The South African National Integrated Men’s Health Strategy 2020-2025 (the Strategy) is a framework for action to work towards the goal that Every South African man and boy is supported to live a long and healthy life. South African men generally have poor health seeking behaviours and are less likely than women to engage health services across the care cascade, resulting in adverse clinical outcomes for many preventable illnesses.

The National Strategic Direction for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Practice is underpinned by the 2030 Human Resources for Health Strategy: Investing in the Health Workforce for Universal Health. The strategy harnesses nursing education and practice in support of universal health coverage (UHC) and the vision of the National Development Plan (NDP): 2030 for “a health system that works for everyone and produces positive health outcomes”.

The National Health Insurance (NHI) policy of government aims to dismantle the system and introduce several structural reforms. The consultation on NHI bill, which is led by the portfolio committee of health, will ensure that NHI fund is established and able to strategically purchase health services from public and private health providers once it is enacted by the President. Concurrently, the National Department DoH, in partnership with its provincial counterparts, aims to strengthen the health system of South Africa to achieve Universal Health Coverage.