More South Africans are now testing to find out their HIV status according to the 2008 National HIV prevalence survey. But more creative ways to test for HIV are needed to encourage even more people to test.
The South African health system is in deep crisis. We need a major transformation of our health system and we need it now. By Di McIntyre
In South Africa's two-tiered healthcare system, no one wins, testify doctors as the Competition Commission Inquiry into Private Healthcare resumes, writes Section27.
A single dose of two antiretrovirals given to mothers shortly after giving birth has shown to reduce the chances of the women developing later resistance, a new study from Zambia has shown.
Rural health advocacy groups have developed guidelines aimed at ensuring that policy makers and government address the rural context when developing and implementing policies.
Countries around the world are making progress in improving access to healthcare for their citizens, and Rwanda has managed to cover 90 percent of citizens, the World Health Assembly hears.
The way the country has tried to flatten the curve shows how public health is a group assignment — and that many actors are needed to efficiently address long-standing healthcare issues.
Activist says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech should have linked South Africa’s challenges to gender-based violence
Passionate and principled, the Health Minister has led massive victories over HIV during the past decade. But as South Africa attempts to introduce complex changes to our health system, is it time for an operations person rather than a firefighter?
Like other public hearings, residents want their facilities to be fixed before the implementation of the NHI Bill.
While the majority of Gauteng residents want the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to be implemented as soon as possible, they also want the government to not shy away from the serious healthcare system challenges the province faces.
Much like at the hearings before this one, residents demand the current public healthcare facilities to be fixed first.
The proceedings in Piketberg and Khayelitsha highlighted the cries of farmworkers and people living in townships.
Limpopo residents raise burning issues as the National Health Insurance public hearings kick off in the province.
While many showed fervent support for the proposed legislation, the parliamentary committee was also was met with scepticism over the funding of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
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