August 14th, 2019In May 2018, the Trade and Industry Department finally unveiled a new policy that would help to rein in pharmaceutical industry profiteering, but the industry has fought...
August 7th, 2019
Patients continue to bear the brunt of inadequate health services, as some provinces reveal their health plans over the next financial year, says a Health-e News...
A number of universities are rolling out critical antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication to their students living with HIV, according to a Mail & Guardian report....South Africa
The government is at a “far advanced” stage in the revision of a detailed National Health Insurance (NHI) plan for implementation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in...Weekly Roundup
Activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) have called for the government to scrap patent laws that prevent generics of lifesaving drugs from entering the...
June 5th, 2019
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi leaves the national Health Department after 10 years, with the last few years marred by major failures in public health, while the appointment of...
One in five public health facilities in South Africa were unable to supply at least one antiretroviral (ARV) or tuberculosis (TB) drug on the day they were contacted by...South Africa
A plan to cut US funding to South Africa for HIV programmes is likely to be reversed – as long as the quality of services for people living with HIV is increased, say...Talking Points
Delegates from governments and civil society organisations, attending a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, have called for greater transparency around...South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa created confusion with a remark about the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) during his State of the Nation address, health experts are...
