Implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana: lessons for South Africa and low-and middle-income countries

CD Christmals, K Aidam - Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background South Africa is having difficulties in rolling out the National Health Insurance
(NHI) policy. There are ongoing arguments on whether the NHI will provide access to quality …

Sustainable workforce: South African audiologists and speech therapists

M Pillay, R Tiwari, H Kathard, U Chikte - Human Resources for Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Audiologists and Speech Therapists play a vital role in addressing
sustainable development goals by supporting people who are marginalised due to …

Bridging the health inequality gap: an examination of South Africa's social innovation in health landscape

K de Villiers - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa remains racially
and economically segregated. The country is beset by persistent social inequality, poverty …

Looking back to look forward: a review of human resources for health governance in South Africa from 1994 to 2018

M Van Ryneveld, H Schneider, U Lehmann - Human Resources for Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract While South Africa has had a fairly consistent record of producing national-level
strategic plans for human resources for health in the past 25 years, the country continues to …

Universal health coverage evolution, ongoing trend, and future challenge: a conceptual and historical policy review

CL Ranabhat, SP Acharya, C Adhikari… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) from the United Nations (UN) has
metamorphized from its early phase of primary health care (PHC) to the recent sustainable …

Changing demographic trends among South African occupational therapists: 2002 to 2018

L Ned, R Tiwari, H Buchanan, L Van Niekerk… - Human resources for …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa's quadruple burden of disease, coupled with health
system challenges and other factors, predicts a high burden of disability within the …

Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru

SA Mabunda, M Gupta, WW Chitha, NG Mtshali… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: The World Health Organization introduced the workload indicators of staffing
needs (WISN) in 1998 to improve country-level health workforce planning. This study …

Exploring the path of autonomous development: The development dilemma and coping strategies of Sub-Saharan Africa in the post-epidemic era

M Bi, Z Zhang - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
Based on the multidisciplinary research perspectives of economics, politics, and
international relations, this paper starts with the analysis of the main characteristics of sub …

Innovations, contestations and fragilities of the health system response to COVID-19 in the Gauteng Province of South Africa

LC Rispel, C Marshall, B Matiwane, IS Tenza - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Gauteng province, with 26.3% of South Africa's population, is the commercial
and industrial powerhouse of the country. During the first epidemic wave in 2020, Gauteng …

Measuring national health insurance: Towards universal health coverage in South Africa

C Day, T Zondi - South African health review, 2019 - journals.co.za
Quantification of UHC trends in South Africa suggests that significant progress was made
overall between 1998 and 2019 in terms of increasing population coverage for most …