Private hospitals “import” nurses from India
A private hospital group is recruiting professional nurses from India to work in its Western Cape intensive care unit wards where the shortage is most critical.
Anso Thom
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Reaching out to farm workers
With the introduction of antiretroviral medicine, many of hospice's patients now have cancer not AIDS.
No ARVs in Graaff-Reinet
Many HIV positive residents in the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet are dying as the province's HIV clinic continues to delay dispensing antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Hospital not coping with MDR TB increase
Brooklyn Chest Clinic is unable to cope with the increase in patients with multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extreme drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, and Western Cape health workers are calling for patients to be treated in the community.
State urged to settle in court case
The Treatment Action Campaign has publicly called on the deputy president and the acting health minister to settle the court case involving the civil society Aids group, doctors, government and vitamin salesman Matthias Rath.
TB cure rate poor in SA
South Africa is one of the top 10 countries in terms of its TB burden, according to the World Health Organisation. The country also fares poorly when considering its cure rate.
Only 3% of mothers getting grant are teens
There is no evidence that shows South African teenage girls are deliberately having children in order to access the Child Support Grant (CSG), according to a report by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
Eastern Cape limps along
Home to the poorest districts in the country, the Eastern Cape health system continues to be plagued by huge staff shortages, poor management and weak primary care.
Primary health care underutilised in Gauteng
South Africa's 'powerhouse', Gauteng is the country's most densely populated province and home to almost 10-million residents (20 % of the population).
Good outcomes for the Western Cape
Always considered the 'rich kid', the Western Cape has committed large amounts of money to primary health care (PHC) and so far it is translating into good health outcomes for the province.
Mpumalanga fails on the health front
Mpumalanga's tuberculosis programme is the worst in the country. Its TB cure rate of 32 percent is the lowest in South Africa and has deteriorated from just under 48 percent in 2003.
NorthWest making small gains
Despite being the second highest spender on primary health care in the country, NorthWest's health system has recorded an average performance.