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Draft policy aims at uniformity for community health workers
Conditions of employment for community health workers (CHWs) in SA – an essential link between communities and the often-confusing health-care system – are beset...
Office to examine drug patent applications being considered
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, is mulling the possibility of establishing an office dedicated to examining drug patent applications in SA, reports...
SA health union supports adoption of Intellectual Property Bill
SA’s National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has reiterated its position, that the adoption of the National Policy on Intellectual Property is...
Legislation drafted for a new medicines regulatory body
Draft legislation that will pave the way for a new regulatory body for medicines has been tabled in Parliament, Business Day reports. It’s a...
Complementary medicines industry resisting government’s regulation efforts
SA’s R8bn complementary medicines industry is ‘blatantly resisting’ the government’s attempts at regulation, ignoring a 15 February deadline to put disclaimers on its products,...
Still uncertainty about NHI implementation
There is some uncertainty about the implementation of SA’s National Health Insurance (NHI) plan. The Citizen reports that according to tax expert Dale Cridlan,...
Emphasis placed on fight against HIV and AID necessary – Minister
Responding to a question on why the department had placed such an emphasis on HIV and AIDS to the possible disadvantage of other healthcare...
Institute to improve MCC’s capacity to approve drugs
SA’s Department of Health will launch a spec ialised institute of regulatory medicine in April as one of the measures to improve the capacity...
Blurred vision over legislating alcohol-control policies
Despite the eagerness of governments to legislate alcohol-control policies, it was time to admit that the evidence was far from conclusive, writes Henry Yeomans...
British NHS row over patient records sold to insurers
The medical records of every British National Health Service hospital patient have been sold for insurance purposes, reports The Telegraph. The disclosure comes after...