Narrative of collapsing health care ignores real capacity gains
While the availability of health care professionals has improved, the country continues to face significant capacity constraints, such as public-sector doctors that remain under immense pressure, and nursing shortages and uneven distribution persist.
One of the more surprising findings to emerge from the Inclusive Society Institute’s recent report, Health in South Africa, is that key measures of health care capacity have actually improved over time.
Had health care capacity merely kept pace with population growth, one would expect the doctor, nurse and pharmacist ratios to remain broadly unchanged.
This is a summary of the original articles listed below. Always read the source articles for the full context. GhanaSummary does not create or modify the news — we summarise and link to original publishers.
