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...
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...
