health care services

RHAP Programme Manager: Rural-Proofing Policy and Budgeting (RPB) Programme for Improved Access to Quality Health Care in Rural South Africa

Employer: 
Wits Health Consortium
Closing Date: 
9 November 2012

The Rural Health Advocacy Project is a partnership initiative between the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA), the Wits Centre for Rural Health (WCRH) and Section27. The work of the RHAP revolves around the constitutional right of rural and remote communities to have equitable access to comprehensive, quality health care.

The RHAP has established a new programme that aims to improve access to quality health care services in rural South Africa through more equitable and effective planning and financing of rural health services.

Main purpose of the job

To lead, coordinate and implement the RPB Programme objectives

Location

Braamfontein, Johannesburg

HST Update #5

Series Name: 
HST Update
Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

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Published by: 
UCT Health Economics Unit

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Strengthening Health Systems in Southern Africa 1992-2007 - HST Conference Report 2007

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

HST Conference: 10-11 October 2007, Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg

The 2007 HST Conference, Strengthening Health Systems in Southern Africa 1992-2007, provided a platform for a critical review of HSTs contribution to health research utilization in policy making and an understanding of information use to inform management decisions, to improve the quality of health service delivery. The conference also highlighted the challenges to equitable access to health services by poor and rural communities.

Refugees Perceptions of their Health Status & Quality of Health Care Services in Durban, South Africa: A Community-Based Survey

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

Health problems experienced by the majority of displaced population, either through natural catastrophes or man-made disasters pose major challenges for public health systems worldwide.4 The diversity of problems experienced by refugees requires diverse approaches, including diseases surveillance, control and prevention.

Evaluation of hospital information system in the Northern Province in South Africa - Using Outcome Measures

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust
In 1995 the National Department of Health (NDOH) established a National Committee to develop a National Health Information System Strategy for South Africa (NHIS/SA). The committee was made up of members from each of the nine provinces. The objective of the NHIS/SA was to provide management information for managers and health workers. The committee identified patient care and financial information systems as crucial for health care management in the country.

Bringing Health Closer to People - Local Government and District Health System

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust
Bringing health closer to people has long been a goal for us in South Africa. Putting this idea into practice means that health care should be provided by local government, the sphere of government closest to people. The demarcation of the municipal boundaries, and the local government elections in the year 2000, signaled a critical step towards achieving this goal.

Protecting Efficient Comprehensive and Integrated Primary Health Care- Principles for Inter-Governmental Contracts/Service Agreements

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust
This document reflects on the nature of inter-governmental relationships, the type of contract most likely to be appropriate in helping to define and control them, as well as some of the potential pitfalls of an overly zealous approach to contracting for a service such as primary health care. In addition to the type, design and content of contracts, three other issues are highlighted.