NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 939
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 26 April 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 10)
Mrs C Dudley (ACDP) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether the figures for Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) have been
released; if so, (a) how can the information be obtained and (b) what are
the further relevant details?
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REPLY:
a) Yes. The data for all terminations performed according to the
provision of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, as amended,
are captured on the District Health Information System (DHIS) as and
when they are reported by service providers. They are availed
according to valid requests to the Department, for example, upon
request by Parliament.
b) There are no further details.
END.