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The civil society Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition provides an analysis of proposed plans to fix the province’s health system.
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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Documents presented to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Health by the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Coalition.
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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.
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 of mental health interventions as well as those for counseling professionals. The guidelines conclude by identifying priority areas for mental health services among children and adolescents, including the prevention of child and substance abuse as well as services for those living with intellectual disabilities. child_mental_health
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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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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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Only 200 of an estimated 70 000 patients with conditions causing them chronic pain receive morphine treatment in the West African country of Senegal.
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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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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Thousands of children develop cancer in South Africa every year, but scarce facilities and delayed diagnosis mean the odds are stacked against many.