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Urban-rural inequalities will hamper a successful NHI

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Rural areas bear the brunt of healthcare worker shortages and this inequality needs to be solved, before any form of National Health Insurance (NHI) is possible.

Amy Green
April 10, 2019

Joburg girl battles TB stigma on the global stage

News

THE HAGUE: During the launch of a new book which tells the story about their tuberculosis (TB) journey, Janet, and her nine-year-old daughter Angelina, spoke to Health-e News from the Netherlands about the stigma they faced in a local pre-school.

Amy Green
October 30, 2018

CT residents are the fittest, and the best drivers

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Cape Town is the fittest city according to Discovery, and the people also drive better.

Amy Green
September 13, 2018

Massive changes proposed to private medical schemes

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Two new Bills signal government’s intention to restrict private medical aids and exercise more central control over public health as it moves to establish a single health system by 2026.

kerrycullinan and kerrycullinan
June 22, 2018

Shoshanguve opens new private hospital

Health Systems, Our Health

Shoshanguve recently opened its new, 100-bed hospital just one year after construction on the facility started.

mishackmahlangu
September 5, 2014

Report: Summary of Competition Commission submissions

Health, Health Systems

Public interest organisation Section27 has summarised inputs from the Department of Health, medical schemes, civil society and others on documents set to form the base of the Competition Commission market inquiry into the private health care sector.

healthe
August 4, 2014
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Doctors need not panic over ‘certificates of need’

Health, Health Systems

Doctors do not need to panic about being forced to work in places where they do not want to, according to the Department of Health.

Report: Summary of Netcare v KPMG litigation

Health, Health Systems

Section27 has summarized the first three days of litigation in case brought against auditing company KPMG in regards to its possible involvement in South Africa's Competition Commission's market inquiry into private health care.

healthe
May 29, 2014

Syndicates taking medical aids for ride

Health Systems, News

Crooked doctors and hospital admission clerks are at the centre of syndicates illegally benefiting from hospital cash plans, according to Discovery Health CEO Dr Jonathan Broomberg

lauralopez
May 29, 2014

Netcare litigation won’t slow health inquiry

Health Systems

A process to secure a replacement for KPMG in the Competition Commission’s inquiry into private health care costs is well under way following a Netcare court case, according to the inquiry’s chair former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.

lauralopez
April 17, 2014

Fact sheet: Competition Commission market inquiry into the private health care sector

Health, Health Systems, News

Released by public interest organisation Section27, this fact sheet outlines key information regarding the ongoing Competition Commission inquiry into the private health care sector.

healthe
April 14, 2014

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