South Africa’s healthcare system: eight steps that would get it on the right track

By Lilian Dudley, Emeritus Associate Professor Health Systems Research, Stellenbosch University
Catherine Mathews, Chief Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Flavia Senkubuge, Deputy Dean: Health Stakeholder Relations in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
Guinevere Lourens, Research Fellow at Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Stellenbosch University
Leslie London, Head of the Division of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
Sharon Fonn, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Gothenburg Sweden, University of the Witwatersrand

Much needs to be done to improve governance of South Africa’s health system. Eight recommendations provide a guide to what needs to be prioritised.

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