Ten years on - have we got what we ordered?

Extracted from text ... 1 1 TEN YEARS ON - HAVE WE GOT WHAT WE ORDERED? Health Systems Trust Antoinette Ntuli, Candy Day Introduction In preparation for the time when democracy would come to South Africa (SA), the ANC had developed a national health plan for SA.1 the central vision of this plan, which emphasised a focus on health and not only on medical care, was that every person has the right to achieve optimal health. the underlying philosophy for restructuring the health system was based on the primary health care approach and the goal was the creation of a single comprehensive, equitable ..