The National Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has applauded Wits University for heeding his call to increase their intake of medical students in order to address the shortages of human resources in the public health sector.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's Medium Term Budget Speech praises the health minister for dramatically reducing the ARV bill and commits to communicating on how he intends financing the National Health Insurance bill in his next budget. Read his full speech here.
OPINION: National Health Insurance (NHI). Love it or hate it. It's coming. With a Green Paper released for public consultation, role players and South Africans at large for the first time have some concrete information as to how the South African healthcare landscape is going to be transformed.
A 'surprise visit' to a local hospital by Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi turns out to be a damp squib.
The training of more doctors, the refurbishment of nursing colleges, the appointment of retired nurses and specialists and the building of more hospitals and medical faculties are some of the plans presented by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
South Africa tends to focus too much on high performance sport, dismissing the physical education of those children who do not make the top teams at school, according to a South African sport scientist.
This podcast by Planet Money reveals a cost analysis commissioned by the Czech Republic government who were concerned about their economic depression. Smoking was admitted to be less costly for governments and Philip Morris admitted that death saves money
Cardio-vascular disease kills 200 individuals in SA every day, which equates to 13 mini bus loads of people! Additionally, 5.5 million South Africans are at risk of getting a heart-attack because of their high cholesterol levels.
The deadline for comments on the health department's Green Paper on National Health Insurance has been extended to the end of the year.
The story of Nozipho Mgoma, a brave single mother, and her battle against breast cancer.
Two new reports have revealed the extent to which non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are affecting Africa, in particular, estimating economic losses of nearly U$500-billion a year.
Heart disease is the world's number one killer and sits at number two in South Africa, second only to HIV/AIDS. The truth, however, is that 80% of heart disease can be prevented if we adopt healthy lifestyles.
CAPE TOWN ' Health systems experts have welcomed the proposed reform of South Africa's health sector as 'pretty radical' with political will and the 'what' part evident, but the 'how' part more concerning.
In 1996, when South Africa returned to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the country made a resolution that declared violence a public health priority. But violent crime still remains endemic, with women and girls especially at risk.
The story of US engagement in South Africa to battle HIV/AIDS over the past decade is one of strategic choice, sustained commitment, and significant human impact, matched by recent strong action by the South African government to assert its leadership in reversing the course of its AIDS epidemic. By J. Stephen Morrison.
