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Youth demand condoms and sanitary pads

Health

Young people hijacked Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s address to the AIDS2016 plenary this morning, demanding that he accept a declaration advocating for condoms and sanitary pads in schools.

kerrycullinan
July 20, 2016

White Paper fuzzy on how to get private doctors’ buy-in

Health Systems

We’ve finally been given government’s blue-print for how it plans to marry the private and public health sectors – the NHI White Paper. But many areas are fuzzy, particularly how it will persuade private doctors to work in a system that is likely to mean more work and less pay.

kerrycullinan
December 14, 2015

NHI White Paper out today

Health Systems

Government’s plan to set up a massive national medical aid with compulsory contributions from all working South Africans, is becoming a reality.

kerrycullinan
December 11, 2015

Unbundling the monster

Health Systems, News

Dyfunction. Maladministration. Incoherence – a damning ministerial task team report on the Health Professions Council of SA signals the end of an era where the top officials could do as they pleased. But will change come fast enough for foreign doctors who are twisting in the wind?

kerrycullinan
November 9, 2015

Bloated bureaucracy at HPCSA needs emergency surgery

Health Systems

The HPCSA is notorious for its inefficiency, but the Health Minister finally has an opportunity to reform this Byzantine monster

kerrycullinan
September 21, 2015
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HPCSA shake-up imminent as inquiry report handed to Minister

Health Systems

A shake-up at the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) is imminent, following a high-level inquiry into the troubled body.

kerrycullinan
September 10, 2015

Complexity of change slows NHI White Paper

Health Systems

‘Soon, soon’ – the complexity of radically transforming the health system underlies the snail’s pace of the National Health Insurance (NHI) White Paper’s development, but a lot is happening to improve the quality of public health in preparation for one universal health system. Kerry Cullinan reports for Health-e News.

kerrycullinan
August 31, 2015