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An Alliance in Action: Building stronger partnerships for rural health

Rural health challenges are complex and cannot be solved by one organisation working alone. This was the focus of RHAP’s panel discussion, An Alliance in […]

RURAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS

Ordinary people in rural areas do extraordinary things

Navigating abortion barriers in rural areas

Onke Jezile, founder of Lethabo la Azania, a non-profit organisation that works with children and the youth in Engcobo in the Eastern Cape, says for pregnant women in rural areas…

This advocacy group is helping ensure no one in South Africa is left behind in COVID-19 response

Global Citizen spoke with Russell Rensburg, director of the Rural Health Advocacy Project.

Nurses stand outside the department of health to air their frustration over performing duties meant for professional nurses while being paid community service salaries. / KABELO MOKOENA

Reflections on the future of nursing in South Africa

On June 17 the Rural Health Advocacy Project hosted a webinar themed “The Future of Nursing in South Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Social Accountability in Nursing Education”. Professor Laetitia Rispel,…

High prevalence of ARV and TB stockouts — SA survey

One in five public health facilities in South Africa were unable to supply at least one antiretroviral (ARV) or tuberculosis (TB) drug on the day they were contacted by researchers

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”

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…