Review of the South African Health Sector - South Africa
Concerns on the trend of overspending in the health sector in South Africa have recently
emerged. The new Health Minister appointed teams (consisting of financial, health systems
strengthening and management/organisational development consultants) to undertake a health
sector review in each of the nine provinces and at national level.
The purpose of the review, funded by the UK Department for International Development, was to document and analyse the reasons for the over-expenditure. These reports would be used to support reforms on an ongoing basis in each province. HPI provided health systems strengthening expertise from April -May 2009.