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This article is published in South African Health Review.The article was published on 2005-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 308 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health policy.read more
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The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges
TL;DR: Pivotal facets of primary health care are not in place and there is a substantial human resources crisis facing the health sector, so the new government needs to address these factors if health is to be improved and the Millennium Development Goals achieved in South Africa.
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The economic burden of illness for households in developing countries: a review of studies focusing on malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
TL;DR: It is found that in resource-poor settings illness imposed high and regressive cost burdens on patients and their families, highlighting the urgent need for a substantial increase in health sector investment to expand access to preventive and curative health services.
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Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention
TL;DR: The authors suggest that because of the complex interaction of factors impacting on attraction and retention, there is a strong argument to be made for bundles of interventions which include attention to living environments, working conditions and environments and development opportunities.
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Health in South Africa: changes and challenges since 2009
Bongani M. Mayosi,Joy E Lawn,Ashley van Niekerk,Ashley van Niekerk,Debbie Bradshaw,Salim S. Abdool Karim,Salim S. Abdool Karim,Hoosen M. Coovadia,Hoosen M. Coovadia +8 more
TL;DR: Transformation of the health system into a national institution that is based on equity and merit and is built on an effective human-resources system could still place South Africa on track to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, and 6 and would enhance the lives of its citizens.
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Why do nurses abuse patients? Reflections from South African obstetric services - Social Science & Medicine - Vol. 47, 11 - ISBN: 02779536 - p.1781-1795
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the nurses were engaged in a continuous struggle to assert their professional and middle class identity and in the process deployed violence against patients as a means of creating social distance and maintaining fantasies of identity and power.
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