Flying Blind
[caption id="attachment_1671" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption] A senior manager from South Africa’s Department of Health once said that managing a healthcare system without having enough information is “like trying to fly a plane blind”. Numbers and statistics can seem dry and boring,…
New HIV/TB plan delayed by a year because of COVID-19
South Africa will delay introducing a new HIV and TB plan until 2024, Deputy President David Mabuza revealed on Wednesday. The plan is delayed to allow the country’s HIV and TB responses to recover from COVID-19-related disruptions. Laura Lopez Gonzalez reports for Spotlight.
The National Health Insurance pilot programme
[caption id="attachment_1632" align="alignnone" width="567"] Kotyana Clinic has had solar panels for about three years, but they were never connected. The clinic has no electricity or running water. Photo by Thys Dullaart.[/caption] A National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is being piloted in South Africa. Close monitoring will help us decide…