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Health

Report: Stock outs in South Africa – a national crisis

Released by a civil society consortium, this report shows that one-in-five health centers surveyed had experienced drug shortages or stock outs recently.

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November 28, 2013

Health, Our Health

Interview with Sibongile Nkosi, project manager of OurHealth

NewsMeBack citizen journalism blog interviews Health-e's OurHealth citizen journalist manager Sibongile Nkosi.

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November 27, 2013

Health, Health Systems

National Health Insurance pilot district business plans 2012-2014

Buisness plans from South Africa's 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts outlining 2012/13 activities funded by the government-issued NHI conditional grant.

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November 25, 2013

Health, Men's Health

SA Men’s Health Barometer

On Tuesday, the 19th November, as the world commemorated International Men's Day, Brothers For Life, a national campaign representing the combined efforts of over 100 organisations, released the first Men's Health Barometer.

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November 21, 2013

Health

Report: EC Health Crisis Action Coalition November update

The civil society Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition provides an analysis of proposed plans to fix the province's health system.

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November 21, 2013

Health, Health Systems

Booklet: Budget Justice

Published by Cape Town's Alternative Information and Development Centre, this 84-page booklet describes processes and trends in public expenditure for service delivery, including health.

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November 14, 2013

Health

Statement: Coalition responds to EC Dept. of Health

Documents presented to Parliament's Standing Committee on Health by the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Coalition.

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November 6, 2013

Health

Strokes affecting younger patients

A Johannesburg father talks about how a stroke changed his teenage daughter’s life.

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November 6, 2013

Health

Experts call for urgent regulation of e-cigarettes

Lung health experts from around the world issued a warning about the potential health impact of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems and called for urgent regulation of these products.

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November 5, 2013

Health, Mental Health

Policy guidelines: Child and adolescent mental health

The 26-page guidelines begins with an overview of the determinants of mental health among children and adolescents before reviewing related South African policies and legislation. The document then discusses strategies to build skills among caregivers, teachers and other frontline providers…

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November 3, 2013

News, Our Health

Call for Health-e citizen journalist applications

Health-e News Service currently runs a citizen journalist programme in South Africa's 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts and we're looking for new journalists for the team.

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October 30, 2013

Health

Report: 2013 District Health Barometer

Health Systems Trust's latest District Health Barometer, which provides district-level statistics on indicators such as maternal mortality, childhood immunisations and cervical cancer screening.

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October 28, 2013

Health

Report: Abandoned in Agony – Cancer & the struggle for pain treatment in Senegal

Only 200 of an estimated 70 000 patients with conditions causing them chronic pain receive morphine treatment in the West African country of Senegal.

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October 28, 2013

Health, Health Systems

Policy: South Africa’s Integrated School Health Programme

Introduced in 2012, the policy aims to strengthen the country's school health services and forms the basis of South Africa's Integrated School Health Programme.

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October 24, 2013

Health

WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2013

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease. Of these 1.3 million deaths, about 320,000 were among people living with HIV.

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October 23, 2013

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