Since 1992, the Health Systems Trust has contributed to the development of a health system that can meet the needs of all South Africans, including the most disadvantaged. We will continue to work with all stakeholders in order to improve health care, particularly in areas most underserved and in need.

Traineeship
South African Health Professionals in Implementation Science Research
2010-07-23

Closing date: 6 August 2010

This training programme is funded by the United States Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief which has moved away from an emergency response approach to promoting sustainable country programs. The one year traineeship offers unique, prestigious and challenging training opportunities to promising researchers and health professionals in the field of implementation science. Only South African citizens working in KwaZulu-Natal Province are eligible.
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Greater strides needed to reduce maternal and child mortality
Health-e, 25 June 2010
2010-06-30

President Jacob Zuma has declared that African leaders aimed to deliver on their commitments to allocate 15% of their budgets to health care and to allocate an amount for maternal, newborn and child health care.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Poor MDR-TB knowledge among nurses
PlusNews
2010-06-24

DURBAN, 15 June 2010 - South Africa has one of the highest rates of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), but a study has found that many nurses have not been trained to handle this deadly, difficult-to-treat strain of the disease.
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PRESS RELEASE: District Health Barometer 2008/09
Health Systems Trust
2010-05-31

The Health Systems Trust (HST) has released its latest edition of the District Health Barometer. The publication is a tool through which managers in the health sector can monitor and evaluate not only trends in health status and service delivery but also the underlying quality of routinely collected health information in South Africa. The publication is freely downloadable from the HST website
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South Africa and Province profiles
Health Systems Trust
2010-05-10

Among the health-related indicators monitored by the 2008/09 District Health Barometer, the following issues seem most pertinent for South Africa and for each province.
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