Negotiations for an #MSLA stalled in 2011. Here is the legal opinion and discussion document that was then developed for RHAP and RuDASA as clients of SECTION27. These negotiations need to be revisited! Discussion document _legal brief MSLA_2011 Press Statement: Urgently Finalise the Minimum Service Level Agreement for the Health Sector ...
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Apr 20, 2018
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“..all healthcare providers – even private entities – will be performing a public function in the furtherance of equality, dignity and the right to access healthcare.” In order to facilitate dialogue around the licensing regime for healthcare facilities and the way it affects competition in the private healthcare sector, the Health ...
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By Karessa Govender, Published in The Daily Maverick, 17 November 2017 https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2017-11-17-are-south-african-health-workers-being-silenced-into-malpractice/#.Wg6MYROCxE4 “There is really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” The word ...
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Nov 17, 2017
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On the 15th of August 2017, the Rural Health Advocacy Project in partnership with the Canzibe Hospital Board held a Community Dialogue/Imbizo at the Canzibe Community Hall. Partner organisations that were present were TAC, One2One Enable Mothers, The Jabulani Foundation and RuDASA. The imbizo was attended by over 150 community members from Canz ...
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RHAP’s Mafoko Phomane recently gave a lecture to Wits Public Health students on the role of advocacy in advancing health care access – Lessons from the Canzibe #Countdownto1July Campaign. HRH Crisis – The Canzibe Story MPH Lecture ...
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Local leaders and RHAP organised a rural health imbizo in Canzibe, Nyandeni Sub-District to listen to and learn from over 140 participants across the sub-district about their experiences of health and health care delivery. Follow updates on Facebook: Rural Health Advocacy Project and Twitter #RuralHealthImbizo Download a full copy of the Imbizo ...
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The Rural Health Advocacy Project welcomes the news that the Eastern Cape Department of Health is recruiting four doctors to work at the 120-bed Canzibe District Hospital in OR Tambo District, in the Eastern Cape. Three of the four doctors are expected to start by 1 July. This comes after months of advocacy by various parties and through variou ...
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May 11, 2017
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This report shows both the gravity and the complexity of the HRH crisis for rural communities in South Africa. While many of the challenges described affect health services at all levels and in urban and peri-urban areas as well, it is clear that rural South Africans are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of staffing cuts, and disproportionatel ...
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In this WHO publication, Prof Wong argues that the real challenge in achieving Universal Health Coverage is the delivery of services to those who are hardest to reach. “Without a focus on reach, resources will be wasted and the number of preventable and treatable illnesses will remain high.” Unpacking the example of Brazil’s ...
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