Namo-Health
Health in Still Bay

Represent the interests and serve the needs of all complementary health associations that promote health and wellness in a non-therapeutic manner. Develop positive relationships with the government health system, other health professionals, and the public. In 2000, COCHASA extended its membership to include individual practitioners as due to a need for these individuals to 'find a home'. We currently welcome individual practitioners who have no representative Association that is a member of COCHASA, as Friend of COCHASA members. From 2003, COCHASA's mission became focused on serving the needs of those complementary health associations and individual practitioners that promote health and wellness in a non-therapeutic manner. COCHASA welcomes every opportunity to consult and co-operate with other bodies, including the Government and Parliament on matters of common interest, such as education and training, standards, recognition, discipline, and legislation. Liaise with and if necessary lobby government bodies in the interests of its members. Gain legislative recognition to serve as the representative organisation for wellness approaches. Want to participate in our discussion forums and marketplace? Start by registering for our Members' Zone if you are a member or a friend of COCHASA. Our registered users can participate in the discussions in our M! The information has been sourced from COCHASA members in respect of their various modalities from a variety of journals and reference materials, in order to broaden awareness of complementary modalities in facilitating health and wellbeing. COCHASA, the Executive Committee and its members do not profess to diagnose, treat or cure disease. COCHASA, the Confederation of Complementary Health Associations of South Africa, was established with Mike O'Brien as Chairperson. 'health care services and practitioners of their own choice' This resulted in Mike O'Brian being elected as the chairperson of the Interim Council. Although he was also the chairman of COCHASA he was not accepted onto the Council as a representative of COCHASA. He therefore stepped down as chairman of COCHASA but remained our Honorary President for a number of years. 2004 COCHASA supported a Nationwide Petition for Health Practitioners to practice their chosen profession and for the public's right of choice of Health Care Modality. Some other organisations promised complementary practitioners registration as traditional health practitioners with the statutory council that would be established in accordance with the Act. 2008 COCHASA wrote a number of letters to the Ministry of Health (Marion Borcherds) to request a meeting to discuss a way forward for non-statutory complementary health practitioners, but received no meaningful response other than an acknowledgement of receipt of the letter. Its view was to define the training standards, and co-operate with COCHASA who would continue to serve the practitioner associations and individual members. Some COCHASA members joined this organisation as well, and developed unit standards for their training. Later that year, Ewald Meggersee, founder member and delegate of BSR for many years also passed away. COCHASA continues to hold the space for recognition of non-therapeutic complementary health associations and associate individual practitioners.