Open AccessEstimating the emergency care workforce in South Africa
Author(s) -
Ritika Tiwari,
Rishendran Naidoo,
René English,
Usuf Chikte
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of primary health care and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2071-2936
pISSN - 2071-2928
DOI - 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.3174
Subject(s) - workforce , medicine , psychological intervention , economic shortage , human resources , health care , population , medical emergency , nursing , economic growth , environmental health , political science , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , law , economics
Emergency care is viewed as a fundamental human right in South Africa's constitution. In the public sector, all emergency medical services (EMS) come under the Directorate: Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine at the National Department of Health (NDoH), which provides regulation, policy and oversight guidance to provincial structures.