Doctors halt the strike
Health-e has developed a timeline on the doctors' strike which is updated daily. Click here to the see the latest developments around the strike which has now been suspended.
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Motsoaledi shares his priorities
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi shared his priorities during his first budget speech this week. Urgently increasing the number of women receiving PMTCT and implementing NHI are just some of the issues highlighted by Motsoaledi.
Shisana on NHI
The issue of the need to establish a national health insurance system is not a new phenomenon. By Dr Olive Shisana.
Government’s OSD offer is anti-rural
The latest pay offer reduces the rural allowance for doctors without explantion. By Dr. Bernard Gaede.
Tracking the MDGs
While South Africa has made some progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), mental health and poverty remain major challenges, according to public hearings on the MDGs hosted by the SA Human Rights Commission.
National doctor strike imminent
There are strong indications that public doctors will reject the salary offer presented at a media briefing by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and embark on a national strike.
Zim illegal immigrants denied access to health care – MSF
International medical and humanitarian aid organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has released a report detailing the extent to which illegal Zimbabwean immigrants, are denied the right to access health care in South Africa.
Motsoaledi puts doctor pay offer on table
In a desperate attempt to stem growing strike action among public sector doctors, health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi yesterday (Wednesday) made public the offer government would be taking to the bargaining chamber.
‘€˜Mental health is an overlooked priority’€™, commission told
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has heard that mental health is an overlooked priority. This was said at the Commission'€™s recent public hearings focusing on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the realisation of economic and social rights in South Africa.
Trust in health system key to NHI success
There is a crisis of trust in our health care system. Every day yet another group laments their lack of trust in '€˜the system'€™, be they patients, doctors, nurses, wage negotiators or commentators. By Lucy Gilson.
KZN supports doctors’€™ strike
Hundreds of "angry and frustrated" doctors, pharmacists and emergency workers heeded the strike call in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.
Zille enters NHI debate
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille enters the National Health Insurance debate in her weekly newsletter South Africa Today. She argues that NHI would deepen the failure of public health and reduce the benefits of private health.
Anonymous group calls health strike
Angry public health professionals rally around anonymous wildcat strike email issued by doctor, dentist, pharmacist and emergency services staff "representatives".
‘€˜HIV testing needs to be creative’€™ – doctor Living with AIDS # 394
More South Africans are now testing to find out their HIV status according to the 2008 National HIV prevalence survey. But more creative ways to test for HIV are needed to encourage even more people to test.
‘Why we need NHI now’
The South African health system is in deep crisis. We need a major transformation of our health system and we need it now. By Di McIntyre