Booklet: Handbook for District Clinical Specialist Teams
This Department of Health handbook is aimed at guiding the work of District Clinical Specialist Teams introduced as part of South Africa's National Health Insurance.
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Clinic languishes for years with shortages of space, water
Nursing staff and patients at the Bankhara Community Clinic outside Kuruman, Northern Cape say their clinic continues to struggle with medicine and space shortages almost two years after OurHealth first reported on the clinic’s poor state.
Former teen moms say yes to condoms in school
Tebogo Malema was a pregnant in her matric year and that’s why she says she backs government’s proposal to give condoms to kids.
Sex education must start as early as Grade R
With many children becoming sexually active at 14 years old, the Department of Basic Education’s Chief Director for Care and Support in Schools Dr Faith Kumalo has warned that sex education and life skills must begin as early as Grade R.
Gauteng the latest province to admit ambulance shortages
With just 393 ambulances on Gauteng roads, the province is far from meeting national standards for emergency vehicles despite 49 recently procured ambulances. Now one Eldorado Park family says they have paid the ultimate price for the province’s ambulance shortage.
Unregulated old age homes may be on the rise
With only eight government-run old age homes nationwide, unregulated facilities may be preying on the elderly alongside loan sharks and even pensioners’ own families, according to a new South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report.
In-Depth: Tracking the National Health Insurance
More than three years after Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi first announced National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts, Health-e News tracks what the NHI has meant on the ground and in people's lives.
NHI: Tshwane leads country in new community health teams
With almost 100 community health teams scouring the district’s streets, Tshwane and North West's Dr Kenneth Kaunda districts are leading South Africa in pioneering community health as part National Health Insurance (NHI).
NHI: School health teams take screenings to rural children
For the country’s rural children, the revitalisation of school health services could be a lifeline - if doctors and specialists answer the call.
NHI: Poor conditions scare GPs away
Poor conditions in some National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts are causing general practitioners (GPs) to think twice about working in public health
NHI: Doing things differently in KZN
There’s a quiet revolution in one of the poorest districts in the land, where health workers have moved out of health facilities into communities to prevent rather than cure health problems
NHI: New system lets patients pick up medicine from shops
Patients in rural KwaZulu-Natal are able to pick up their medicine from a wide range of local pick-up points, in a national experiment aimed at cutting the long queues at hospital pharmacies.
NHI far from reality but progress made in improving public health
One common medical aid for all South Africans, as envisaged by government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, is many years away, but many of the country’s 10 pilot sites are making progress.
Blaze causes R7 million in damage to Boksburg hospital
A Saturday night blaze has destroyed about R7 million worth of medical supplies at Boksburg’s OR Tambo Memorial Hospital after fire gutted the hospital’s storage facilities.
SA a ‘priority area’, says Gates Foundation
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Gates Foundation has helped to vaccinate half-a-billion children worldwide and made a massive contribution to global health.
