National Health Insurance in South Africa
Stakeholder Perspectives on NHI
A document from the AIDS Law Project entitled “Rethinking health reform” has a useful summary of developments in recent years:
http://www.alp.org.za/pdf/Publications/ALP%20Annual%20Reviews/06%20-%20Rethinking%20Health%20Reform.pdf
The document includes a history of the workings of the ANC’s NHI Committee and the DBSA Health Roadmap process. The document deals with the failure of parliament to process the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill in 2008.
“Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy based on active citizenship, democratic institutions, and social justice.”
http://www.idasa.org.za/
Report on the NHI Roundtable Hosted by Idasa on 19 January 2010, Cape Town
“Idasa hosted a roundtable on the 19th of January 2010 in order to generate debate amongst a range of stakeholders on some of the key questions related to the proposed system. It was hoped that the setting would promote a frank exchange of differing opinions and pave the way for further interaction between stakeholders in the coming months.”
“Idasa’s envisaged future role in the NHI process will be to create further opportunities for multi-stakeholder engagement. We believe such engagement can foster trust between stakeholders and contribute to the broad ownership of health reform in South Africa. We believe such trust and ownership are necessary conditions for the success of health reform.”
The report can be downloaded from:
http://www.idasa.org.za/gbOutputFiles.asp?WriteContent=Y&RID=2765
“Health-e is a news agency that produces news and in-depth analysis for the print and electronic media. Our particular focus is HIV/AIDS, public health and issues regarding health policy and practice in South Africa.”
http://www.health-e.org.za/
Health-e partners are:
Health-e “will publish opinion pieces from various stakeholders and experts on National Health Insurance.”
See articles added at http://www.health-e.org.za/health/category_list.php?uid=73
Amandla! is published by AIDC which “aims to strengthen the movement for social justice through the production of alternative knowledge and by enhancing the institutional capacity of Peoples’ Media Organisations and the communication capacity of progressive civil society organisations that facilitates a dialogue giving voice to the poor and marginalized locally and internationally.”
See articles added to “The NHI Debate” on the Amandla! web-site.
http://www.amandlapublishers.co.za/special-features/the-nhi-debate
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