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Report: Department of Health Annual Performance Plan

This 100-page report describes the Department of Health’s key performance indicators, strategic objectives and annual targets for 2011/12 to 2013/14.

Report: Public Protector’s investigation into the Gauteng Department of Health

Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela recently released the outcomes of an investigation into the Gauteng Department of Health.

Report: Global Fund targets in South African prisons

Released by the TB non-profit the Aurum Institute, this document outlines organisations receiving international funding to address TB in prisons as well as goals and timelines.

Documents: TB in South African Prisons

The following documents outline the use of the rapid GeneXpert TB test in prisons, HIV and TB interventions and describe the recently created task team.

Guidelines: Management of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

Updated January 2013, these South African Department of Health guidelines describe the management of drug-resistant (DR), multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resisistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

Guidelines: Management of TB, HIV & STIs in Correctional Facilities

Released by the Department of Health, this 58-page guidelines cover the management of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa’s 242 correctional facilities.

Guidelines: Management of Tuberculosis in Children

Released by the Department of Health, this 58-page booklet outlines care and treatment for children with tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa.

Guidelines: National Tuberculosis Management Guidelines

The South African Department of Health has released its latest guidelines for the management of tuberculosis (TB) in adults.

Report: An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Drugs

Developed by the independent AIDS research and policy US-based think tank, the Treatment Action Group (TAG), the 32-page guide outlines tuberculosis (TB) drugs currently in use around the world.

Report: Summary of Netcare v KPMG litigation

Section27 has summarized the first three days of litigation in case brought against auditing company KPMG in regards to its possible involvement in South Africa’s Competition Commission’s market inquiry into private health care.

Report: South Africa’s 2012 national antenatal HIV survey

Recently released by the National Department of Health, the survey shows that about a third of pregnant women in the country are living with HIV.

Report: The Lancet’s Every Newborn series

Released by the medical journal, The Lancet, the “Every Newborn” series examines the largest risks to mothers and newborns across the world – and what could be done to save 3 million lives annually.

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