Welcome to the Political Leaders in Health Portal. This site is designed specifically for exclusive and confidential use by participants in the on-going Political Leadership in Health Programme (PLIH) - a collaboration between the National Ministry of Health, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

This site is password protected and only approved subscribers may access this site. The objective of this site is to provide political leaders in health access to useful and timely information of direct relevance to current South African health policy, programme and service priorities. On this site you will find: 

  • Highlights of Current Health News
  • Presentations and Reports from the PLIH Seminar Series, including meetings at Mulderdrift and Rio de Janeiro
  • Resources for Policymakers - short Policy Briefs on current health policy priorities
  • Top line information from relevant current Health Research
  • A Discussion Forum where subscribers may communicate with one another, and with international and South African“faculty” involved in the PLIH Programme.

If you have any concerns or questions about this site please contact Dr. Michael Sinclair at michaels@kff.org




Views and opinions posted on the site are not necessarily those of any of the collaborating institutions and are the sole responsibility of the authors.
The site is managed and maintained by the Health Systems Trust.