NHI is SA’s response to global call for universal health coverage

Healthcare forms the basis for the realisation of a wide variety of socioeconomic rights, which is why the NHI is a much-needed step in the right direction. Conversations surrounding access to quality healthcare are currently dominated by high-level policy discussions in relation to the national health insurance (NHI). These discussions are often far removed from community-driven commitments to creating more equitable realities, a richness of which exist on the ground…..more