A nation’s health in crisis: International experience and public-private collaboration

The Department of Health’s 10 Point Plan adopted last year is already behind schedule, with rising concerns about management, implementation and monitoring capacity. Given this, it is hard to understand the priority given to a national health insurance scheme when so many other fundamentals of health care in South Africa urgently need to be turned around first

International experience suggests, and many experts believe, that the private sector could make a substantial contribution to health care in South Africa . All these factors provide grounds for an urgent national discussion

In this context CDE, in collaboration with the Aurum Institute for Health Research, recently brought together local and international experts to discuss health systems, health funding, and health policy. Participants heard and discussed stories and lessons from other middle-income countries, and from particular parts of the South African health care system.

ISBN: 978-0-9869860-0-0
Publisher: CDE
Edition: Round table No 16
Year of Publication: 2010