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Edition 8: NSP in general

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The National Health Insurance pilot programme

By Spotlight, November 6, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[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…

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Tags: National Health Insurance
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Why are there no medicines at the clinic?

By lightspeed, November 5, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[caption id="attachment_1744" align="alignnone" width="567"] Women wait for hours to be seen by a primary health care nurse on an Eastern Cape health outpost in the OR Tambo district. Photo by…

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Tags: Medicine Stock-outs
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How many people in South Africa are on ART?

By lightspeed, November 4, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[caption id="attachment_1661" align="alignnone" width="567"] The morning drug burden for a patient in an inpatient MDR-TB treatment facility in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Photo by Amelia Rutter, courtesy of Photoshare[/caption]   South Africa’s…

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Flying Blind

By lightspeed, November 3, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[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…

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Tags: Ben Gaunt

Slow progress at SANAC

By Spotlight, November 2, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[caption id="attachment_1682" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières[/caption]   The National Strategic Plan lists the HIV and TB-related targets that South Africa aims to achieve…

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The NSP: Do we know what's happening?

By lightspeed, November 1, 2013
Posted in: Edition 8: NSP in general

[caption id="attachment_1698" align="alignnone" width="567"] Adherence clubs for HIV-positive patients have been successful in strengthening their treatment, adherence and outcomes. Photo by Samantha Reinders, courtesy of Médecins Sans Frontières.[/caption]   “What…

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