South African health officials have failed to advocate for more free water while efforts to improve sanitation have been undermined by lack of funds, resulting in high levels of disease and mortality mainly among the poor.
The continued stock out of the antiretroviral tenofovir and the failure to advise health workers on how to deal with it is a looming disaster, HIV Clinicians and activists are warning.
SECTION27 released a statement detailing the financial crisis in the Eastern Cape health department which is threatening to collapse. It calls on the national health department to urgently intervene, reminding it that it has a duty to do so.
Almost 5 000 women died while pregnant or within 42 days of giving birth in South Africa between 2008 and 2010, more than in any of the previous years.
Eastern Cape rural health is on the brink of collapse as a moratorium on the appointment of doctors and nurses is leading to clinics and hospitals having to shoulder the burden of delivering healthcare without staff.
'Solidarity for Survival' is an exhibition that shows the difficult living conditions that African foreign nationals who have come to seek refuge in South Africa endure. It is currently showing at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg. Many of the difficulties these migrants face include the lack of access to health care.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) estimates that that more than U$1.6-billion in additional funding will be available over the next two years.
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi delivered his budget speech this week. Read it here.
The South African Medical Devices Industry (SAMED) says it is disappointed that the Gauteng Department of Health has failed to live up to its commitment to pay outstanding debt owed to its members by the end of last month.
Health GAP (Global Access Project) welcomed the appointment of Dr Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank. Dr Kim is a transformative figure in global health who lead the '3-by-5' initiative to scale up access to AIDS treatment in Africa at a time when so-called experts in development'including the World Bank'argued it was neither feasible nor 'cost effective' to do so.
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi recently announced the 10 health districts chosen at part of a project to pilot Government's National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
Activist Gregg Gonsalves questions the opposition to Jim Kim's nomination at World Bank president.
Eleven districts across the country have been chosen as launch pads for a future National Health Insurance (NHI) system. One district per province, with the exception of KwaZulu-Natal, from where three districts have been selected, will pilot the NHI system.
A few weeks ago, on 8 March, the world celebrated International Women's Day, which serves as a clarion call to honor girls' and women's contributions to their families, communities and nations. As our global population swells to over 7 billion, we must heed this call by working to ensure that every girl and woman lives a long, healthy and happy life. By Dr. Jotham Musinguzi.
Thousands more people from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from the second Phelophepa train, which reaches into communities where health care is hard to access.
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