December 11th, 2019The dominant narrative of "medical xenophobia" by SA health professionals against refugees and migrants is misleading, writes Kudakwashe Vanyoro of the University of the...
December 11th, 2019
The activist Treatment Action Campaign has applied to be heard as a friend of the court in a landmark Constitutional Court case on medical negligence. The appeal,...
November 27th, 2019
The government would have to hike taxes by an average of 10.8% to fund the National Health Insurance (NHI) to provide the services set out in the Bill before...
It is troubling to compare to what extent the sexual and reproductive health rights of men and women in South Africa are guaranteed, writes Boitumelo Masipa, a...
November 13th, 2019
A recent public hearing on the National Health Insurance Bill has been criticised by civil society activists as "an ANC rally ... a sham", reports Spotlight. The...
November 6th, 2019
Everyone living in South Africa is constitutionally guaranteed the right to access healthcare services, an analysis in Spotlight notes. However, according to the NHI...
October 2nd, 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he got a “wake-up call” during the recent election campaigning when he discovered how many of the billions of rands allocated to...
Despite legal and civil society calls for a more considered process with the NHI Bill, the National Health Department is maintaining a hectic pace, writes MedicalBrief....
September 4th, 2019Parliament has called for public submissions on the “constitutionally aligned” National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, writes Legalbrief Policy Watch. Conceding that...
August 21st, 2019
Ugandan Winifred “Winnie” Byanyima is the new executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, after the previous incumbent left accused of...
