A major hurdle in the path towards the implementation of a national HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment Plan has been cleared. At a parliamentary briefing on Monday, the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced that tenders for drug procurement in preparation for the roll-out of the Plan are to be advertised this Friday, (13/02/04).
A major hurdle in the path towards the implementation of a national HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment Plan has been cleared. At a parliamentary briefing on Monday, the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced that tenders for drug procurement in preparation for the roll-out of the Plan are to be advertised this Friday, (13/02/04).
With the launch of the AID Effectiveness Framework for Health last week, the Health Department is confident that it has taken a step closer to achieving its goal of giving South Africans better health care. This follows a renewed financial boost to the country's health system.
In the latest edition of the World Health Organisation Bulletin health economists explore the extent of fragmentation within the health systems of three African countries. Fragmentation is when there are a large number of separate funding mechanisms (e.g. many small insurance schemes) and a wide range of health-care providers paid from different funding pools which leads to an inequitable system.
It's lunchtime in the Mnyameni household, but there is no sign of a meal. 'I'm hungry,' complains three-year-old Maria squirming next to her mother, Malta Mnyameni.
One week, two UN high level meetings on health matters – and virtually no interaction between the two. But diabetes, cancer and depression have a major impact on tuberculosis. If we treat them in silos, we won’t overcome them. HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green.
Tokollo District Hospital, situated in the small farming town of Heilbron in the Free State province, has become the latest district hospital in South Africa to receive international standards accreditation by the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA).
Increasing tobacco taxes is the single most powerful way for low- and middle-income countries to reduce deaths and disease from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and heart disease, according to international experts.
PRESS RELEASE: Worldwide, tobacco use kills about six million people per year, and most of the deaths are in Asia.
Certain tobacco control strategies are more effective than others at reducing deaths caused by heart disease in low- and middle-income countries, says a new study published in PLOS Medicine.
Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco both stated explicitly yesterday that nicotine is addictive and that smoking causes a variety of diseases. SUE VALENTINE reports.
It was a hard, cold winter in the North West where hospitals reported everything from pillows to hot water was in short supply. The province’s financial crisis has left some patients out in the cold as moratoriums on everything from hospital maintenance to new appointments stretch the health system thin.
Enterprising rural villager Thulo Tshehlo has come up with an enterprising way to make a living for himself using only a stone and a spade as his tools of the trade.
A staggering 15 000 HIV-positive people have been placed on waiting lists in the Free State where a moratorium is barring them from accessing anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs at hospitals and clinics.
Creative thinking has enabled Kimberley to have one of the best doctor-patient ratios in the country.
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