SDG10, reduced inequalities: the effect of health policy on inequalities: evidence from South Africa
Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Inequalities, specifically in Post-Apartheid South Africa, have been extensively analyzed, yet little attention has been paid to the effect of health policy on inequalities. The chapters goal is to demonstrate how SDG 3 (Health for All) can work with SDG10 (Reduce Inequalities) to fight longstanding societal inequalities. One of the first steps is the creation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), whose goal is to cover the entire population with adequate health care at an affordable price. Health and health outcomes are, however, not only affected by provision or access to healthcare and health services. They result from multidimensional and complex factors linked to the social determinants of health. So while the NHI may reduce inequality and inequity in health care, further attention will need to be placed on socio-economic inequality given the social and economic disparities among the population groups in the country.
Authors: Ogujiuba Kanayo, Olaide Ojoniyi
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4390720522