Firdouza Waggie

Opinion Paper A vibrant reflection of the revised integrated school health policy with a lens on substance use Linda Shuro, Firdouza Waggie African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 13, No 1 | a3082 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.3082 | © 2021 Linda Shuro | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 Submitted: 09 June 2021 | Published: 28 October 2021 About the author(s) Linda Shuro, School of Public Health, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences,...

South Africa’s public health system has many shortcomings. There aren’t enough health professionals to serve the 84% of patients who rely on the public sector. The situation is made worse by a growing burden of disease and the population’s increasingly complex health needs. For example, many people living with HIV may also have a non-communicable disease such as hypertension.

analysis By Firdouza Waggie South Africa's public health system has many shortcomings. There aren't enough health professionals to serve the 84% of patients who rely on the public sector. The situation is made worse by a growing burden of disease and the population's increasingly complex health needs. For example, many people living with HIV may also have a non-communicable disease such as hypertension.