A Brief Profile of the Status of Health and the Health System in South Africa : Background Note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic
South Africans suffer from a high burden of preventable illness and premature death, despite high expenditure on health. Over the last two decades some significant improvements have occurred in maternal and child health and in reducing the human im...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/209801529303393585/A-brief-profile-of-the-status-of-health-and-the-health-system-in-South-Africa-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30036 |
| Summary: | South Africans suffer from a high burden
of preventable illness and premature death, despite high
expenditure on health. Over the last two decades some
significant improvements have occurred in maternal and child
health and in reducing the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) burden. However, health indicators remain poor when
compared to other countries at similar levels of
development. Life expectancy is approximately 62 years,
lower than average for lower middle-income countries. This
study provides a brief profile of the status of health and
the health system in South Africa, as a background note to
the South Africa systematic country diagnostic. |
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