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Post budget analysis with a focus on rural health

RHAP’s submission problematizes that social spending such as spending on health, education and human settlements is vulnerable to issues of fiscal space arising out of fiscal risks emanating from State Owned Entities

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RHAP submission by the NHI Bill, 2019

The proposals included in the NHI Bill mark an important step in the transformation of the health system but come at a time when the health system is under significant strain.

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A gendered analysis of the MTBPS with a focus on rural health

RHAP recommends that employing new community health workers in rural areas should be prioritized and that the Appropriations Committees should request both the National Department of Health and Provincial Departments of Health.

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Just priority-setting in time of Auterity

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Protecting rural healthcare in times of economic crisis. There is another way

The proposals included in the NHI Bill mark an important step in the transformation of the health system but come at a time when the health system is under significant strain.

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RHAP submission on the NHI Bill

The proposals included in the NHI Bill mark an important step in the transformation of the health system but come at a time when the health system is under significant strain.

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Budget Cycle: Threats and Opportunities for rural health

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Policy Process and Rural-Health

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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

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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.

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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.

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RHAP Submission on NHI white paper

In this submission we seek to draw attention to how the National Health Insurance White Paper fails to adequately account for rural health contexts and the challenges that these contexts pose for service delivery and access for patients.

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