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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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Much talked about NHI

Content hosted by iono.fm John Perlman on KHAYAFM had an in-depth look at the much talked about NHI. The conversation was probing the impact NHI will have on the working ...
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What SA can learn from other countries on reorganising healthcare provision?

Content hosted by iono.fm In this radio interview on SAFM’s Moneyweb, Russell speaks about RHAP’s research on good practices in protecting healthcare during t ...
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The power, the purse strings and the National Health Insurance

The power, the purse strings and the National Health Insurance

By Russell Rensburg. Published in the Mail and Guardian on 17 September 2019 The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill proposes significant shifts in who controls our nati ...
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Press Statement: South Africa’s fiscal austerity potentially an opportunity to remedy neglected rural healthcare

Press Statement: South Africa’s fiscal austerity potentially an opportunity to remedy neglected rural healthcare

National Health Insurance (NHI) introduction must be the start of radical review South Africa is in a daunting phase of fiscal austerity which began globally in 2008 and ...
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Resource Requirements for Community-Based Care in Rural, Deep-rural and Peri-urban Sub-districts

Resource Requirements for Community-Based Care in Rural, Deep-rural and Peri-urban Sub-districts

Community health workers (CHWs) traditionally played a role in supporting the delivery of high priority interventions relating to HIV, TB and maternal and child health. W ...
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RHAP’s NHI Submission 2018/19

RHAP’s NHI Submission 2018/19

The relationship between poverty, healthcare and poor health outcomes has been well established; not only do poor people experience higher burdens of disease because of v ...
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Stimulus Package for Health (Special Emphasis on Human Resources for Health)

Stimulus Package for Health (Special Emphasis on Human Resources for Health)

The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has announced the creation of more than 5 300 posts for health workers, both clinical and support staff – throughout th ...
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Nyandeni Situational Analysis Report

Nyandeni Situational Analysis Report

  In 2017 RHAP began working in the Nyandeni sub-district, one of 4 sub-districts in the OR Tambo Health District in the Eastern Cape Province. Staff from Canzibe Di ...
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Tips for Whistleblowers

Tips for Whistleblowers

In broken healthcare systems, whistleblowing becomes an integral part of reporting on failures to deliver to the needs of the sick and vulnerable. Marije Versteeg-Mojanag ...
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#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive

#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive

With elections looming in 2019, the MTBPS was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis in health, report ...
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Tips for Tito!

Tips for Tito!

by Russell Rensburg, Rural Health Advocacy Project As we move towards the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) with yet another Finance Minister, it is difficult n ...
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OHSC – need we help it to do more?

OHSC – need we help it to do more?

The Rural Health Advocacy Project’s Samantha Khan-Gillmore makes a impassioned plea for the Office of Health Standards Compliance to be capacitated to do more. In the ear ...
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Press release: Tower Hospital – Dr K Sukeri

Press release: Tower Hospital – Dr K Sukeri

MEDIA RELEASE DR K SUKERI – HEALTH OMBUDSMAN’S REPORT – TOWER HOSPITAL I am deeply disappointed and saddened by the Health Ombudsman’s decision to attack myprofessional i ...
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Invitation to NHI Consultative Workshop in Nyandeni, EC – 6 September

Invitation to NHI Consultative Workshop in Nyandeni, EC – 6 September

RHAP is in the Eastern this week to host a consultative workshop on the NHI. Join us in the Nyandeni Sub-district and add your voice to the NHI Bill! The recent release o ...
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Civil Society groups voice concern over Health Ombud’s treatment of whistle-blower

Civil Society groups voice concern over Health Ombud’s treatment of whistle-blower

Statement Rosebank, Johannesburg                                                                           31 August 2018 The Rural Health Advocacy Project, the Treatment ...
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ICESCR South Africa Submission

ICESCR South Africa Submission

This submission is a result of collaboration from various health organisations and interested parties. It seeks to bring the pertinent health issues facing South Africa t ...
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RHAP Vacancy: Director

RHAP Vacancy: Director

Are you the vibrant leader passionate about rural health and social justice who will guide RHAP into the next decade? Vacancy – RHAP Director Main purpose of the jo ...
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Access to Healthcare in Post Apartheid South Africa

Access to Healthcare in Post Apartheid South Africa

“Our multivariate analysis shows that despite government efforts to make health care more accessible by expanding the facility network and abolishing user fees, rur ...
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Contraceptive Shortages across South Africa

Contraceptive Shortages across South Africa

Reproductive Health Rights of Women in SA under Threat 24 July 2018 Reproductive health rights of women in South Africa under threat, as supply shortages leave health fac ...
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Statement on the SAHRC/NMF Dialogue

Statement on the SAHRC/NMF Dialogue

Statement on the SAHRC and NMF Dialogue On 5 July 2018, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) convened a na ...
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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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- Wearing a mask
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- Washing our hands with soap and water
- Isolating for 10 to 15 days when sick
- Avoid touching your face, eyes, nose and mouth
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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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