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New health appointments will help, but must be distributed to rural areas

The National Department of Health’s plans to hire an additional 1600 healthcare workers must be commended as a necessary step to ensure accessible healthcare becomes […]

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RURAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS

Ordinary people in rural areas do extraordinary things

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Austerity is hurting rural health, says report

“Redirecting money from private to public spending is an obvious area to look at as part of urgent reform”

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MTBPS gives no concrete commitment to address crisis in health

With elections looming in 2019, the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis…

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Stop Stockouts introduces online report facility for whistleblowers

The Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) is campaigning for medical staff to report stockouts and has a webpage on their site where this can be done – http://stockouts.org/Report. Stockouts are becoming more…

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New plan to overhaul South Africa’s massively skewed healthcare system

South Africa's health care needs to be reformed so that everyone has access regardless of affordability or location.

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Budget doesn’t address SA’s crumbling health system — activists

The budget tabled in Parliament last week, does not address a crumbling health system, some civic organisations have warned. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced a R205bn budget for health in…

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Fact Sheet: Rural Health 2015

Compiled by the Rural Health Advocacy Project, the third annual fact sheet presents and update on the status of rural health in South Africa

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