Every electoral ward is set to have a primary health care, nurse-driven team established as part of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system and specialist doctor teams will be assigned to districts where maternal and child mortality is high.
Ahead of next week'€™s launch of the National Health Insurance (NHI) proposal, Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, made several announcements on Thursday, including a plan to employ hospital managers who will ensure better health outcomes.
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has announced cuts in TB medication as well as steps he has taken to improve nursing colleges infrastructure. He also announced changes in the management of hospitals and categorisation of hospitals. Read the full statement here.
South Africa's health system is on the brink of a dramatic change, with the National Health Insurance White Paper expected to be considered by Cabinet this week.
The Health Department has ordered new incubators for Jubilee Hospital in North West after an exposé in The Star revealed that five babies had died due to faulty incubators.
Five premature babies died this week at Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria '€“ allegedly because of broken incubators.
Despite substantial cuts in donor funds to the HIV/AIDS sector, South Africa has enough money to deal with the epidemic '€“ if we plug the corruption drain.
DURBAN '€“ Ninety percent of all maternal deaths could be prevented if pregnant women were cared for by trained midwives, with specialised back-up in case of emergencies.
The Junior Doctors Association of South Africa (Judasa) has accused the Mpumalanga government of misleading the public about improved security at the Middelburg Hospital following the murder of a doctor on duty.
The South African Nursing Council (SANC) is standing in the way of foreign nurses working in South Africa, according to Saul Kornik, head of Africa Health Placements (AHP).
DURBAN '€“ Every electoral district is set to have a primary health care nurse-driven team established in future with specialist doctor teams assigned to districts where maternal and child mortality is high, the health department has revealed.
The Khayelitsha programme was the first in South Africa to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) at primary care level in the public sector.
Donor cuts and a shake-up in the HIV/AIDS sector are having a major impact on HIV/AIDS services countrywide.
Should South Africa'€™s already poor health profile follow in the footsteps of America, the health bill is set to skyrocket.
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi tabled his 2011/2 budget in parliament on Tuesday. The health department's budget has increased from 21,7 billion in the 2010/11 financial year to 25,7 billion in the 2011/12 financial year.
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