The Health Systems and Policy Unit was established in August 2006. The Unit aims to contribute meaningfully to current and future healthcare financing debates in Southern Africa and beyond. The unit seeks to achieve this through high quality research, the creation and management of a data warehouse and constructive engagement with policymakers and industry stakeholders alike. Areas of focus include:

• Healthcare Charter Process
• Social Health Insurance (SHI) and Risk-Equalisation Fund (REF)
• Low Income Medical Schemes (LIMS)
• Basic Benefit Package
• Provider re-imbursement models
• Cost drivers in the health sector
• Planning and simulation models tracking the health system impact
• Implications of health sector public-private interactions.
• Challenges to obtaining universal coverage

Haroon Wadee - the Head of the Unit has post-graduate training and experience in health economics, healthcare financing and health policy. Mmabatho Rapotu is a data-miner with post-graduate training in statistics. Sharon Swanepoel is a research assistant with a key interest in project management.

Haroon Wadee
Head: Health Systems and Policy
+27 11 537 0259
+ 27 086 607 3659 (fax)

Mmabatho Rapotu
Data Miner
+27 11 537 0228
+ 27 11 880 6437 (fax)

Sharon Swanepoel
Research Assistant
+27 11 537 0253
+27 086 607 3659 (fax)