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COVID-19: 14 Do’s and Don’ts of level 3 lockdown

May 29, 2020

On Sunday 24 May President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that from 1 June South Africa will move to level three of its national lockdown. Spotlight answers 14 questions relating to this new phase of the lockdown.

Opinion: HIV and TB are losing out in the drive to stop COVID-19

May 28, 2020

It seems HIV and TB are falling by the wayside in the drive to stop the spread of COVID-19. Where we can we must minimise the harm to the HIV and TB response, and we need to see the opportunity to address all three diseases together, writes Erica Penfold.

Op-ed: Why SECTION27 and TAC are involved in a court case about complementary medicines

May 28, 2020

The Pretoria High Court this week heard a challenge to the regulation of complementary medicine in South Africa. Tendai Mafuma and Julia Chaskalson explains why the case is important and why SECTION27 and the TAC got involved.

COVID-19: The hidden impact of lockdown on children

May 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to prevent its spread have impacted children in some predictable and some less predictable ways. Kathryn Cleary spoke to some experts and some kids to get a deeper understanding.

COVID-19: Health and Safety at Groote Schuur Hospital

May 26, 2020

Health and safety officers play a critical role in keeping hospitals safe. Tiyese Jeranji spoke to Jan Engelbrecht, a health and safety officer at Groote Schuur Hospital where 69 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.

Op-ed: Health minister caught between politics and medicine

May 26, 2020

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize needs to abandon the autocratic attitude for the greater good of the nation and realise that the likes of Professor Glenda Gray and her counterparts are critical in our response to COVID-19, writes Dr Shafrudeen Amod.

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Face to Face: Mase Manopole, Northern Cape MEC for Health

February 11, 2020

The Northern Cape is both South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province. Biénne Huisman sat down with Health MEC Mase Manopole to discuss healthcare in this often-forgotten part of the country.

Spotlight on NHI: Broad support for Bill at KZN hearings

November 26, 2019

The parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has wrapped-up the KwaZulu-Natal leg of its public hearings on the NHI Bill. While there was broad support for the Bill, a few people did express reservations.

Spotlight on NHI: Questions raised over public hearings

November 8, 2019

The public hearings into government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill had a rocky start in Mpumalanga recently as civil society organisations and some opposition parties slammed the process.

Spotlight on NHI: Money and the politics of aspiration

October 30, 2019

NHI is to be implemented in a context of dismal economic fundamentals, but there is nevertheless considerable reason for hope, writes leading health economist Susan Cleary.

Spotlight on NHI: Q&A with head of NHI office

October 22, 2019

Some key questions about NHI have crystallised in recent months. Spotlight put 12 of these questions to Nicholas Crisp, head of government’s NHI office.

Spotlight on NHI: Why private sector reforms are essential to making NHI work

September 30, 2019

Government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is not the only roadmap to quality healthcare for all in South Africa. The Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector report points the way toward an alternative, possibly more effective, approach.

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