Comment: NHI issues; basket, budget and biceps
Government should address some key issues on the National Health Insurance, writes Neil Kirby.
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The Challenge of Making Africa Smoke-Free
“There’s no doubt that the tobacco industry is losing huge influence in richer countries, as fewer people use tobacco than ever before. The harsh reality, however, is that the industry is now getting away with aggressively exploiting less wealthy countries.” Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, Harry Lando and Gan Quan discuss…
Aeromedical services: fly by night tenders in the Spotlight
A Spotlight special investigation by Marcus Low and Ntsiki Mpulo sheds new light on government’s use of aeromedical services, and fly by night tenders. Spotlight is a publication of public interest law centre, Section 27.
No more delays: Accelerating access to medicine
Late last month, Heads of State and governments from across the continent gathered in Addis Ababa for the 28th African Union (AU) Summit writes Yolanda Moyo of PATH South Africa.
Implementing 90-90-90
Not only has South Africa adopted the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, but we have gone one better than anyone else in the world and adopted 90-90-90 targets for TB as well. It is thanks to us that the Global TB Plan has 90-90-90 targets writes Yogan Pillay, Deputy Director General of the National Department of Health.
How South Africa can beat its sugar-fuelled diabetes epidemic
Four times as many people have Type II diabetes today as 36 years ago, according to the World Health Organisation. In 1980, 108 million people were diagnosed with diabetes worldwide. By 2014, the figure was 422 million writes Dr Sundeep Ruder.
Globally renowned health experts add their names to call for sugar tax in SA
Scholars and academics from leading universities around the world have added their voices to the call for the implementation of a tax on sugary drinks in South Africa.
Breast cancer survivor: “Let’s speak about cancer in our language”
Breast cancer is not an illness that affects only those who speak English and live in the city, says survivor Nelisa Sipamia, who grew up in a rural area, dependent on the public health care system.
Cancer: It’s all about the price tag
Dr Marais, CEO of the Independent Clinical Oncology Network (ICON), examines the high cost of cancer in South Africa and the financial impact on the patient and practitioner.
Funding for health innovation: How does South Africa measure up?
Innovators, policymakers, and investors gathered in Johannesburg last month for the South Africa Innovation Summit and after this, it is worth asking, are we as a nation doing enough to finance health innovation and technology? Dr Tony Bunn discusses...
One in nine TB patients co-infected with diabetes
About one in nine South African tuberculosis (TB) patients are also living with type 2 diabetes, according to Stellenbosch University medical biologist Dr Katharina Ronache. Ronacher warns rising rates of co-infection could have consequences for treatment outcomes.
Death, dying and silence in the Eastern Cape
One year after the South African Human Rights Commission found the Eastern Cape had failed to uphold citizens’ right to emergency care, communities are still waiting for answers, writes Ntsiki Mpulo.