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Our Vision

The Rural Health Advocacy Project is a leading health advocacy organisation based in Johannesburg, advocating for equitable access to quality health care for rural communities in the whole of South Africa. Informed by the voices of rural healthcare workers and communities on the ground, partner organisations, stakeholders and research, RHAP conducts advocacy, generates debate, monitors implementation of health policies in rural areas, supports pro-equity government interventions, and rural-proofs policies to ensure that they are in tune with rural realities. RHAP’s vision is a health system where rural communities access equitable, quality health care services.

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RHAP welcomes new HRH plan for South Africa

RHAP welcomes the new HRH Plan for South Africa which embraces many of the issues the RHAP and its partners have been advocating for. The new plan has a strategic priorit ...
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Foreign qualified doctor honoured with Rural Doctor of the Year 2011 Award

The winner of the prestigious Pierre Jacques Rural Doctor of the Year Award was announced at the Rural Health conference in the quaint village of Rhodes on 9 September 20 ...
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Civil Society Organisations call for the state and unions to urgently finalise the minimum service level agreement for the Health Sector

We are a range of organisations who campaign for the right to health, and/or who provide health care services to poor people who depend on the public health sector. We fu ...
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Beyond the Strike

More is required to ensure rural patients will enjoy better and equitable access to health care Skilled and motivated health workers in sufficient numbers at the right pl ...
Rural Health Advocacy Project 2335 views 0 likes Sep 26, 2010 Share
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IST reports on the state of the health system and the public’s right to know

More than a year after their finalisation and after many frustrated attempts by civil society organisations and the media to access them – including through the Promotion ...
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Current OSD offer still disadvantages rural communities

The Rural Health Advocacy Project, Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa, SECTION27 and Wits Centre for Rural Health support SAMA’s rejection of the final OSD offe ...
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Making expenditure control, equity and efficiency work for Rural Health

This is the first issue of Rural Health in Focus, which aims to draw systematic attention to the successes and challenges of rural health in order to improve national hea ...
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Rural communities disadvantaged by KZN Community Service Medical Officer placements for 2010

The unequal allocation of Community Service Medical Officers to rural hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal comes as a great setback for some of the most rural communities in KZN an ...
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Launch of the Rural Health Advocacy Project

On 13th Aug 2009 the Rural Health Advocacy Project was launched at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, coinciding with the launch of the Wits Centre for ...
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Let us honor our rural healthcare workers on this World Health Day as they continue to fight the good fight against COVID-19 in rural communities.
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The work of rural health workers often goes unnoticed. They work away from the urban spotlight with very little acknowledgement of the important role they perform in providing health services to rural communities.

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7 Apr

On this World Health Day, let us remember to strive for equitable access to healthcare for all our people!
Let us stand as a united South Africa and fight for each and everyone to have access to the healthcare that they deserve.
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On #WorldHealthDay, let's build a fairer, healthier 🌎🌍🌏

#COVID19 highlighted how some 👱🙎🏽‍♀️ live healthier lives & have better access to health services than others, due to their living conditions.

It's time for #HealthEquity to reach #HealthForAll!

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29 Mar

Let us keep our loved ones safe by:
- Wearing a mask
- Social distancing of 1,5 meters
- Washing our hands with soap and water
- Isolating for 10 to 15 days when sick
- Avoid touching your face, eyes, nose and mouth
- Eating healthily to strengthen our bodies

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RHAP’s Rurality Index

Click on the map and find out about your facility’s rurality score, informed by the deprivation index, average distance clinics to district hospital, distance to regional hospital and catchment population!
RHAP's Rurality Index

KEY RESOURCES

  • Press Statement: South Africa’s fiscal austerity potentially an opportunity to remedy neglected rural healthcare
  • North West Maquassi Hill Case Study: Rural Proofing and Healthcare Delivery in Times of Austerity
  • Press Release: RHAP Issues First Annual CSO Allocation Update ‘Acute’ 2018
  • NEW! Annual Community Service Officer Update ‘ACUTE’ – 2018 Report
  • Saving lives, saving costs. Investment Case for Community Health Workers In South Africa
  • Rural Health Resource Mapping Guide – Who Cares?
  • Cutting Human Resources for Health – Who Pays?
  • Advocacy for Health: An educators guide to incorporating advocacy into the health sciences curriculum
  • Rural Recruitment and Retention: Why are we not winning?
  • MTBPS 2016: The Rural Health Advocacy Project warns against further health service cuts to those most in need following continued fiscal consolidation
  • NHI White Paper Submission by Rural Partners Network: “THINK RURAL”!
  • Rural-Proofing Health Guidelines
  • Financing rural health: International best practice and options for the South African Context
  • RHAP Discussion Document: Defining rurality within the context of health policy, planning, resourcing and service delivery
  • The Role and Impact of Transport on Rural Communities Accessing the State Health Care System in South Africa
  • Key Priorities for Rural Health
  • Human Resources for Rural Health – South African Health Review 2011
  • Rural-Proofing Health Care for People with Disabilities
  • Rural-Proofing of Policy – An Overview of International Best Practices
  • HR4RH WHO Guidelines – The SA Context

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