Decentralising Health Workforce Management in China and South Africa

Decentralising health workforce management may help local services to coordinate and plan their human resources more effectively to meet health care needs. Health sector decentralisation in China and South Africa is complex, with different forms being implemented within varying timescales and for different purposes. In China decentralisation has taken place alongside the transition to a market economy, whilst post-apartheid South Africa is attempting to establish a new district health system. [author’s description]