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About Unjani Clinics

Unjani Clinics NPC

MISSION STATEMENT

BUSINESS CONCEPT

Unjani Clinic is an Enterprise Development initiative aimed at:

Empowering Black Women Professional Nurses;
Creating Permanent Jobs; and
Perfecting a Sustainable Clinic Model for providing primary healthcare.

Originally pioneered by Imperial, the concept was developed out of the need for the urgent transformation in the healthcare system in South Africa; the fact that our country faces the triple affliction of HIV, AIDS & TB; the fact that 84% of our population are dependent on an overburdened Public Sector system; and a costly curative-care based model vs. disease prevention and promotion.

The initiative is delivered through a Non-Profit Company registered as Unjani Clinics NPC, who acts as the support structure in the relationship. The legal structure is based on a Non-Profit Company, without members.

This NPC structure was put in place in order to provide maximum funding benefit to the beneficiaries of Unjani Clinic NPC, the professional nurses that join the network as well as the funders or donors to the NPC (who will receive the necessary legal and tax exemption certificates). All of the clinics are Exempted Micro Enterprises – 100% black women owned and their turnover levels are below R10m annually, thus, the relevant BBBEE Affidavits will be provided to all funders to ensure that they meet the DTI Scorecard requirements.

There are currently 231+ care settings in the Unjani Clinic Network

Founded on an owner-operator model, our clinics serve the “bottom of the pyramid” and under-served markets; ensuring an affordable, quality primary healthcare service and the supply of quality medicines to the people of South Africa. The clinics are based in the communities of our Country ensuring that the service is delivered at the point of need.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Over the past few years, Unjani Clinics NPC has received a number of industry accolades:

Trialogue Strategic CSI Award (2021) in conjunction with Imperial Logistics,
Top 10 in Ask Afrika Da Vinci Awards (2018),
Jobs Fund Social Impact Award (2018),
Johnson & Johnson won Gold in the American Chamber of Commerce Stars of Africa Awards 2017 for the Unjani Clinics Project,
The Institute of Risk Management SA Award for Healthcare (2017),
Mail & Guardian Leaders of the Future Business Award (Runner Up 2017),
Mail & Guardian Investing in the Future Health Award (2015), and
Mail & Guardian Drivers of Change Business Award (2013).

It is immensely gratifying to have our efforts acknowledged by these well-known industry organisations and to realise the value in the Unjani Clinics initiative from an external point of view.