Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu
Muzimkhulu Zungu,
Jerry Spiegel,
Annalee Yassi
et al.
Abstract:Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) grapple with shortages of health workers, a crucial component of robust health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the imperative for appropriate staffing of health systems and the occupational health (OH) threats to health workers. Issues related to accessibility, coverage, and utilization of OH services in public sector health facilities within LMICs were particularly accentuated during the pandemic. This paper draws on the observations and experiences of r… Show more
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