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Decentralising Health Services in South Africa: Constraints and opportunities

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1st Author : LGH Consortium
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Publisher: Health Systems Trust
Publication Date: 4/2004
ISBN: 1-919743-79-0
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Publication Type: Research Report
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LGH Crosscutting 623 KB
LGH Summary 252 KB
 

Summary This report integrates the findings of a project monitoring the health decentralisation process in South Africa between 2001 and 2003. It is targeted at senior policy makers and health managers, although the report is also intended to offer middle managers insights into the situation.

An easy-to-read, 16-page, A5 booklet - a brief summary of the more detailed 80 page report is also available.

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Chapters One to Six are summaries of the individual studies, which together make up the project. Chapter 7 synthesizes the findings, including wider insights gained from the crosscutting nature of the project. Chapter 8 (the Recommendations) contains eight areas of importance for consideration in decentralising management within the health system on the basis of a newly promulgated Health Act.

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