Key challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: The case of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.contributor.authorChopra, Mickey
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-31T07:25:23Z
dc.date.available2023-05-31T07:25:23Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe health inequalities in South Africa are rapidly worsening. Since 1994, the new democratic government has initiated a number of large-scale policies and programs with explicit pro-equity objectives that have improved access to health care and other social resources. However, these policies and programs have been constrained by macroeconomic policies that dictate fiscal restraint and give priority to technical rather than developmental considerations. We propose an approach to improving health for all that focuses on equity in the allocation of health resources. The implementation of pro-equity policies requires, in addition to technically efficacious interventions, both advocacy initiatives and communication with, and the involvement of, affected communities. The Cape Town Equity Gauge project is presented as one example of a response to the challenge of inequity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSanders, D., & Chopra, M. (2006). Key challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: The case of South Africa. American Journal of Public Health, 96 (1), 73-78. 10.2105/AJPH.2005.062679en_US
dc.identifier.issn1541-0048
dc.identifier.uri10.2105/AJPH.2005.062679
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8970
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Public Health Associationen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectEqualityen_US
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectHealth careen_US
dc.titleKey challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: The case of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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