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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2015): African Sociological Review

6 - Health Inequality in South Africa: A Systematic Review

https://doi.org/10.57054/asr.v19i2.3739
Chinwe C. Obuaku-Igwe
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-6924

Corresponding Author(s) : Chinwe C. Obuaku-Igwe

obuaku@yahoo.com

African Sociological Review, Vol. 19 No. 2 (2015): African Sociological Review

Abstract

This study presents a review of key empirical studies on health inequalities in South Africa
with the aim of contributing to a comparative examination of social inequalities in health
across different countries in Europe and other parts of the World. Studies reviewed were
identified through a computerised search of key words such as inequalities, health, health
inequalities, race, health in South Africa, health systems, socio-economic determinants of health
and livelihoods in South Africa. Studies were included if the primary objective was to explore
health inequality as a variable in child/adult mortality.

Keywords

Health inequality race child mortality socio-economic conditions South Africa
Chinwe C. Obuaku-Igwe. (2015). 6 - Health Inequality in South Africa: A Systematic Review. African Sociological Review, 19(2), 96–131. https://doi.org/10.57054/asr.v19i2.3739
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Author Biography

Chinwe C. Obuaku-Igwe

Dr Chinwe Obuaku-Igwe is lecturer and researcher at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. She has a PhD in Medical Sociology and has been responsible for Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching with a specialisation in Medical/Sociology of Health. She has had substantial involvement in the mentoring, grants proposal writing, coaching and general retention of Sociology students at the University of the Western Cape. Her research explicates health and health care systems in Africa, rooting them in the politics and economics of the continent through the utilisation of an array of tools such as STATA, to analyse and test insights from data.
She is currently the President of the South African Sociological Association and a leading authority on African Health, health systems and Development. She is the author of Kakistocracy: An idiot's hilarious guide to Nigerian History. Her new books "New Perspectives on Access to Essential Medicines: Beyond Medications; and An Assets Based Approach to Mental Health Promotion in Africa, are set to be published in 2021

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