Health

Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies

Recent substantial increases in international attention to health have been accompanied by demands for statistics that accurately track health progress and performance, evaluate the impact of health programs and policies, and increase accountability at country and global levels. The use of results-based financing mechanisms by major global donors has created further demand for timely and reliable data for decision-making. In addition, there is increasing country demand for data in the context of health sector strategic plans, including in countries that have established International Health Partnership (IHP+) compacts.

Statement by the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, on the National Health Leaders' Retreat 2010

26 January 2010

Good afternoon ladies and Gentlemen

Thank you for responding to our invitation. You are joining us here at the end of three days of intensive deliberations.

We gathered as the National Health Leadership together with International Experts from more than eight different countries chosen because those countries have experience in dealing with many of the major health policy challenges we, as South African, are also faced with.

Global Fund Board affirms importance of links with health systems partnerships

At its 20th Board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) affirmed its commitment to joint collaboration with global health partnerships on health systems strengthening. In addition to strong working relationships with public-private partnerships such as Stop TB, Roll Back Malaria and UNITAID, the Global Fund works closely with other global actors including GAVI, WHO, the World Bank, UNAIDS and, increasingly, with newer health system-focused partnerships such as the International Health Partnership (IHP+), the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA), as well as HMN.

District Health Barometer 2007/08

The Health Systems Trust (HST) released its latest edition of the District Health Barometer on the 6th of July at the HISA conference, Emperors Palace, Gauteng. The publication illustrates important aspects of the health system at district level through the analysis of a selected range of health indicators from which comparisons among districts and provinces can be made. Data feeding into the report are drawn from a range of sources including the national Department of Health, Statistics SA, the TB register and the national Treasury. It is the only publication of its kind in South Africa that makes available comparative data for the purpose of measuring and tracking progress in primary health care at the district level.

PRESS RELEASE: The Hidden Epidemic Amongst Former Miners: Silicosis, Tuberculosis and the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

The Hidden Epidemic Amongst Former Miners: Silicosis, Tuberculosis and the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

A powerful indictment upon institutionalised neglect
With this ground-breaking piece of research published by the Health Systems Trust, Jaine Roberts, Deputy Director and an experienced researcher and journalist, shows how neglected is the health care of black former miners who have created much of the wealth of South Africa through their physical sacrifice.

Patient Experiences In Antiretroviral Therapy Programmes In Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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Health Systems Trust

This report presents the methods and findings of a qualitative study of the experiences of patients taking medication for HIV infection as part of an antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in five sites in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. The study, known as the ADHERE Project, was designed by MEASURE Evaluation and implemented in collaboration with Health Systems Trust to provide information to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health for use in expanding and improving their ART services.

PRESS RELEASE: Launch of the Rural Health Advocacy Project

On 13th Aug 2009 the Rural Health Advocacy Project was launched at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, coinciding with the launch of the Wits Centre for Rural Health. A renewed focus on access to health care in rural areas is vital in a context of worsening key health indicators in South Africa, a 34% national vacancy rate for doctors, and inequitable access to quality health care.