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.
The National Health Department says it is working on building stronger relations with the private sector to address issues of trust. It says it is important for the public and private health sectors to work together to build an effective National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
Thousands more people from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from the second Phelophepa train, which reaches into communities where health care is hard to access.
Last week a new analysis of adult mortality rates in African countries was released. The study authors found that between 2004 and 2008, in those nations where the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was most active, the odds of death were about 20 percent lower than in other countries in the region. By Chris Collins.
The ANC policy proposals have been released. Read it here.
The third Global Health Watch report shows that health financing, including dwindling support for AIDS, is one of the challenges facing global health.
CAPE TOWN - Millions of newborns, children and mothers continue to die needlessly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where rates of child mortality are the highest in the world. In this region one out of every eight children die before their fifth birthday, twenty times the rate of industrialised countries.
CAPE TOWN - For National Health Insurance (NHI) to be successful the quality of public healthcare must improve 'tremendously' and a stop must be put to the pricing of private health 'which is running away with us', health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told the Healthcare in Africa meeting last night (TUES).
CAPE TOWN - South Africa is very good at debating everything and not implementing anything, Dr Olive Shisana, a key advisor on South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) system told an international meeting on Healthcare in Africa today.
According to the District Health Barometer, TB and HIV are still the main causes of death. But the Barometer reveals that some districts have shown great improvements in tackling these diseases.
Dudley Lee's case reveals how overcrowding and a struggling court system are fuelling a TB epidemic. By Nathan Geffen
It took a while for many of Patrick Ngwenya's neighbours to accept that he really was a qualified as a doctor.
There's a dire shortage of doctors, but medical schools can't cope with many more students unless they get a massive cash boost.
A preliminary audit report of South Africa's health facilities shows a majority of institutions to be dirty and also questions patient safety in these services.
