South Africa: Gauteng ups health facility funding
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
South Africa's Gauteng province has increased its health budget to Rand 12.52bn (US$1.7bn) during 2007-08, a 15.8% increase on 2006-07. Included among its targets are significant hospital and emergency care system building and equipping, intensification of HIV (including antenatal) and TB testing programmes, and forensic pathology services.
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