National Health Insurance pilot district business plans 2012-2014
Buisness plans from South Africa's 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts outlining 2012/13 activities funded by the government-issued NHI conditional grant.
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Mouse studies show how body helps TB survive
Inhibiting a key immune response in mice during initial multi-drug treatment for tuberculosis could -- paradoxically -- shorten treatment time for the highly contagious lung infection, according to new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Center for TB Research.
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.
Motsoaledi shares his plans
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi rubs his forehead and repositions himself in his chair, leaning forward as if to make sure the point come across clearly: 'I will say it upfront. There is no way National Health Insurance (NHI) will function anywhere if the public health system is not functioning well.'
Motsoaledi announces his NHI team
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has announced his 25-person team which will advise him on the National Health Insurance plan crafted by the ANC. The team includes among others academics, pharmacists, researchers and the private healthcare industry. Chair of the ANC's NHI task team Dr Olive Shisana will also chair Motsoaledi's committee.
Mixed reactions as President sets to sign the NHI Bill into law
The NHI bill aims to establish a fund to purchase health services from both public and private providers.
Minister: Slow start to NHI
Progress in the 10 districts designated as National Health Insurance (NHI) pilots has been slower than expected, and dismal in the Eastern Cape's OR Tambo district.
Speaking last week health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi likened it to building a house, and that they were busy digging the trenches while in the Eastern Cape 'we are still designing the house'.
Minister suggests watchdog to regulate NHI compliance
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says he plans to appoint a regulatory body that will ensure that hospitals comply with set requirements to be accredited as suitable facilities under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
Minister shares some NHI detail
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for the first time shared some of his thoughts on the National Health Insurance plan.
Minister gears up for NHI battle
CAPE TOWN ' Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is gearing up for several court battles as he aims to regulate certain aspects of the food and other private sector industries driving poor health.
Minister announces NHI plan
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is determined to revolutionise South Africa's health system and his short-term sights are set on the quality of healthcare delivery in the public sector and pricing in the private sector.
Mental Health in need of a boost
Psychiatric patients have been long neglected by the health system and hidden from the public eye. Recently, a commission of enquiry heard evidence of gross abuses, including sexual and physical abuse, of psychiatric patients by staff at Townhill Hospital in Pietermaritzburg.
Medical aid body unpacks the flaws in the NHI Act as it prepares legal challenge
The Board of Healthcare Funders, which represents numerous medical aid schemes, argues the NHI Act is unconstitutional.
Masuku prepares Gauteng’s health system for NHI
The provincial health department is capable of spearheading the implementation of the National Health Insurance, says MEC.
Massive shake-up of health laws ahead of NHI
Health Minister tells MPs to ready themselves to dismantle health laws to make way for a universal health system - the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.