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Researchers have taken another step towards greater understanding of malaria after figuring out how the mosquito manages to fight off infection from the parasite.
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Tshwane rolls out new medicine pick up programme
Tshwane has become the latest district to roll out a new programme that will let patients pick up chronic medication at community pharmacies.
Tshwane residents know little about NHI
More than a year after the National Health Insurance pilot was launched in South Africa, Tshwane District communities still have no or little knowledge of what it means. This is despite the fact that Tshwane is one of the pilot districts for the NHI.
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.
Tshilidzini Hospital: Still in wreck and ruin almost a decade later
In 2012, the Vhembe district in Limpopo was declared one of the 10 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts by the National Department of Health. This put the Tshilidzini Hospital in line for major renovations since most of its buildings…
Tshilidzini Hospital should be an example to others
With a tight deadline of 100 days, the new management team at Tshilidzini Hospital have started to turn the tide from barely working to functional.
Tshilidzini hospital management removed for incompetence
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has removed the entire management team at Tshilidzini Hospital because of shocking mismanagement at the public healthcare facility.
Tshilidzini hospital management removed for incompetence
Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has removed the entire management team at Tshilidzini Hospital because of shocking mismanagement at the public healthcare facility.
Trust in health system key to NHI success
There is a crisis of trust in our health care system. Every day yet another group laments their lack of trust in 'the system', be they patients, doctors, nurses, wage negotiators or commentators. By Lucy Gilson.
Treasury need to come to NHI party: McIntyre
CAPE TOWN - There is going to be a 'serious fight to get what we want in our health system' and while the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper was steering matters in the right direction health care delivery can't go from 'horrible to wonderful' overnight, health economist Professor Di McIntyre cautioned.
Traditional health practitioners should be regulated, summit says
Traditional health practioners should be regulated say some Northern Cape traditional healers as the Department of Health looks to integrate healers into HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and chronic illnesses programmes.
Towards improved healthcare
With the launch of the AID Effectiveness Framework for Health last week, the Health Department is confident that it has taken a step closer to achieving its goal of giving South Africans better health care. This follows a renewed financial boost to the country's health system.
Towards affordable healthcare in Ghana, SA and Tanzania
In the latest edition of the World Health Organisation Bulletin health economists explore the extent of fragmentation within the health systems of three African countries. Fragmentation is when there are a large number of separate funding mechanisms (e.g. many small insurance schemes) and a wide range of health-care providers paid from different funding pools which leads to an inequitable system.
Toilet horror at Vhembe’s Home Affairs offices
LIMPOPO - The toilets at the Vhembe district Home Affairs offices in Limpopo have not been cleaned for so long that the local community now believes they are an actual health hazard.
Thousands face disability as orthopaedic services collapse
Mpumalanga has the country’s highest rate of road accident deaths, but when survivors are pulled from the wreckage, there are just four doctors in the province who can mend their bones – and the wait to see them may kill and maim many.