{
  "abstract": "South Africa’s constitutional democracy is grounded in principles of openness, accountability and public participation. 1 These principles are not aspirational—they are binding government obligations, reflected in Section 195 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) and operationalised through various legislation and policy frameworks.2 Public participation is particularly salient in South Africa given apartheid and colonialism’s legacy of systematically excluding Black South Africans from decision-making, including decisions that shaped living conditions, health risks and access to care.3",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Sameera Mahomedy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Nosiphiwo Nzimande"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Whose voice counts? Public participation as a legal and commercial determinant of health in South Africa",
  "uid": "fd6feff0-2170-5a37-9107-30ad6b4d2847"
}