Editor’s note

  • Demetre Labadarios Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Abstract

Service delivery, in general, is currently one of the most prominent national issues. It has attracted intense debate among politicians, and continues to cause pubic unrest and discontent. In relation to health, a recent snap poll1 amongst healthcare professionals, drawn from the private sector and national and provincial government, indicates that government is expected to play a leading role in setting uniform national health-sector quality standards, and in facilitating healthcare integration.The survey documented that 77% of sector representatives believed that government has a leading role to play in setting healthcare standards and creating an enabling environment for healthcare services integration.

Author Biography

Demetre Labadarios, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Prof Labadarios is the Executive Director of the Human Sciences Research Council, Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation Research programme. He is author/co-author of more than 220 scientific publications and has also co-authored the books "Pocket Manual of Clinical Nutrition" and Clinical Nutrition: Early intervention?” He has been awarded the Poliomyelitis Research Prize, the WF Rabe Award for exceptional achievement in Medicine, the F D du Toit van Zijl Research Medallion of the University of Stellenbosch, and the Albert Strating prize for Preventive Medicine of the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Prof Labadarios is an elected Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, Honorary Associate Professor in the University of Crete, Greece, and an elected member of the JM Kinney International Award Committee in Nutrition Research. He is currently elected chairman of the Information Technology for the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA), a scientific society, which aims to establish networks among African nutrition professionals. He is the African Editor of "Nutrition: The International Journal of Nutritional Sciences" and serves as a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals.
How to Cite
Labadarios, D. (1). Editor’s note. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 24(2), 55. Retrieved from http://sajcn.co.za/index.php/SAJCN/article/view/551
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Vol 24 No 2 (2011)
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Editor's Note
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