HSF Briefs

IS DEMOCRACY IN RETREAT GLOBALLY? I – MEASUREMENT
Author: Charles Simkins
Published: 02 Jun 2016
This is the first Brief in a three part series of Briefs which deal with democracy. This Brief looks at indicators of democracy.
Briefs Promoting Constitutional Democracy International
BETWEEN DOUBT AND CERTAINTY: Reflections on the state of our public discourse
Author: Matthew Kruger
Published: 24 May 2016
For some time now our public discourse has been dominated by public intellectuals and other commentators whose opinions are characterised by a shrill, self-righteous certainty. In this brief, Matthew Kruger reflects on these issues, pleading for those who shape public debate to write with the kind of self-reflective humility that is possessed by those who are aware of their own limitations—who are aware of the possibility that they might be wrong.
Briefs Social Justice
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE V – Conclusions
Author: Charles Simkins
Published: 12 May 2016
Charles Simkins reviews the previous four briefs, pulling together themes and proposing how the government could affect genuinely meaningful change to South Africa's public health system.
Briefs Health
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IV – Single Payer: Canada
Author: Andrew Barlow
Published: 12 May 2016
The third brief in this series dealt with the two-tier systems used to finance UHC by Israel and the Netherlands. This brief now turns to the single payer system used by Canada.
Briefs Health