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Claire Botha

Dr Claire Botha is an independent health economist who studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Born and bred in Port Elizabeth’s (Gqeberha’s) Northern Areas, she now lives in Pretoria.

Latest Work

OPINIONISTA

8 January 2025

Tragic death of Gqeberha police officer highlights systemic failures, inequalities and urgent need for change

By Claire Botha

4 min

HEALTHCARE OP-ED

26 June 2023

The redistribution lens of the NHI undermines the objective of universal healthcare coverage

By Claire Botha

4 min

South Africa’s health infrastructure headed down the same road as Eskom’s power plants

HEALTHCARE SERVICES OP-ED

20 February 2023

South Africa’s health infrastructure headed down the same road as Eskom’s power plants

By Claire Botha

5 min

Data sharing is a key component of the NHI, but needs to be as seamless as possible

ACCESS TO HEALTH INFORMATION OP-ED

30 August 2022

Data sharing is a key component of the NHI, but needs to be as seamless as possible

By Claire Botha

5 min

South Africa’s well-populated policy graveyard — where policies go to die

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

23 May 2022

South Africa’s well-populated policy graveyard — where policies go to die

By Claire Botha

5 min

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Latest Work

Tragic death of Gqeberha police officer highlights systemic failures, inequalities and urgent need for change

The redistribution lens of the NHI undermines the objective of universal healthcare coverage

South Africa’s health infrastructure headed down the same road as Eskom’s power plants

Data sharing is a key component of the NHI, but needs to be as seamless as possible

South Africa’s well-populated policy graveyard — where policies go to die