Health care reform and the crisis of HIV and AIDS in South Africa.

Abstract

This report reviews South Africa's health policies over the past 10 years. After the country's transition to democracy, the government implemented health care reform to improve access to health care, especially for children. With 10 percent of South Africa's population infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), AIDS has had a devastating impact on health and the delivery of health care. Severely constrained financial resources frustrate efforts to improve South Africa's health care system and to implement optimal programs for the prevention and treatment of infection with HIV.