Transport Policy for Health Services in the Public Health Sector: Lessons Learned from a Study of the Impact on Health Services of Public-Private Partnership for Transport in the Eastern Cape

ABSTRACT

Adequate and appropriate vehicles are essential for health service delivery. These are required for transport and transfer of patients from community to health facilities and between levels of health care delivery of essential equipment; medicines and other supplies to point of service delivery transport of health workers for supervisory visits; to attend meetings and training sessions and for administrative purposes. A transport management system that is efficiently and cost effectively run is essential to ensure availability of vehicles for health service delivery when required