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New North West health MEC Sello Lehari lacks health experience but vows to prioritise NHI

Posted in: #Vote4Health, Focus, Healthcare system, InFocus, Latest, North West, Provinces, Spotlight

Sello Lehari is the newly-appointed MEC for health in the North West province. Critics have doubts about his deployment while healthcare unions stand ready with several items for his to-do list. Spotlight’s Nthusang Lefafa asked the new MEC about his plans.

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New North West health MEC Sello Lehari lacks health experience but vows to prioritise NHI

OPINION: Health in 2023 – 13 things to look out for

Posted in: COVID-19, Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, Latest, Mental Health, Provinces, TB, TB

2023 is set to be another tumultuous year for healthcare services, health policy, and governance in South Africa. We’ve picked 13 things to look out for this year arranged under three broad headings: leadership and governance, policy and legislation, and HIV, TB and the NSP.

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OPINION: Health in 2023 – 13 things to look out for

Editorial: Dysfunctional provincial health departments make a mockery of the ‘capable state’

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, Provinces

One of the great paradoxes in healthcare in South Africa is that, while we have impressive healthcare expertise in the country, most of our provincial health departments are poorly managed. Spotlight editor Marcus Low considers what this means for efforts to build state capacity in general, and for healthcare in particular.

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Editorial: Dysfunctional provincial health departments make a mockery of the ‘capable state’

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