South Africa and Health systems
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- HIV information is not available to all in South African hospitals
- A Dijkstra; E Kangawaza; C Martens; H Boer; J J Rasker / Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2007
- This article published in the SAHARA Journal investigates what level of HIV/AIDS knowledge medical staff have in a state hospital in South Africa. In particular it looks at their knowledge about and practical use of current HIV/AIDS p...
- An evaluation of refugees’ views and opinions towards health services in South Africa
- Apalata T.; E. T. Kibiribiri; S. Knight; E. Lutge / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2007
- There is some evidence from refugees that health care services in South Africa are not responsive to their perceived needs. This health Systems Trust paper uses quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate the perceptions and o...
- Strengthening the management of health service delivery in South Africa, Togo and Uganda
- D. Egger; E. Ollier / World Health Organization, 2007
- This World Health Organization study describes various activities aimed towards strengthening the management of health service delivery in three countries: South Africa, Togo and Uganda. The paper considers the following factors that ...
- Review of pro-poor health policies in South Africa
- K. S. Chetty / Health Systems Knowledge Network, 2007
- This paper reviews literature on the health care policies that were implemented by the South African democratic government in order to promote equity following the end of the apartheid government in 1994. It examines whether the polic...
- Funding the community response to HIV: the challenge of providing effective support
- K Birdsall; P Ntlabati; K Kelly; P Banati / Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2007
- This research report from the South African Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) examines how community organisations responding to HIV can be effectively supported. The report uses case studies to illustrate s...
- MSF strategies for retaining health workers in sub-Saharan Africa
- Médecins Sans Frontières, 2007
- This Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) report examines the impact of human resources shortages witnessed by MSF teams in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, focusing largely on nurses in rural areas. It describes how MSF t...
- Maternal, women’s and child health: the unfinished agenda
- Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2007
- This edition of the South African Health Review focuses on maternal, women's and child health and seeks to reflect on achievements made, challenges and gaps that impact on transformation and strengthening of the South African health s...
- Good human resources management (HRM) improves overall patient health outcomes
- S. Kabene; C. Orchard; J. Howard / Human Resources for Health, 2006
- This paper, from Human Resources for Health, highlights the importance of human resources management (HRM) in improving overall patient health outcomes and delivery of health care services. The authors demonstrate how HRM is essential...
- A market segmentation approach to increasing access to reproductive health services and products
- S. Chapman; M. Collumbien; A. Karlyn / Population Services International, 2006
- This paper from Population Services International (PSI) outlines a method for segmenting populations as part of a Total Market approach to designing, managing and evaluating reproductive and sexual health interventions in developing c...
- Combating the "brain drain" of healthcare professionals from developing countries
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions that are being taken to combat the problem of developing countries losing healthcare professionals through migration to wealthier countries. The loss of trained hea...
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