Health Systems
Trust is a dynamic independent non-government organisation established
in 1992 to support the transformation of the South African health
system.
The Health Systems Trust supports the
current and future development of a comprehensive health care system
through strategies designed to promote equity and efficiency in health
and health care delivery.
Their goals are to:
- Facilitate and evaluate district
health systems development.
- Define priorities and commission
research to foster health systems development.
- Build South African capacity for
health systems research, planning, development and evaluation.
- Actively disseminate information about
health systems research, planning, development and evaluation.
- Encourage the use of lessons learnt
from work supported by the Trust
The Health
Systems Trust publishes the South African Health Review; the monthly
HST Update, Kwik Skwiz (a brief for health service managers) and
research reports of work commissioned and funded by the Trust.
One recent
publication: Tuberculosis
Control Programme: Implementing Proficiency Testing for TB Smear
Microscopy in the Northern Province, South Africa Guidelines for
Provincial or Regional Settings, should be of interest to all those
concerned with TB Smear microscopy.
