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Budget Cycle: Threats and Opportunities for rural health

Policy Process and Rural-Health

How rural is considered in relation to the National Health Insurance process in SA

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

Cutting human resources for Health, Who pays?

This report by the Rural Health Advocacy Project (2017), which forms part of The Voice Project and the Rural-Proofing Programme, was made possible by the contributions of the Atlantic Philantrophies; the Claude Leon Foundation, the Raith Foundation and the Open Society Foundation South Africa.

RHAP Stocktake report

The plan for Human Resources for Rural Health, Strategic Objective 8 in the National Strategy for HRH by the National Department of Health, was launched in October 2011, followed by the development of an implementation plan in 2012.

Rural Health Fact Sheet

This third Rural Health Factsheet by the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) provides a summary of information on the state of rural health.

The Rural Mental Health Campaign Report

This report sheds light on the dehumanising lack of mental health care services in rural settings and envisages a mental health care system that is accessible to people in all settings and that realises their dignity and constitutional rights.

Promoting critical posts at the time of austerity

Daygan Eagar, health budgets specialist and Programme Manager for the Rural-Proofing Policy and Budgeting Programme at RHAP. He provides health budgeting training to communities and civil society structures and has published extensively on the issue.

Discussion Document: Defining rurality within the context of health policy, planning, resourcing and service delivery

Targeted policy and resourcing will only be possible if rural is clearly defined and if this definition has practical utility for policy development and implementation.

International best-practice and the rural-proofing of policy: Opportunities for the South African context

Globally, rural populations tend to fair worse on important socioeconomic indicators than their urban counterparts. They tend to be poorer, are unemployed in greater numbers, have worse health outcomes and have less access to the social and economic opportunities to improve their situation.