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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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The NHI Bill is open for Public Comment

The NHI Bill is open for Public Comment

The NHI Bill is an attempt to address the inequalities in accessing healthcare across South Africa.The release of the NHI Bill for public comment is a significant milesto ...
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The NHI Bill is Open for Public Comment

The NHI Bill is Open for Public Comment

What is your take on the NHI Bill? The NHI Bill is an attempt to address the inequalities in accessing healthcare across South Africa.The release of the NHI Bill for publ ...
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North West Maquassi Hill Case Study: Rural Proofing and Healthcare Delivery in Times of Austerity

North West Maquassi Hill Case Study: Rural Proofing and Healthcare Delivery in Times of Austerity

BACKGROUND: The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) has worked with the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Health Management Team over the past three years in providing rural pr ...
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Deaf Dentistry – All We Want Is To Be Heard

Deaf Dentistry – All We Want Is To Be Heard

The time is 11:37 on a cool Thursday morning in a rural town in South Africa. It is winter and a couple walk through the wooden doors of a dental clinic that attends to a ...
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Health workers as Change Agents and Patient Advocates

Health workers as Change Agents and Patient Advocates

A presentation to the People’s Health Movement (PHM) Public Meeting on 9 June 2018  By Karessa Govender:  Projects Officer, Rural Health Advocacy Project Introducti ...
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‘Cancer treatment in the North West is impossible’

‘Cancer treatment in the North West is impossible’

Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013. Only one radiation oncologist is left to treat cancer patients in North West, a healt ...
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The impact of HCW strike action on patients’ health

The impact of HCW strike action on patients’ health

Patients have died as a result of the recent strike in North West. Doctors and nurses were also chased out of operating theatres and wards by strikers. How can patients a ...
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RHAP Letter to SAHRC for Urgent Investigation

RHAP Letter to SAHRC for Urgent Investigation

RHAP has written a letter to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) requesting an urgent investigation into the health impact of the protest and industrial act ...
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Voice Workshop at Africa Health Conference – 29 May 2018

Voice Workshop at Africa Health Conference – 29 May 2018

Join our Voice Team at the Africa Health Conference on 29 May 2018 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Objectives of Voice workshops: • Participants have insi ...
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Why the NHI may lead to better health budgets

Why the NHI may lead to better health budgets

Read more from RHAP intern, Natasha Salant on why the NHI may lead to better health budgets: Rands and Sense: Why the NHI may lead to better health budgets About 200m fro ...
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RHAP and Doctors Statement on NW crisis to National Task Team

RHAP and Doctors Statement on NW crisis to National Task Team

RHAP Statement on North West Health Emergency ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN NORTH WEST PROVINCE REMAINS UNDER SIEGE DESPITE APPOINTMENT OF NATIONAL TASK   Demands by 70 North W ...
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North West Doctors Open Letter about the Health Crisis

North West Doctors Open Letter about the Health Crisis

Letter of concern: Ongoing Health Crisis in the North-West Province Background: Currently there is a crisis in the provision of health care in the North-West Province. Th ...
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Healthcare in Protests, Violence and Conflict

Healthcare in Protests, Violence and Conflict

The political action and healthcare workers strike in North West is widening beyond Mafikeng, with clinics and hospitals closing across Districts. Patients lives are unde ...
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MSLA – Protecting Patients During Industrial Action

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 ne ...
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Press Statement: Urgently Finalise the Minimum Service Level Agreement for the Health Sector

Press Statement: Urgently Finalise the Minimum Service Level Agreement for the Health Sector

In June 2011, a joint press statement with several civil society organisations was released about the need to finalise the minimum service level agreement (MSLA). We rema ...
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Health crisis looms in the North West

Health crisis looms in the North West

At the centre of the crisis is the relationship breakdown between the province’s political leadership and members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Uni ...
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Policy Framework and Strategy for WBPHCOT

Policy Framework and Strategy for WBPHCOT

Implementation of this policy framework and strategy will ensure that community health workers within the WBPHCOTs, supported by different categories of health profession ...
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Public Oral Health Forum – a Game Changer for Rural Communities

Public Oral Health Forum – a Game Changer for Rural Communities

The Public Health Oral Forum is a critical think tank, advocacy and discussion platform that has been established by oral health care workers working for the South Africa ...
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UKZN / RHAP Partnership: Advocacy in the Curriculum

UKZN / RHAP Partnership: Advocacy in the Curriculum

Today marks the next step in the partnership with UKZN and RHAP on the integration of Advocacy in the Curriculum. UKZN actively supported and promoted the development of ...
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From Green Paper to Final Policy: Has there been a change in how rural is considered in relation to the National Health Insurance process in South Africa

From Green Paper to Final Policy: Has there been a change in how rural is considered in relation to the National Health Insurance process in South Africa

Download RHAP’s review here: NHI From Green to White Paper_ Review_RHAP_July2017 Since the publication of the NHI Green Paper in 2011, the Rural Health Advocacy Pro ...
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15 Jan

I'm sure a lot of you have heard the term "Herd Immunity" but what exactly does that mean?

@PHMSA1 and @SECTION27news have broken down what "Herd Immunity" means in the context of COVID-19, below.

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With the new COVID-19 Vaccine being rolled out, we will be sharing more information on what this means for the population.

Follow our posts as we give you the basics on what the Vaccine is, who will get it, where and how people will get it.

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New Year, 365 opportunities to advocate for equitable access and change!

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Front of package labels are important to help consumers choose healthier foods with less sugar, fat and salt. Do we really know what manufacturers are putting in our food? Go to http://WhatsInMyFood.org.za and find out.

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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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