South Africa is considering introducing a universal health care system. A key concern for policy-makers and the general public is whether or not this reform is affordable. Modelling the resource and revenue generation requirements of alternative reform options is...
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NHI will be cheaper in the end | by Zwelinzima Vavi
COSATU GS says the current two tier system is wasteful and unsustainable. Zwelinzima Vavi's Keynote address to the Emerging Market Healthcare gala dinner, Cape Town, November 19 2011: Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at this prestigious gathering of...
Will South Africa finally make progress towards a universal health system? | by Di McIntyre
South Africa has long faced considerable health system equity challenges. In particular, 43% of total health care expenditure is attributable to private health insurance schemes, which only cover 16% of the population. General tax funding allocated to the health...
Will South Africa finally make progress towards a universal health system? | by Di McIntyre
South Africa has long faced considerable health system equity challenges. In particular, 43% of total health care expenditure is attributable to private health insurance schemes, which only cover 16% of the population. General tax funding allocated to the health...
ACB STATEMENT: PATEL’S NEW GROWTH PATH (NGP) SUPPORTS GREEN REVOLUTION FOR SMALL HOLDER FARMERS AND BIOFUELS
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is deeply disturbed and disappointed that Minister Patel’s New Growth Path (NGP) has not embraced new thinking on agriculture policy which requires breaking from a wholly inequitable and ecologically unsustainable...





