For universal healthcare and NHI to succeed, SA needs effective health promotion programmes and institutions

In the debates about National Health Insurance (NHI), the focus has been on the envisaged cost and affordability. What is constantly overlooked are the social and financial costs of a growing burden of preventable diseases.South Africa has a burgeoning epidemic of non-communicable diseases, contributing to about half of all deaths in the country. More than 20 million adults in…...