Franklin

The White Paper on the Transformation of the Health System in South Africa tabled by the Department of Health to Parliament in April this year reaffirms the Governments commitment to Primary Health Care (PHC) as a foundation for the new unified National Health System. Although Primary Health Care is generally accepted as the way to go to right some of the wrongs of the apartheid past, there are different views regarding implementation. Not least in this debate, is the training of PHC workers.

The Travelling Seminar on the Attainability and Affordability of Equity in Health Care Provision was held against the background of South African commitment to redressing past injustices, and a rekindling of international public health interest in achieving greater equity. Its intention was to reflect on international experience, in reviewing the implementation of strategies towards greater equity in health care provision in South Africa