‘The NHI has the potential to improve sexual and reproductive health services in SA’
Ten years ago, activist Marion Steven wrote about how sexual and reproductive health services could benefit from the NHI Bill. But she neglected some issues.
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[Updated] National Health Insurance chance to improve quality
The public has until 31 May* to comment on the NHI White Paper, but the response has been muted. Yet the NHI provides an opportunity to improve quality and address the lack of health workers, writes Section27's Sasha Stevenson.
[MEDIA STATEMENT] Health-e News CEO resigns
The Board of Health-e News regrets to announce that Sibongile Nkosi has resigned from her role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Health-e News.
Zweli Mkhize on the NHI
KwaZulu-Natal premier and chair of the ANC's health and education committee Dr Zweli Mkhize responds to the NHI debate in this piece which was published on Sunday and also appears in the party's newsletter.
Zuzimpilo opens shop for circumcision Living with AIDS # 432
Zuzimpilo, the low-cost HIV and AIDS treatment clinic in the heart of Johannesburg, has now added medical male circumcision to its services. This follows the Health Department'€™s approval of the procedure as part of the country'€™s HIV prevention arsenal.
Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis
Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warn in a report released this week. The organisation'€™s medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, an estimated 75% of the total number of cases in the current cholera outbreak - and the crisis is far from over.
Zille enters NHI debate
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille enters the National Health Insurance debate in her weekly newsletter South Africa Today. She argues that NHI would deepen the failure of public health and reduce the benefits of private health.
World Patient Safety Day: Medical errors ‘preventable’
As the globe marks World Patient Safety Day today, the National Health Ministry has called for the country’s healthcare professionals to avoid any form of negligence and, with that, the threat of litigation. Often, medical errors are underreported for fear…
Working together to fight HIV/AIDS
Deputy President, Jacob Zuma says government has allocated about R3.3 billion to fight HIV/AIDS over the next three years through a comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategy that includes prevention, treatment, care and support. He says an additional R350 million has been set aside for home and community-based care and support programmes and that over the past two years an estimated eleven thousand health workers have been trained to manage opportunistic infections. For the next three years about 100 health workers per province will be trained annually to manage HIV/AIDS. Zuma adds government has also formed partnerships with civil society including traditional leaders, traditional healers, non-governmental orgranisations (NGO'€™s), community-based organizations (CBO'€™s) , trade unions and faith-based organizations. Thandeka Teyise compiled this report.
Why we need a competitive ARV tender
The Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum recently held its second meeting and focused on the upcoming antiretroviral tender and the need to ensure that it is structured and run in a manner that enables the state to procure an adequate supply of appropriate medicines at the lowest possible prices.
Why Ozone Rectal Therapy is not the next cure for AIDS
Sometimes one has to see the humorous side of quackery. By Nathan Geffen
Whoonga dealers are peddling poison
Those peddling Whoonga, the deadly drug sweeping through KwaZulu-Natal townships, should face murder charges as they are deliberately poisoning people.
White paper: National Health Insurance for South Africa
The 97-page paper outlines the country’s path to universal health coverage over 14 years and proposes dramatic changes in the role of private medical aids and the National Health Laboratory Services among others.
White Paper fuzzy on how to get private doctors’ buy-in
We’ve finally been given government’s blue-print for how it plans to marry the private and public health sectors – the NHI White Paper. But many areas are fuzzy, particularly how it will persuade private doctors to work in a system that is likely to mean more work and less pay.
Where are the children in the NHI?
Child and adolescent health needs a strong champion in the NHI, as the current policy framework is skewed towards adult burden of disease and efficacy of services.