South African Health Review 2002
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The Health Systems Trust is pleased to announce the release of the
South African Health Review 2002 today, 24th March 2003. This year's
review focuses on progress made in restructuring the South African
health system and provides an annual and longer - term review of the
implementation of South African health policies.
This is the eighth year running that the Health Systems Trust has
produced this comprehensive, authoritative and independent Review of
the South African Health System, with contributions from a number of
the country's leading experts in different health fields. Twenty one
chapters are grouped into the following four themes: framework for
transformation, human resources, priority programmes and support sys-
tems. The Review acts as a barometer for assessing the transformation
processes and their impact on provision of equitable health care to
all South Africans, and provides the most recent data on health
status and health services, key opinions, and current thinking in
Health in SA - all condensed in one publication. This key resource
will be of use to health managers and decision makers, researchers,
academics, students, parliamentarians and journalists both in South
Africa and overseas.
The first six chapters deal with the framework and systems central to
transformation. These include legislation, health care financing, de-
velopment of the district health system and integration of health
care services into local government, and environmental health.
Chapters 7 to 10, discuss issues pertinent to human resources devel-
opment, including implementation of Community Service for Health Pro-
fessionals, the deployment of community based health workers in deal-
ing with essential health and social issues, and the experiences of
primary health care facility workers.
Chapters 11 to 17 discuss some of the key programmes for the manage-
ment of major health challenges in the country. The Review looks at
the impact of HIV/AIDS on households, the response of the private
sector to the epidemic, the debate around accessibility to antiretro-
virals in the public sector, the management of sexually transmitted
infections, progress on curbing the spread of tuberculosis, implemen-
tation of the nutrition policy, and also looks at TB and malaria in
the Southern Africa Development Community.
Chapters 18 to 21 focus on support systems essential for the deliv-
ery, planning, monitoring and evaluation of health care services. Is-
sues addressed include; transport, public health data sources, dis-
ease registries and health and related indicators.
To view or download the contents of the South African Health Review
2002 (as Adobe PDF file) visit:
http://www.hst.org.za/sahr/2002/
To order a book or CD, fill in the publication request form on:
http://www.hst.org.za/pubform.asp
or email your order to mailto:webmaster@hst.org.za. Please include
full postal details. The prices are as follows: South Africa: Book -
ZAR 300.00 and CD - ZAR 80.00 International: Book - US$ 90.00 and CD
- US$ 25.00
For more information about this and previous Reviews, contact:
Petrida Ijumba
Tel: +27-31-3072954
Fax: +27-31-3040775
mailto:petrida@hst.org.za
http://www.hst.org.za/sahr/
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The Health Systems Trust (HST) is a dynamic independent non-
government organisation established in 1992 to support health reform
in South Africa. It is recognised as a leading organisation in sup-
porting and commissioning research to foster health systems develop-
ment and equity. HST is active as
* a leading clearinghouse for information related to health care in
South Africa;
* a major resource for capacity-building in health management and re-
search;
* an active facilitator of policy and district health service devel-
opment.
HST receives funding from a range of organisations including the Na-
tional Department of Health, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
(USA), the Commission of the European Union, the Department for In-
ternational Development (UK), the Rockefeller Foundation, Sida, W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, Ireland Aid, UNICEF and the Ford Foundation.
Website - http://www.hst.org.za
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Fiorenza Monticelli
Health Systems Trust
HealthLink Editor
Tel: +27-31-307-2954
Fax: +2731-304-0775
mailto:fiorenza@hst.org.za
http://www.hst.org.za
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