ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 11(2) OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT
1998 (ACT 107 OF 1998) - FOURTH EDITION 2020-2025
Issued 7 October 2022
The fourth edition EMP outlines the department’s plans, policies and programmes in respect of the environment, underpinned by known or plausible cause-and-effect relationships between the environment and human health. Section 2 of the EMP outlines environmental management functions of the DOH which are mainly positioned within its environmental health policies, plans and programmes such as water quality monitoring, communicable diseases control and environmental pollution control, amongst others, mainly focused on the identification, assessment and control of environmental (physical, biological, chemical) factors in the environment that may impact human health adversely. Programmes and activities of the NDOH with a potential to impact negatively on the environment if not properly managed are also outlined, with specific plans on the minimisation, avoidance and management thereof.
