Politics and leadership in global health delivery: lessons from South Africa's HIV and health insurance initiatives

• Main Authors: Amy Madore, MPA (Author), Julie D Rosenberg, MPH (Author), Hisham Yousif, MD (Author), Chris Desmond, PhD (Author), Rebecca L Weintraub, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi inherited an HIV epidemic and a weak public health system when he took office in 2009. His priorities were to establish a national programme to address HIV and to create a system of national health insurance (NHI) to increase access to...