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Database: WHO MiNDbank

This World Health Organisation (WHO) database includes national policy documents on topics such as mental health, disability and substance abuse from countries around the world.

The ordinary heroes of the Treatment Action Campaign

In late September, Health-e News broke news of the financial crisis facing AIDS lobby the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). We look at two TAC activists that embody what South Africa could lose if the TAC closes its doors.

Report: Struggle for maternal health

This new Amnesty International report details barriers to antenatal care in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.

Speeches: Free State, KZN, Gauteng, Western Cape health budgets

Selected provincial health budget vote speeches from the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng the Western Cape provinces.
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Report: Department of Health Strategic Plan 2014/15 – 2018/9

Published by the South African Department of Health, this 53-page document outlines eight broad strategic goals for the department within the next four years including rolling out the National Health Insurance (NHI), re-engineering primary health care and improving financial management.

Tshwane citizen journalist nabs top award

Tshilidzi Tuwani from Soshanguve outside Pretoria was named ‘Citizen Journalist of the Year’ as Health-e News honoured its citizen journalists from around the country.
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Presentation: NHI Sneak Preview – From Green to White Paper (2013)

In this 2013 presentation, the Department of Health outlines legislative, governance and institutional reforms accompanying the National Health Insurance (NHI) as well as timeframes.
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Report: eHealth Strategy South Africa (2012)

This 36-page policy document outlines the Department of Health’s eHealth strategy, which is set to lead the department in improving patient information systems nationwide.

Paper: The broken thread – Primary health care, social justice & the dignity of the health worker

This 17-page public position paper was recently presented at a 1 September Wiser lecture by Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood.

Report: Regulation of e-cigarettes and similar products

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new report states that while e-cigarettes represent an “evolving frontier filled with promise and threat for tobacco control,” regulations are needed.

In-Depth Report: Mpumalanga’s deadly debt

Last October, the Mpumalanga Department of Health was placed under the administration of the provincial finance department to save it from collapse. Health-e News looks at the costs of the province’s deadly debt.

Presentations: South Africa’s HIV, TB investment case

Experts’ presentations on South Africa’s HIV “investment case” made at a July consultation organised by the country’s national AIDS council.

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