCO. It is a dynamic, innovative and passionate s...