Mediclinic response to CMS report
Mediclinic has commented on the CMS Annual Report, read their statement here.
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Medical schemes annual report
The Council for Medical Schemes has just released its latest Annual Report, for the 2011-2012 financial year. Read it here.
Gauteng: Life is not a choice
Another day. Another story about state patients dying and suffering. Another distressed letter from desperate health workers. Another call for action and accountability from civil society. Another statement from government. Another day in Gauteng.
TAC lodges a complaint with the Public Protector against KZN Health MEC
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector against the KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo and the provincial health department over its continued use of the Tara KLamp (TK) in male circumcisions.
TAC demands better health services
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in Gauteng says it will take the Health Department to court to force them to deliver quality health care to the citizens of the province should they fail to do so.
Section27 comment on the Johannesburg hospital crisis
SECTION27has called for national intervention in the Gauteng health department and needs-based budgeting to ensure 'everyone has a right of access to health care services'.
Rid the health department free of corruption
Newly appointed Gauteng Health MEC has a huge task of ridding his department free of corruption. Democratic Alliance Health spokesperson, Jack Bloom says the department's financial crisis is transparent of the corruption within.
Western Cape health pilots patient complaint line
Certain patients living the Western Cape and making use of public health services will be able to lodge their complaints via a system which enables patients to call, text or e-mail a complaint with a same-day response.
‘Epstein is wrong about South Africa’s AIDS response’
A South African AIDS activist and two of the country's top HIV doctors have tackled a well-respected journalist and author regarding what they believe are a number of errors regarding the country's epidemic and the benefits of ARVs. By Nathan Geffen, Francois Venter and Francesca Conradie
MEC says change will come
Newly appointed Gauteng Health MEC, Hope Papo, is determined to turn things around in his beleaguered department. In an interview this week, the MEC expressed his dissatisfaction with the department's current state of affairs.
Activists meet new Gauteng MEC
Activists met with new Gauteng Health MEC Hope Papo this week. Read their statement here.
How lack of funding affects AIDS programmes Living with AIDS # 525
New United Nations data shows great gains in AIDS treatment coverage, but countries most affected by the AIDS epidemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment, mainly due to cuts in donor funding.
UNAIDS and PEPFAR spotlight global progress in eliminating new HIV infections among children
WASHINGTON ' Speaking at a satellite session today at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), commended countries and their international partners for recent progress in preventing new HIV infections among children and saving mothers' lives.
Leadership key in getting people to protect against HIV
Leadership is key in influencing people to protectthemselves against HIV, according to the latest HIV Communication Survey released yesterday (24 July).
Global Fund results show broad gains
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced new results today that show a significant increase in treatment of HIV and in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.