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Russell Rensburg
Russell Rensburg advocates for equitable access to health care for rural communities . His work includes managing RHAP’s rural proofing programme which advocates for the equitable allocation of resources for rural health care delivery. Before joining RHAP, he worked with the UNAIDS supported Technical Support Facility, managing technical assistance to 19 focus countries across Eastern and Southern Africa.
South Africa’s health system is on its knees: the budget offers no relief
There were high expectations that Enoch Godongwana, the Minister of Finance, would signal in the medium term budget policy statement how government planned to mitigate the impact…
What to do about our unemployed doctors
It’s official. Austerity budgets may be here to stay. Here’s how South Africa should be working with what it’s got to provide healthcare.
Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.
Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning
Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas
Once slices of the healthcare funding pie are dished out to provinces, there is little control over how this money is spent to benefit the rural poor.