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Association for Spina Bifida + Hydrocephalus

About us

Spina Bifida Association of South Africa

We are a registered and fully constituted NPO (Not for Profit Organization). We launched ASBAH SA in association with the Spina Bifida parent organization support group and the Spinal Defects Clinic at Red Cross War Memorial Hospital in Cape Town (South Africa).

Our Main Objectives are:

To protect and promote the interests of all persons with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and related disabilities .
To promote and/or support measures which will prevent or reduce the occurrence of disabling conditions and their effects.
To promote,undertake and or support such accessible and equitable community based medical, educational, vocational, social, recreational rehabilitation and social services and facilities as may be required by persons with disabilities to achieve independence.

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Aims & Objectives

We are committed to outreach and education, but often lack the forum in which to be most effective.

We would really like to get involved with workshops for public health and community health centre staff and school health nurses.

We have a continuously growing database of patients and the aim is to connect with these persons individually.

Our Helpline programme is aimed to also provide each patient with a handheld personal record card.