**8.2 Challenges for the inclusion of the profession of Biokinetics into the South African public healthcare sector**

These challenges include a lack of recognition for the invaluable role that the profession of Biokinetics can play in the South African public healthcare sector, coupled with the inaccessibility of national funding for Biokinetics positions by the South African Department of Health and a lack of policy regarding strategic planning relating to the inclusion of the profession of Biokinetics in regards to the prevention (fortogenic healthcare paradigm) and management of NCDs (pathogenic healthcare paradigm). The mobilisation of these solutions so as to overcome these challenges is fundamental for the inclusion of the profession of Biokinetics into the public healthcare sector and for the funding of multidisciplinary community health programmes supporting education regarding physical activity interventions and its role in improving health at all levels of society.
