SAMJ : SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 83, n° 8, 1993, pages 569-572, 6 réf., ISSN 0256-9574, ZAF
Western Cape regional serv council. Cape Town. ZAF
Kayelitsha is an underserviced, largely informal urban settlement on the edge of Cape Town.
It is home to some 350 000 people.
This paper maintains that a district health service would be beneficial in Khayelitsha.
Advantages include (i) the integration and co-ordination of services with coherent management of health care; (ii) the ability to prioritise and act on problems with the full range of preventive and curative measures as well as intersectoral support; and (iii) the accountability of health providers.
Some of the steps then towards the initiation of a district health service are illustrated in a discussion of the recent changes in health service structures in Kayelitsha.
There are many obstacles to the implementation of a formal district health service and these are discussed briefly.
Mots-clés BDSP : Système santé, Soins santé primaire, Politique santé, Organisation, Homme, Résultat, Afrique
Mots-clés Pascal : Système santé, Soin santé primaire, Politique sanitaire, Organisation, Homme, Résultat, République Sud Africaine, Afrique
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Health system, Primary health care, Health policy, Organization, Human, Result, South Africa, Africa
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Inist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique
Cote : 93-0653614
Code Inist : 002B30A01B. Création : 199406.