NHI in a time of mistrust
A panel discussion on the National Health Insurance (NHI) during The Gathering 2020 zoomed in on mistrust as a fundamental crack in South Africa’s engagement and discourse on NHI and the NHI Bill.
Experts welcome government response to SA’s first COVID-19 case
A 38-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal has become the first person in South Africa to test positive for the COVID-19 virus.
First person in South Africa tests positive for COVID-19 virus
A 38-year-old man from KwaZulu-Natal has become the first person in South Africa to test positive for the COVID-19 virus.
MPs question minister on COVID-19 ahead of Parly debate
MPs were caught up in a foxtrot of hypotheticals and assurances over COVID-19 with Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize and senior officials in Parliament today. Mkhize and his department briefed MPs in the Portfolio Committee on Health on COVID-19 ahead of a debate on South Africa’s readiness for an outbreak in the National Assembly tomorrow.
Covid-19: Timeline of a virus
Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, many countries scaled up efforts to contain the virus. By March 18 the global number of cases reportedly surpassed the 200 000 mark. Here are some highlights in developments since the outbreak in Wuhan, China.
Health in 2020: Eight questions facing SA
Between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ongoing new dawn and important healthcare reforms, 2020 will be a critically important year for healthcare in South Africa. Spotlight formulated eight questions to set out what is at stake.
Child Gauge: From surviving to thriving, child rights in focus
The Children’s Institute’s much-anticipated annual Child Gauge report was launched earlier this week and puts the state of children’s rights in focus while highlighting the need for a number of key interventions.
Eastern Cape: NHI Bill public hearings in pictures
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health wrapped up the last public hearings on the NHI Bill for this year on Monday in King William’s Town. Here is the hearings in pictures.
Msukaligwa AIDS activists welcome municipal funding
The effective functioning of local AIDS councils can be hampered by something as basic as taxi fare members need to attend meetings. Now one Mpumalanga municipality is giving grassroots activists financial support to help with the basics they need to mobilise, organise and implement the local AIDS council’s action plans. UFRIEDA HO reports.
Is scaling up active case finding the missing piece in our TB response?
Might an ambitious scale up of active case finding be just what is needed to break the back of South Africa’s tuberculosis epidemic?
Graphs that tell the story of HIV in South Africa’s provinces
The recently released outputs of the Thembisa mathematical model of HIV in South Africa allow us to compare the burden of HIV at the provincial level and see how close each province comes to achieving the 90-90-90 targets. We made some graphs to explore the data.
High price delays introduction of new TB prevention therapy
A new form of TB prevention therapy promises various advantages over the current offering, but a high price is delaying its introduction in South Africa.