Healthcare
Questions remain about NHI funding, implementation
Some concerns about the NHI Bill include whether or not the central fund it provides for will become just another looting ground for corrupt officials.
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Reports of shortage of doctors, nurses in SA untrue - Phaahla
Deputy Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that South Africans should not be concerned that once the NHI was implemented that the public health system would collapse due to a shortage of staff.
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WC, NC govts partner to boost healthcare sector
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul spent Monday with delegates of the Western Cape’s Health Department to learn more about the use of digitalisation in Emergency Medical Services and patient filing systems.
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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.
