Decentralising Health Services in South Africa: Constraints and opportunities

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.

The five research reports deal with: -
• Primary health care and financing and need across health districts in South Africa(182KB)
• Transport for health care delivery (177KB)
• Governmental relationships and HIV/AIDS service delivery (524KB)
• Rapid appraisal of the health content of selected municipal IDPs (121+129KB)
• Public-private interactions in the South African health sector. (287KB)