National toilet plan
The first national sanitation summit was convened yesterday to start drawing up a “people’s plan for sanitation and dignity”.
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Netcare litigation won’t slow health inquiry
A process to secure a replacement for KPMG in the Competition Commission’s inquiry into private health care costs is well under way following a Netcare court case, according to the inquiry’s chair former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.
Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital gets new staff
The North West’s Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex has added almost 100 new staff members as it welcomes new medical officers and, hopefully, specialists.
Fact sheet: Competition Commission market inquiry into the private health care sector
Released by public interest organisation Section27, this fact sheet outlines key information regarding the ongoing Competition Commission inquiry into the private health care sector.
South Africa to move to earlier HIV treatment
It is not a matter of if South Africa will move to earlier HIV treatment, but when, says Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
Health dept. to pay community health workers, renew contracts
Days after Gauteng community health workers made good on promises to take their fight for payment to the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters in a protest, the Gauteng Department of Health announced that almost 8 000 workers will be paid by month’s end.
National Treasury could be called in to fund NHLS directly
The National Treasury could be asked to fund the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) directly after provinces fail to pay up in what activists have described as a long-standing problem.
Nurses to lead charge against DR-TB
In a country of more than 50 million people, it is hard to be a “first” but Ntombasekaya Mlandu is. She is the first nurse trained to initiate and manage multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients.
Political parties square off on NHI
To put health on the agenda ahead of May’s elections, the Treatment Action Campaign put some of South Africa’s major health issues to political parties. Here’s what parties said about the introduction of National Health Insurance (NHI).
MRC announces first woman president
The Medical Research Council (MRC) will get its first woman president next month when Professor Glenda Gray succeeds Professor Abdool Karim.
National salt reduction key to NHI
If South Africa is going to successfully implement National Health Insurance (NHI), South Africans are going to have to put down the salt, says Deputy Minister of Health Dr Gwen Ramokgopa.
HPV campaign to focus on girls – for now
Today, the departments of health and basic education have launched a campaign to vaccinate girls nine years and older against cervical cancer but some wonder if the country is not missing the other 50 percent.
Manifesto puts politicians on the spot
In the run-up to the election, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) launched a People’s Health Manifesto Friday asking politicians and parties to make their stances known on key health issues..
Guidelines: Expanded Program on Immunisation Vaccine Guidelines, Manual
Updated in 2010, these guidelines include South Africa's introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines.
Tshwane health workers protest, demand stipends
Dozens of Tshwane community health care workers recently marched in central Pretoria to demand the Gauteng Department of Health pay stipends that, for some, are almost five months overdue.