“Since 1992, the Health Systems Trust (HST) has been contributing to the development of a comprehensive, equitable and effective national health system in South Africa. More recently HST has begun to work more widely within the SADC region. Our core activities are health systems research, health systems development, advocacy, capacity development and information dissemination. ... The underlying principles that guide HST are support for the Primary Health Care philosophy and a commitment to equity and efficiency. HSTs uniqueness lies in the ability to integrate knowledge generation, policy development and practice in health systems development.”
http://www.hst.org.za/index.php
Annual South African Health Review: http://www.hst.org.za/generic/29
“The Health Economics Unit (HEU) in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town works to improve the performance of health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa through research in health economics and management, training, consultancy and capacity-building.”
http://heu-uct.org.za/
“The HEU [has prepared] information sheets to contribute to public debate on health care financing in South Africa. They are written in non-technical language to be accessible to a wide range of people.”
http://heu-uct.org.za/research/publications/information-sheets/
Pre-requisites for National Health Insurance in South Africa: Results of a national household survey.
Diane McIntyre, Jane Goudge, Bronwyn Harris, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Moremi Nkosi. South African Medical Journal, Vol 99, No 10. Published: October 2009.
http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/3662
“The Centre for Health Policy (CHP) is a multi-disciplinary health policy research unit based in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. CHP is recognised by the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) as the Research Group in Health Policy.” CHP conducts health systems research in a number of areas.
http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Centres/CHP/
Publications: http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Centres/CHP/Publications.htm
“The SHSPH provides opportunities for advanced education, research, and consultancy in the many fields of public health.” Health Policy and Management section:
http://research.newsbeat.co.za/focusAreas/HPM.html
“A collaboration between The Lancet and academic centres in South Africa to assess the health status in one of the most diverse regions of the world. HIV/AIDS dominate South Africa's health environment, but this Series also highlights many other under-recognised health issues at a time when a new South African administration has a unique opportunity to implement key health policies to shape South Africa's future.”http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-south-africa
