GOVERNMENT CONVENES SECOND PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH SUMMIT
Pretoria: The Government will this week (04 – 05 May 2023), convene the second Presidential Health Summit at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, Gauteng to conduct review on the implementation of the interventions agreed to during the 2018 summit and assess the performance of the health system against the Health Compact.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the government delegation to this two-day summit which will bring together key stakeholders from various constituencies within the health sector, to identify alternative and sustainable interventions to ensure that measures are in place to implement the mechanisms that have not yet been implemented to recover towards the targets not yet attained.
The Summit will also serve as a platform for government to assess the readiness of the health system to implement National Health Insurance (NHI) and identify urgent measures needed to recalibrate the system and accelerate the NHI reforms and synthesize international experiences and shape approaches for moving closer to building health systems resilience in the South African context.
DETAILS OF THE SUMMIT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
DAY ONE:
Date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Time: 08:30 – 17:00
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre
DAY TWO
Date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Time: 08:30 – 17:00
Venue: Birchwood Conference Centre
