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Huge skills shortage in SA's pharmaceutical sector
SA’s pharmaceutical industry has a huge skills shortage‚ lacking at least 12‚000 pharmacists in order to meet international standards, according to government evidence before...
Kenya and Unitaid partner in providing DTG to people with HIV
Kenya, in partnership with Unitaid, has become the first African country to introduce the generic version of dolutegravir (DTG) for routine use.
Dolutegravir (DTG) has...
SA state psychiatric structure is failing – SASOP
While almost all the previous Life Esidimeni psychiatric patients have been transferred from the NGOs in Gauteng back into hospital, the psychiatric structure in...
SA's Health Ombud asked to investigate post mortem claims
The national Health Department will request Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba to investigate allegations that untrained officials have been conducting post mortems since 2006.
News24 reports...
Better protective equipment in the wake of the Ebola crisis
More than 100 ideas and three potential products are the result of a Johns Hopkins University assisted attempt to minimise risk to health workers, following...
Guidelines to enable cannabis users to reduce health risks
Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, based on a scientific review by an international team of experts and released with the endorsement of key medical...
Persistent mental distress linked to higher risk of death in heart patients
In patients with stable coronary artery disease, persistent psychological distress of at least moderate severity is associated with a substantial increase in cardiovascular and...
EthiQal and MPS take up the debate on mediation for medical negligence claims
Graham Howarth, the Medical Protection Society's head of medical services Africa, and JP Ellis, EthiQal's medical malpractice legal manager, respond to Advocate Alan Nelson's...
It's not about the money for SA doctors… It's about poor working conditions and...
It's not money but poor working condition that's is the main reason doctors leave South Africa’s public health sector. And when it comes to...
NHI White Paper proposes 'effective nationalisation without compensation' of private healthcare
The recently released National Health Insurance (NHI) White Paper ignores the fundamentals of competition and choice, writes Mike Settas, director of health insurer KaeloXelus. Among...