Demography

South African Health Review 2008

Series Name: 
South African Health Review
Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

The theme of this 13th edition of the Review, launched in December 2008, is Primary Health Care in South Africa: A review of 30 years since Alma Ata. The SAHR 2008 chapters focus on critical issues in Primary Health Care. The Review includes a national and international perspective of Primary Health Care, and focuses on areas such as policy and legislation, determinants of health, lifestyle, infectious diseases, mental health, maternal and child health, nutrition and environmental health. The SAHR reviews issues around human resources, finance, and information. It also looks at research on health systems, the role of the private and non-governmental organisations in Primary Health Care, and ends with the relevant health and related indicators chapter.

Full SAHR 2008 [pdf 10.5MB]

Foreword [pdf 833Kb]
Contents and Acknowledgements [pdf 460Kb]
Editorial [pdf 509Kb]

Primary Health Care: In Context
1 International Perspective on Primary Health Care Over the Past 30 Years [pdf 599Kb]
2 A Perspective on Primary Health Care in South Africa [pdf 570Kb]
3 Health Legislation and Policy [pdf 616Kb]
4 Determinants of Health and their Trends [pdf 311Kb]

Primary Health Care: Programme Areas
5 Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases [pdf 637Kb]
6 STIs, HIV and AIDS and TB: Progress and Challenges [pdf 624Kb]
7 Community Access to Mental Health Services: Lessons and Recommendations [pdf 541Kb]
8 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: 30 Years On [pdf 595Kb]
9 Nutrition: A Primary Health Care Perspective [pdf 668Kb]
10 Developments in Environmental Health [pdf 1.32Mb]

Primary Health Care: Systems Support
11 Strengthening Human Resources for Primary Health Care [pdf 676Kb]
12 Primary Health Care Financing in the Public Sector [pdf 614Kb]
13 Information for Primary Health Care [pdf 629Kb]
14 A Review of Health Research in South Africa from 1994 to 2007 [pdf 600Kb]
15 The Role of Private and Other Non-Governmental Organisations in Primary Health Care [pdf 590Kb]

Indicators
16 Health and Related Indicators [pdf 5.88Mb]

Glossary [pdf 62Kb]
Index [pdf 60Kb]

Knowledge Management and Monitoring

The overall goal of the HealthLink cluster is to disseminate knowledge. This is undertaken through the strategic use, analysis and distribution of health and related information to enhance evidence-based management. HealthLink is also involved in advocacy and equity projects which serve to improve the quality and availability of reliable information and support the implementation of the National Strategic Plan.

Public Health Association of South Africa

Link: 
http://www.phasa.za.org
The mission of the Public Health Association of South Africa is to build an association of those involved in health and health-related activities to promote greater equity in health in South Africa. PHASA advocates equitable access to the basic conditions necessary to achieve health for all South African as well as equitable access to effective health care. PHASA will work with other public health associations and related organisations and advocate on national and international issues that impact on the conditions for a healthy society.

Reproductive Health Gateway

Link: 
http://www.rhgateway.org
Includes some links but acts as a portal for searching for reproductive health information on the web. RHGateway spiders the contents of over 55 web sites with information on reproductive health (WHO, CDC, etc) providing a quick and easy way to search for reproductive health information.

Policy Project

Link: 
http://www.policyproject.com
POLICY Project works with host-country governments and civil society groups to achieve a more supportive policy environment for family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV/AIDS, and maternal health. Multisectoral engagement, community and organizational empowerment, and promotion of human rights and gender equality characterize POLICY's approaches to better reproductive health policies and programs.

INASP Health

Link: 
http://www.inasp.info/health/
INASP - International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications. INASP-Health is a cooperative network for organizations concerned with improving access to reliable information for health professionals in resource-poor countries.

Frontiers in Reproductive Health

Link: 
http://www.popcouncil.org/frontiers/
Frontiers in Reproductive Health is a global operations research project that helps decisionmakers shape reproductive health policies and programs. It provides the empirical base for implementing successful, innovative, high-quality family planning and reproductive health programs.

Health Policy and Planning

Link: 
http://heapol.oupjournals.org/
Health Policy and Planning blends specialities such as epidemiology, health and development economics, management and social policy, planning and social anthropology.

The International Database (IDB)

Link: 
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
A computerised source of demographic and socio-economic statistics for 227 countries and areas of the world. It is maintained by the US Census Bureau's International Programs Center. Some of the major types of data available in the IDB include: population by age and sex as well as vital rates, infant mortality and life tables.