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
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A new report released today, on Universal Health Coverage Day, by Rural Health Advocacy Project reveals that the health system disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic compromised the gains made in many programmes in this sector. It also highlighted various inequities in the current structure of the health system
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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
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“Redirecting money from private to public spending is an obvious area to look at as part of urgent reform”
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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 in health, write Russell Rensburg and Samantha Khan-Gillmore at the Rural Health Advocacy Project in a Health-e News report.
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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 and more frequent – this is a disaster particularly for the ARV programme.
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South Africa’s health care needs to be reformed so that everyone has access regardless of affordability or location.
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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 the new financial year that is set to increase to R240.3bn. The total expenditure on health over the medium-term framework is set at R667.8bn.
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