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Defining and identifying the critical elements of operational readiness for public health emergency events: a rapid scoping review

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By René English, Heather Carlson Verified, Heike Geduld, Quinette Louw
| BMJ Global Health
Public Health Review WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC Operational readiness (OPR) has emerged as a crucial but relatively unexplored concept in the context of health emergencies. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS OPR is in an early stage of adoption with variable understandings of what it entails. This study highlights a need for conceptual clarity and consistency in describing OPR to build a coherent body of evidence that can underpin policy and practice.
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ANALYSIS | A new law on healthcare will not change things for the better: What NHI will not fix

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By Yogan Pillay, René English
| News24 Verified
Thirty years into democracy, South Africa still struggles with rolling out mostly well-designed policies. But if the circumstances in which a health system must work are not fixed, simply passing a law to give everyone access to healthcare will not change things for the better. Here is why. Thirty years into democracy, our new administration faces the same challenge it did halfway through - the poor rollout of mostly well-designed policies.
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What the National Health Insurance won’t fix

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By Yogan Pillay, René English
| Mail & Guardian Verified
Thirty years into democracy, our new administration faces the same challenge it did halfway through — the poor roll-out of mostly well-designed policies. In a series of articles in The Lancet in 2009 — 15 years after the landmark 1994 elections — South African researchers noted that while many of the country’s health system problems had historical roots in apartheid, poor implementation of forward-looking policies had hamstrung progress. Many fixes have been suggested.
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