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South Africa: How to Thaw a Health System Frozen in Fear

AllAfrica26 October 2026, 09:37 UTCSouth Africa

[spotlight] South Africa's public healthcare system finds itself caught between two incomplete revolutions - the democratic dream of a decentralised District Health System, and the march toward National Health Insurance. Health systems experts argue that structural changes won't save a system that is scared stiff. The most urgent task facing the system, they say, is to help frontline doctors and nurses reimagine what is possible.

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