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TB Researcher
HST
2010-03-19

Closing date: Fri 24^th March 2010
Health Systems Trust is seeking to employ a researcher with an interest in tuberculosis to support the National Tuberculosis Control Programme. This appointment is particularly suitable for a public health professional with a strong knowledge of TB and the TB Programme in South Africa.
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IT Systems and Network Administrator - Durban
HST
2010-03-12

Closing date: Fri 24^th March 2010
The administrator will be responsible for development, maintenance and efficient functioning of all Health Systems Trust's IT Systems and networks. This includes all mail servers, web servers, and databases as required by HST, its programmes, support sections and associate organisations. The...
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Project Manager (District Support and Community Development Programme)
HST
2010-03-15

Closing date for applications: 22^nd March 2010
HST is seeking to appoint a full-time Project Manager on consultancy basis (9 months) to manage and co-ordinate the Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) project.
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District Health Barometer 2008/09 draft chapters live online.
2010-02-03

District health managers and policy makers across South Africa and world-wide will can now enjoy internet access to draft chapters of the District Health Barometer 2008/09.

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Outcome Indicators
HST
2010-03-01

Tuberculosis

South Africa is at the centre of the concurrent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. The country has the largest number of people living with HIV infection in the world (about 5.5 million people) and in 2007 South Africa accounted for 17% of the global burden of HIV...
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Input Indicators
Health Systems Trust
2010-02-16

In 2008/09 the District Health Services Programme (Programme 2) spent R31.4 billion¹ on health care according to Treasury's Provincial Budgets and Expenditure Review². This is up from R18.4 billion in 2005/06 and is estimated to reach R41 billion in 2011/12 the significant growth attributable to the increased spending on...
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Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Management
Health Systems Trust
2010-02-16

The proportion of total district expenditure for management activities during the 2008/09 financial year, including the management of district hospitals, was 5.6%. This proportion is the highest over the past four years the lowest being 4.7% in 2006/07.
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Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Hospitals
Health Systems Trust
2010-02-16

This indicator shows the proportion of total district expenditure on hospitals and is helpful in assessing the focus of service delivery in the district. The proportion of total district expenditure on district hospitals during 2008/09 was 41.8% and this proportion has been in an annual and steady decline from 44.9% in 2005/06. This is partly...
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PHC (Non-Hospital) Expenditure per Patient Visit
Health Systems Trust
2010-02-16

This indicator measures the average cost of a patient visit to a primary care facility. In practice it is the average cost to the health service of a patient visit to a community health centre, clinic, satellite clinic or mobile clinic (but excluding district hospitals) - and which average cost includes the cost of managing the...
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Cost Per Patient Day Equivalent in District Hospitals
Health Systems Trust
2010-02-16

This indicator measures how the resources available to the hospital are being spent and is a marker of the efficiency of the hospital as a whole. It is a composite process indicator in that it links financial data with service-related data from the hospital admissions and outpatients.
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Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies
2010-02-02

Recent substantial increases in international attention to health have been accompanied by demands for statistics that accurately track health progress and performance, evaluate the impact of health programs and policies, and increase accountability at country and global levels. The use of results-based financing mechanisms by major global donors...
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Statement by the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, on the National Health Leaders' Retreat 2010
DoH
2010-01-28

26 January 2010

Good afternoon ladies and Gentlemen

Thank you for responding to our invitation. You are joining us here at the end of three days of intensive deliberations.

We gathered as the National Health Leadership together with International Experts from more than eight different countries chosen because those...
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