CAPE TOWN '€“ Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is gearing up for several court battles as he aims to regulate certain aspects of the food and other private sector industries driving poor health.

CAPE TOWN - There is going to be a '€œserious fight to get what we want in our health system'€ and while the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper was steering matters in the right direction health care delivery can'€™t go from '€œhorrible to wonderful'€ overnight, health economist Professor Di McIntyre cautioned.

CAPE TOWN - South Africa needs to urgently look to countries such as Rwanda, Thailand and Brazil, where they have employed community health workers (CHWs) to deliver a range of primary health care services that dramatically reduced mortality, public health expert Professor David Sanders told the National Health Assembly (NHA).