Healthcare
'Train of Hope' brings healthcare to South Africa's poor
Despite being the most advanced economy on the continent, South Africa grapples with widespread poverty and high unemployment.
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Ramaphosa: Vaccine contributed to infection reduction in healthcare sector
President Cyril Ramaphosa compared this figure to the 640 who were infected over a 7 day period in the rise of the second wave last year.
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Global pledges of help for Covid-stricken India
The Indian healthcare system has struggled to cope with a huge surge in cases, leaving patients' families begging for help on social media and the capital New Delhi forced to extend its strict lockdown.
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These are your options if you need to terminate a pregnancy
Violence against women is among the many factors that have increased the need for an abortion for hundreds of women in South Africa.
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Public healthcare pre-1994 better than private sector today - HPCSA's Letlape
Outgoing president of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, Dr Kgosi Letlape, said that an under-resourced public health sector was a major problem for South Africa.
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PODCAST: The Broken Rainbow: Transwomen with no safe healthcare -EP2
In the second episode of The Broken Rainbow, we listen to activists are calling for health authorities to explore other safer medication to help in the transition of transwomen.
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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.
