By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - There's been a R4-billion increase in the proposed budget allocation for health in KwaZulu-Natal in the next fiscal. But civil society organisation SECTION27 says this does not factor the degree that women carry the burden of health-care inadequacies. According to the organisation- women generally have to serve as caregiver within an ailing health system. As a result, the budget allocations- both provincially and nationally- do not address core challenges experienced by women on the ground. SECTION27 Budget Analyst Matshidiso Lencoasa explains how more impact assessment is needed when tabling a health budget... 

<p>By Newsbreak Senior Producer Taresh Harreeparshad - There's been a R4-billion increase in the proposed budget allocation for health in KwaZulu-Natal in the next fiscal. But civil society organisation SECTION27 says this does not factor the degree that women carry the burden of health-care inadequacies. According to the organisation- women generally have to serve as caregiver within an ailing health system. As a result, the budget allocations- both provincially and nationally- do not address core challenges experienced by women on the ground. SECTION27 Budget Analyst Matshidiso Lencoasa explains how more impact assessment is needed when tabling a health budget...&nbsp;</p>

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