Spotlight on NHI: Mixed reaction to NHI Bill in Makwarela, Limpopo
Tshifhiwa Mukwevho reports from the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health’s NHI hearing in Makwarela, Limpopo.
NHI Lawmakers: Face to face with DA MP Siviwe Gwarube
Siviwe Gwarube is not only one of the Democratic Alliance’s upcoming stars, she is also one of the key people on parliament’s health committee who will soon consider the NHI Bill. Biénne Huisman went to meet her.
Has Government Aborted the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights of Women?
In South Africa women’s sexual and reproductive health rights are often glorified based on our progressive laws. The reality, however, is that women’s sexual and reproductive health rights are routinely undermined in the absence of accurate information on safe abortion services.
Will NHI break the cycle of dysfunction in the Eastern Cape?
A healthcare crisis emerges, a report is published, the Eastern Cape Department of Health promises to act. This cycle repeats over and over again without much really being fixed, writes Kathryn Cleary.
Living on a prayer! Navigating a safe passage to health care in the EC.
In the rural Eastern Cape a forest and a river can lie between you and the nearest clinic. As one local puts it, “Many people come here and see beauty, we just see suffering”.
Spotlight on NHI: Questions raised over public hearings
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.
Six highlights from a week of important TB developments
This week researchers, policymakers and activists gathered in Hyderabad, India for the world’s leading TB conference. We picked six of the week’s most important stories.
Spotlight on NHI: Money and the politics of aspiration
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.
NHLS picking up the pieces after R2.7bn in irregular spending
Irregular expenditure by the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) in the 2018/19 financial year totalled almost R2,7 billion – the biggest chunk of the R3,03 billion the National Department of Health and all its entities incurred the past financial year.
Spotlight on NHI: NHI Bill will divert SA from Universal Health Coverage if some groups are excluded
The latest version of the NHI Bill proposes limited access to health care services for population groups such as asylum seekers and undocumented migrants with serious implications for universal health coverage.
Long awaited regulations for Nursing training gazetted: Now what?
Regulations relating to the accreditation of postgraduate qualifications for nursing and the designated nursing colleges that will offer the new qualification, was gazetted last week while questions remain about the overall readiness of these colleges.
Eastern Cape announces R236m injection for mental health
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has announced that over R236 million has been allocated towards improving mental health facilities across the province for the next 3 years.