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Private healthcare report: Various role players colluded to rob consumers
The commission’s inquiry has found that health practitioners had been sending patients to private hospitals unnecessarily, just because medical schemes would pay.
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OLIVER MATTHEWS: Getting sick in Zimbabwe shouldn’t mean disaster. But it does
Falling seriously ill is hard wherever you live. But in Zimbabwe, it can be doubly dangerous, writes Oliver Matthews.
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Perils of gender and geography hamper global development, report finds
The analysis by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation found that some half a billion people worldwide still don’t get basic health and education, and girls everywhere suffer disadvantage.
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ANALYSIS: Why SA’s plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky
South Africa's planned NHI has no equivalent in any setting in the world. It's deeply flawed on a number of fronts.
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CARTOON: Paying the Price
By Dr Jack.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Are we being sold healthcare utopia for the poor?
This state has shown itself to be entirely incapable of running anything. Who will run an NHI fund serving the entire country, asks Judith February.
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Mkhize: Corruption will be biggest threat to implementation of NHI
The long-awaited bill, which is aimed at ensuring that all South Africans receive universal health coverage, was released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday.
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Charlotte Maxeke & Johannesburg hospitals face cancer drug shortages
DA Gauteng health spokesperson Jack Bloom said he would seek answers from the Department of Health as soon as the provincial legislature reconvened on 22 May.
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OPINION: South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health
South Africa is violating its own Constitution, and international obligations when it comes to undocumented children.
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[ANALYSIS] Why delays to fixing healthcare are bad news for South Africans
South Africa's Competition Commission has delayed the release of the final report of an inquiry into the private healthcare again.
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Govt commits to universal health coverage for ordinary South Africans
Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma says there are clear shortcomings facing the country’s health sector and work needs to be done to address this.
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Doctors warn of global C-section ‘epidemic’
Doctors say millions of women each year may be putting themselves and their babies at unnecessary risk by undergoing unnecessary C-sections.
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[ANALYSIS] Here’s why we should take fungal infections more seriously
Fungal diseases can be life-threatening for people living with HIV, cancer patients and those admitted to hospital.
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Health sector unions cautious over Ramaphosa stimulus package
President Cyril Ramaphosa released details of his plan to revitalise the economy, part of that was to also fill over 2,000 critical medical posts.
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[ANALYSIS] How far must people in Africa travel to get to a hospital?
Only 16 out of 48 African countries and islands have access to hospital services within the WHO's two-hour time threshold.
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[FACT CHECK] Does 1 doctor in SA treat 4,000 patients in public care?
In July 2018, public data found an estimated yearly average of 1.75 doctors per 1,000 patients in the private sector between 2010 and 2014.
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[EXPLAINER] How competitive is South Africa’s private healthcare sector?
A market inquiry has looked into private healthcare costs in South Africa.
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South Africa’s Life Healthcare CEO steps down
Van der Westhuizen has been with Life Healthcare for 18 years and has served as chief financial officer for the past 4 years.
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What will healthcare look like in 2030?
The challenge with healthcare reform has always been that incentives are misaligned: policymakers, providers, payers and patients all want different things.
