Industry leaders call for a core service package to advance universal health coverage [SOUND]

# The Board of Healthcare Funders will explore the development of a core service package to provide a practical starting point for defining the essential healthcare services that should be available to all South Africans within finite resources. Managing director Katlego Mothudi says South Africa already has a precedent for coordinated, free-at-point-of-service healthcare delivery, demonstrating that public and private resources can be aligned around a shared national priority when the will exists: