The paper will examine the recent incorporation of African traditional healers into the larger government-regulated health system. The new legislation passed by government is an attempt to legally recognize the fact that African traditional healers in South Africa play a significant role as part of th...
South African Health CareLowinger, PaulBritish Medical AssociationBmj British Medical Journal
railroad, fishing, and agriculture industries. A small number of Indian Muslim men had also “jumped ship” and settled in New Orleans, New York City, and various other cities in the South, making a living as peddlers and intermarrying with local African American women in the period between ...
The purpose of this study was to derive key health system domains and indicators necessary to measure the performance of the health system for perinatal care in South African district hospitals. Methods The Delphi technique was used in collecting data from a panel with experts drawn from ...
South Africa's success in reforming its health care delivery system will depend very largely on its success in reforming its shattered political and economic structure. In this article, the author describes the social, political, and economic factors that dominate the South African scene and suggests...
In order to explore intersections between migration, mobility and the South African health system, and taking into consideration the three concerns raised above, the Migration, Gender and Health Systems (MiGHS) project - a collaboration between the Universities of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and Cape ...
South African medical schemes are non-profit trusts that their members own. The contributions made by the members are put together and used to pay pertinent medical costs where necessary while keeping a legislated surplus (at least a 25 percent solvency ratio) to prevent the scheme from collapsin...
A project utilising the social franchising business model, harvesting best practices, has been implemented with the aim of developing a system to ensure reliably excellent healthcare service provision in every facility in North West. The services of social franchising consultants have been procured to ...
At an individual level, a key issue for TB was access to health education in local South African languages. Strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorder (SDG3.5) The qualitative assessment found target 3.5 to be a priority area for action in all sites. It was perceived as ...
These challenges relate easily to the state of South African public health care in general. While there have been a number of initiatives to improve health care, the level of care is generally regarded as below the standard expected. Challenges identified include lack of human resources, long wai...