OurHealth: New technology can improve health services
Story by Selloane Molakeng, an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Bethlehem in the Free State.
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Motsoaledi shares his plans
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi rubs his forehead and repositions himself in his chair, leaning forward as if to make sure the point come across clearly: 'I will say it upfront. There is no way National Health Insurance (NHI) will function anywhere if the public health system is not functioning well.'
De Lille admits janitor services stink
Mayor Patricia de Lille has admitted that the City's janitorial services in informal services needed to be jacked up and her office has taken over the monitoring of this service.
Gauteng head of health to jump ship?
The head of the ailing Gauteng Health Department, Dr Nomonde Xundu, is reported to have requested that she be relieved of her duties. Her move is seen as an admission of her failure to manage the distressed provincial Health Department. But Xundu denies any reports that she is leaving.
OurHealth: Clinic closes after DoH fails to pay rent
Story by Mtshana Mvlisi, an OurHealth Citizen Journalist based in the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape.
MCC says no to TB drug access
South Africa's Medicines Control Council (MCC) has confirmed that it will continue to deny compassionate access to a TB drug that for many drug resistant patients is their last hope.
Battle to stop the ECape rot
He cuts a lone figure in the fading dusk light, clutching a laptop bag in one hand and an oversized grass basket in the other. His salt and pepper hair slightly disheveled after a long day, the Eastern Cape health's head honcho Siva Pillay looks over his shoulder and grins: 'I should have come in my other bakkie, I could have shown you those bullet holes'.
Hospital crises: Litigation looms in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape Health and Treasury MECs have been given an ultimatum to either reply to a set of questions related to the staffing crises at Madwaleni and Livingstone hospitals, or face litigation.
Matsoso wants to contract pvt GPs
CAPE TOWN - Health Director-General Precious Matsoso has launched a strong appeal to the private health sector to come up with good 'contracting models' whereby the state could as an example partner with private doctors to deliver services.
Motsoaledi urges pvt hospitals to play ball
CAPE TOWN ' South Africa cannot afford to shy away from the uncomfortable truth that poor regulatory control of private healthcare and weak financing was punishing the poor, Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told a meeting of private hospitals yesterday.
City janitor rollout stinks – SJC
CAPE TOWN - A landmark daily janitorial service for communal toilets in the City's informal settlements - launched with great fanfare in May by Mayor Patricia de Lille - has come to a grinding halt.
Dying with dignity is a human right
'Many people think that you go to hospice to die, but hospice is not about death at all, it is about preserving the quality of life,' said former Bafana Bafana captain, Lucas Radebe.
Government formula milk sold for profit
Some spaza shop owners in Khayelitsha are selling Department of Health (DoH) formula milk that is marked "Not for resale". This milk is supposed to be given free to HIV-positive mothers to give to their babies instead of breast milk. By Mary-Jane Matsolo, GroundUp
Universal Health Coverage: The Lancet Series
The issues surrounding universal health coverage ' how an adequate standard of health care can be provided to all people ' have never been more controversial or politically relevant than now. Globally, paying for medical expenses out of pocket is still the dominant method of meeting health care costs, and WHO estimates published in 2010 suggest that more than a billion people cannot use the health services they need, either because they are not available, or because they cannot afford to use them.
Many too poor to access free health services
Many South Africans are too poor to access free healthcare provided by the state, mostly due to the cost of transport.