Keeping track of the Eastern Cape
A special edition of the NSP Review published in September 2013 bore witness to the collapse of the Eastern Cape public health system. Death and dying in the Eastern Cape:…
Success depends on increased and efficient spending
South Africa’s Constitution states clearly that all citizens have the right to access health services. This means that our government has a constitutional responsibility to provide healthcare, and an obligation…
Making the NSP SWEAT
[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Robert Hamblin)[/caption] Sex workers face significant barriers to accessing health services, experience a disproportionate burden of disease, and are subject to daily human rights…
Making the NSP SWEAT
[caption id="attachment_1843" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Robert Hamblin)[/caption] Sex workers face significant barriers to accessing health services, experience a disproportionate burden of disease, and are subject to daily human rights…
From targets to communities: citizen journalists track the NSP
South Africans are hit hard when government plans do not translate into action. But now Health-e News Service is using an innovative programme to give communities a voice – and…
Patents: reform or lose
[caption id="attachment_1838" align="alignnone" width="567"] Activists protest outside the Department of Trade and Industry, demanding that the South African government fix the patent laws.(Photo by Roy Potterill)[/caption] Achieving the National Strategic…
Putting primary health care into practice
[caption id="attachment_1834" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Thys Dullaart)[/caption] Successfully managing the challenges posed by diseases such as TB and HIV depends on the establishment of a strong and well-integrated health…
Gert Sibande in bad shape
[caption id="attachment_1831" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Mariella Furrer, Médecins Sans Frontières)[/caption] Government leaders and the SA National AIDS Council were due to host their World AIDS Day events in Mpumalanga’s…
AIDS Councils in need of care
In October 2012, the SA National AIDS Council (SANAC) committed itself to a wide range of initiatives designed to improve its effectiveness and that of the country’s HIV prevention efforts.…
Class of 2013
[caption id="attachment_1825" align="alignnone" width="567"] SCORES BY PROVINCE[/caption] Treatment Action Campaign activists have scored the Health MECs in their provinces based on their engagement with civil society, their participation in the…
Growing into adolescence
[caption id="attachment_1807" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Pep Bonet)[/caption] The number of young South Africans between 15 and 24 years of age who are living with HIV is high: 13.6% of…
Children and the NSP
[caption id="attachment_1801" align="alignnone" width="567"] (Photo by Jon Lowenstein)[/caption] It is critical that the success of the National Strategic Plan is also measured against its response to children. There are a…