BCG vaccine shortage ‘not as grave’
The shortage of the BCG vaccine to protect newborns against TB is “not as grave as has been portrayed in some media quarters”, according to the National Advisory Group on Immunisation (NAGI).
Kerry Cullinan
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Grants help children out of poverty
There has been a surge in children getting grants, according to the annual Child Gauge, launched today
Unbundling the monster
Dyfunction. Maladministration. Incoherence – a damning ministerial task team report on the Health Professions Council of SA signals the end of an era where the top officials could do as they pleased. But will change come fast enough for foreign doctors who are twisting in the wind?
Heads to roll at HPCSA after damning report
Heads are likely to roll at the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) after a ministerial task team found its three top officials were “unfit” to hold their positions.
Growing TB-diabetes epidemics gets world attention
On the eve of the first global summit on TB and diabetes, experts warn of huge fallout from TB-diabetes interaction
Novel HIV vaccine trial imminent
South Africa is about to become the epicentre of HIV vaccine research with the start of a trial that will inject people with powerful antibodies already proven to neutralise most strains of the virus.
Exodus of Free State doctors
Newly released Free State health indicators show all is not well in the troubled province as the province loses a unprecedented 177 medical doctors in the last year.
The good, bad and ugly in district health
The SA Health Review and District Health Barometer, produced annually by Health Systems Trust, was launched by Health Director General Precious Matsoso last night. Important gains have been made, but huge challenges remain.
SA Health Review 2015: Nursing in crisis
Nursing is in crisis, with huge shortages, declining interest in the profession, lack of a caring ethos and an apparent disjuncture between nurses’ needs and those of the communities they serve.
Council refuses to register plastic surgeon after 8 years of free service
For the past eight years, Kenyan Dr Michael Rebeiro has been treating South African patients for free while he specialised as a plastic surgeon at Wits University.
Mining: The fox is in charge of the hen house
Poisoned air, water and earth - our health is being undermined everywhere by mining companies. Yet mining is the only sector that does not need environmental approval from the Department of Environmental Affairs to go ahead with its operations.
Mental health – the poor, neglected stepchild
Mental disorders are the most stigmatized of all health problems. Yet they’re so widespread even our 5-year-olds aren't doing well, and our health system pays peanuts to address them.