National Health InsuranceSouth AfricaIntroduction: South Africa has the highest HIV/AIDS incidence in the world. Health is one of the priority areas of the government of South Africa, owing to high disease burden and healthcare inequality. Although substantial improvements to healthcare services have...
Introduction: South Africa has the highest HIV/AIDS incidence in the world. Health is one of the priority areas of the government of South Africa, owing to high disease burden and healthcare inequality. Although substantial improvements to healthcare services have been achieved since the fall of ...
In South Africa, UHC is currently being pursued through a policy proposal to implement a National Health Insurance (NHI) [26]. At present, South Africa’s health system is sharply divided between public and private sectors [26]. Both public and private sectors are governed by the Minister of...
PolicySouth AfricaThe position that states take in the international sphere on health andintellectual property (IP) policy matters is influenced by their nationalexperiences and positions. Similarly, the national arena is influenced by globalhealth diplomacy. This paper seeks to examine how this ...
An analysis of the origins and outcome of the Gluckman Commission is relevant to the current health service debate in South Africa. Fundamental to the report's recommendations was the establishment of a unitary health service responsible for all health care functions within the Union of South Africa...
At the sub-national level however, again using South Africa as an example, health sections within climate change adaptation plans are often limited (i.e. provincial (Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy, 2014), local (Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the City of Cape Town...
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South Africa US pressure leads to 95 Libyans arrested in South Africa, Irish link Confusion surrounds the intelligence which led to the arrest of 95 Libyans at a military training camp in South Africa. Government officials claim that the country’s intelligence officers were responsible for the...
Turkey is about to declare (and celebrate) Universal Coverage in 2013, and Mexico [10], Chile [11] and Thailand [12] are major success stories in offering healthcare and financial protection from health spending, to all of their citizens. South Africa, Indonesia, Ghana, the Philippines, are...
In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) ...