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MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS Gustaaf Wolvaardt MBChB(Pret),M.Med(Int)(Pret),FCP(SA), AMP(MBS),PGCHE(Pret)
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CLINICAL CAPACITY
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PRODUCTION
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Doctors Output at the 8 medical schools around 1230 doctors per year over the past 12 years ART Programs HST estimated RSA needed 3,200 dedicated doctors and 2,400 nurses in 2009 for ART Programs only Nurses Massive drop in production of RN’s by Nursing Colleges from 2300/p.a. in 1996 to 1300 in 2004, has been increasing the last few years Pharmacists Dropped from 450 to 320 per annum FPD
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DISTRIBUTION
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% of Doctors in Private Sector FPD
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DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE IN SA (2004) TotalPublicPrivate GP’s19 7295398 (27.4%)14331 (72.6%) Specialists78261938 (24.8%)5888 (75.2%) Dentists4269316 (7.4%)3953 (92.6%) Pharmacists44101047 (23.7%)3363 (76.3%) Psychologists3808222 (5.8%)3586 (94.2%) FPD
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RETENTION
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A GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES: BRAIN DRAIN: CUMULATIVE TOLL – WE ARE LOSING Financial Mail April 2006 FPD
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Reasons for leaving the public sector SAMA Survey 2003
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OTHER
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Impact of HIV/AIDS on health professions Ageing professional population (17 000 of 22 000 doctors currently in practice qualified before 1990 FPD
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MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
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Current situation 54% of these managers never had any form of management training Unpublished industry report (Univ of Pretoria SHSPH) in 2006 showed that of 148 health care managers, working in the AIDS field (76% public sector) surveyed 54% of these managers never had any form of management training These managers in total managed 28 000 health care workers FPD
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Core qualifications FPD
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Solutions – National HR Plan for Health 2006 Increase production (doubling of output) Infrastructure and resource constraints ? 10% increase Plan does not adequately explore the potential of using the private sector Mid-level workers Pharmacy assistants – being developed for a number of years in both public and private educational sectors Medical assistants (new category) Training for task shifting Nurse practitioners with salaries that compensate them for these skills Health Charter to include replacement offerings that will support HRH Improve conditions of service i.e. accommodation at health facilities
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POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
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TO INCREASES CLINICAL RESOURCES Better align patients to providers Outsource to private sector (for and not for profit organizations) NHI
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AIDS Service Organizations HIV 911 database 2008 – 7000 AIDS Service Organization 2009 – 12 000 FPD
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Rapidly improving service delivery – The PEPFAR lesson 4-5 billion rand per annum budget channeled through 250 partners predominantly from civil society No corruption scandals FPD
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POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS – FOREIGN DRS: FQDs AS A SOURCE OF SKILLS FPD
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HAVING DR’S PARK YOUR CAR IS NOT A SOLUTION POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS – FOREIGN DRS: HAVING DR’S PARK YOUR CAR IS NOT A SOLUTION POLICY FPD
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Do the logical thing See stable patients less often Nurse initiation of ART Counselors do finger pricks etc. Increase production of providers Consider private higher education institutions
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IMPROVE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY Professionalise now !! Apply current rules on management requirements Insist that all managers get appropriate qualifications within a 2 year period Assess if managers apply skills
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“ The best way to predict the future is to create it “ Peter Drucker Peter Drucker:
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gustaafw@foundation.co.za +27833008271 www.foundation.co.za Thanks
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