The objects of this Act are to regulate national health and to provide uniformity in respect of health services across the nation by—
(a) establishing a national health system which—
(i) | encompasses public and private providers of health services; and |
(ii) | provides in an equitable manner the population of the Republic with the best possible health services that available resources can afford; |
(c) | protecting, respecting, promoting and fulfilling the rights of— |
(i) | the people of South Africa to the progressive realisation of the constitutional right of access to health care services, including reproductive health care; |
(ii) | the people of South Africa to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being; |
(iii) | children to basic nutrition and basic health care services contemplated in section 28(1)(c) of the Constitution; and |
(iv) | vulnerable groups such as women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities. |