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NHI clauses deliberated in Parliament
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Three NHI clauses on the contracting unit for primary healthcare were deliberated in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Health Minister Dr Joe Phaala and his DG, Dr Nicholas Crisp’s absence was flagged before the meeting began. Clauses 37, 38 and 39 highlighted issues about the lack of feasibility studies, unqualifying
Essential medicines shortage
Faith Mutizira
The aftershocks of Covid-19’s stranglehold on the global supply chain are affecting the availability of some essential medicines in South Africa. Medical associations and pharmaceutical organisations are concerned about the low supply of morphine powder and 150 other medicines across the country. CEO of the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA),Â
Medical schemes under fire for not having low cost benefit options
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has taken the legal route in their bid to make low-cost medical scheme benefit options a reality for South Africans. In the line of fire is the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), which the BHF believes, has failed to regularly review prescribed minimum benefits
Gauteng policies a danger to migrant maternal care
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In South Africa, reports of xenophobic incidents are a daily reality. Now migrants using the country’s strained public health system is a hot-button issue as impartial access to healthcare has recently become highly politicised. Operation Dudula’s anti-migrant protestors targeted the sick and vulnerable outside Kalafong Hospital in Tshwane to reach
It’s time to normalise sexual health conversations in the home
Faith Mutizira
As every parent and child knows, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) conversations can be a bit awkward. This is something that Michaela Pillay* knows all too well. The 21-year-old Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) student has never had a proper conversation about sex or menstruation with her mother. “My
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