CAPE TOWN - Diabetes, respiratory diseases, some cancers and cardiovascular disease, the cause of over 50% of the disease burden in the world, can be decreased substantially by focusing on nutrition, encouraging physical activity and curbing smoking, Dr Craig Nossel of Discovery Health told a debate at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa.
CAPE TOWN ' African health and human rights activists have called on leaders attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on Africa to 'not use the same pie and split it between more people', but to make the pie bigger.
Fifteen years of failing to address the systemic challenges facing the health of the country lends itself to over compensation in the form of the grand gesture. By Alex van den Heever
I am a health economist visiting South Africa from Australia. With respect to South African society, as a foreigner the thing that strikes me more than anything is the continuing poverty amidst such incredible affluence. By Gavin Mooney
Doctors marched to the head office of the Health Department in Pretoria last week and handed a memorandum to Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. They have given government until June 19 to address their frustrations regarding poor pay and working conditions.
The World Health Organisation has called for governments to require all tobacco packets to have pictures showing the dangers of tobacco use.
Swazi Member of Parliament and gospel singer, Pastor Timothy Myeni, has blamed the devil for suggesting at an MPs' workshop, that there should be a law making it 'compulsory to test for HIV' and that people testing positive should be 'branded on the buttocks'.
OPINION: Dr Jonathan Broomberg shares his views on the debate around the ANC's plans to introduce NHI. Broomberg is the Head of Strategy and Risk Management at Discovery Health
An ANC task team charged with developing a National Health Insurance (NHI) plan for the country if due to present its proposal to the party this weekend.
NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - Providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services at well-equipped local clinics could be the key to success in fighting the pandemic in the developing world, a new report by the international anti-poverty NGO, ActionAid, has said.
Health-e will for the next few weeks publish opinion pieces from various stakeholders and experts on National Health Insurance. Anso Thom sets the scene with the first contribution with Dr Jonathan Broomberg, Discovery Health's head of strategy and risk management.
Doctors are deeply divided on how to confront Government on their dissatisfaction regarding the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD), which aims among others, to improve their pay.
An ANC task team headed by the former Director-General of Health Dr Olive Shisana and heavily laden with trade unionists, is trying to convince the ANC and government to hastily implement a National Health Insurance (NHI) plan that many believe spells disaster for the buckling public health system.
The inability of the government to offer doctors proper salaries in the Occupational Specific Dispensation that is currently debated, could lead to the collapse of the health system nationally, as doctors threaten to embark on a strike.
Dr Lesego Pooe tells health-e what caused him and his colleagues to break free from SAMA thus forming UNDF a movement that aims to outshine SAMA's efforts in assisting doctors.
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