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December 08, 2023
South Africa: Analysis - Where We Are With Nimart 13 Years Later
Like many countries, South Africa has a shortage of healthcare workers - particularly of doctors. One response to such shortages is task-shifting - in short, to let doctors focus… Read more »
December 01, 2023
South Africa: SA Can't Afford Proposed Cuts to HIV Funding
In November this year, National Treasury proposed a R1 billion cut to HIV funding. This has come about because - rather than seeing the reduced price of antiretroviral treatment as… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Africa: What Is Behind the Shocking Number of Deaths Linked to Lead Poisoning?
An estimated 5.5 million people died of heart conditions linked to lead poisoning in 2019 - more than the number killed by outdoor air pollution over the same period. That's… Read more »
November 17, 2023
South Africa: 'I'm Doing It With My Whole Heart' - South Africa's Rural Nurse of Year
Nosiphiwo Gunuza from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape was the first college graduate in her family - she is also her family's sole breadwinner. In addition, the 43-year-old… Read more »
November 15, 2023
South Africa: Questions Asked As Gauteng Health Sources Food From Limpopo
The Gauteng Department of Health has struggled this year to ensure that patients in the province's hospitals always have the food they need. In addition to several reports received… Read more »
November 08, 2023
South Africa: Surgery Backlog in Northern Cape Getting Worse
Already long surgical waiting lists in the Northern Cape appear to have ballooned in recent months. In May, the province's MEC for Health Maruping Lekwene told the province's… Read more »
October 27, 2023
South Africa: More Austerity Is the Wrong Medicine for Our Public Health Crisis
In the context of weak economic growth, lower-than-expected tax revenues, and the implementation of measures to reduce public spending, there is "rising panic" ahead of this year's… Read more »
October 13, 2023
South Africa: Interview - Rural Doctor of the Year Reflects On the Rutted Road to Quality Healthcare
Describing the rutted gravel road between Butterworth and Tafalofefe District Hospital in the Eastern Cape, Dr Bukiwe Spondo uses the word "terrible" at least eighteen times.… Read more »
October 05, 2023
South Africa: Mabuyane Under Fire for Moving Eastern Cape Head of Health
This week, several healthcare stakeholders have slammed Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane's announcement that the heads of several provincial departments have been seconded to… Read more »
September 29, 2023
South Africa: This Court Case Will Literally Determine Whether Some People Get to Breathe
In a pivotal case for access to affordable medicines in South Africa, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa - represented by… Read more »
September 26, 2023
South Africa: Mixed Reactions Over Gauteng Jobs Campaign and What It May Mean for Health
In June this year, the Gauteng government launched a major recruitment drive called Nasi iSpani. As explained on Business Live by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, the Nasi iSpani… Read more »
September 18, 2023
South Africa: Concerns Raised At Public Health Conference Over Freezing of Healthcare Worker Posts
The National Treasury's Cost Containment Letter sent to government departments instructing, among others, the freezing of posts was one of the big themes underlying talks about… Read more »
September 08, 2023
South Sudan: In-Depth - What Two Major Bills Might Mean for Health Sector Procurement in SA
Recently, in a major feat for transparency and accountability, the North Gauteng High Court ordered that the public must have access to COVID-19 procurement contracts - details of… Read more »
September 04, 2023
South Africa: MTN Temporarily Pulled Plug On Eastern Cape Health Due to Non-Payment
In August, telecommunications company MTN joined the list of service providers who have temporarily withdrawn services because the Eastern Cape Department of Health failed to pay… Read more »
August 29, 2023
South Africa: Calls Mount to Act Against Senior Northern Cape Health Officials Implicated in Alleged PPE Corruption
The head of health in the Northern Cape Dr Dion Theys - appeared in the Kimberly Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Read more »
August 14, 2023
South Africa: Incentives Seem to Work in Private Healthcare, Why Not in Public?
Doing 'the right thing' for one's health, be it eating well, exercising, or going for an annual HIV test or blood pressure check, is easier said than done. One way to nudge people… Read more »
July 06, 2023
South Africa: Concerns Over Treatment and Care for People With Schizophrenia Not Limited to Public Sector
In response to a question posed in parliament, Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla last year disclosed that at the time, South Africa had only 451 public sector psychiatrists and… Read more »
June 06, 2023
South Africa: Is SA On Track to Solve Its Nursing Crisis?
Nurse shortages and the training of nurses in South Africa were in the spotlight at a two-day conference on the future of nursing hosted by the South African Nursing Council (SANC)… Read more »
May 18, 2023
South Africa: In-Depth - Mpumalanga's Healthcare Worker Shortage and What Is Being Done About It
There are over 100 clinics in Mpumalanga without visiting doctors, hundreds waiting on surgeries in hospitals due to a lack of surgeons and specialists, and only 60 working… Read more »
May 11, 2023
South Africa: Interview - Cheri Nel, the Investment Banker From Joburg Taking On Pharma Over Cystic Fibrosis Medicines
"We fight the bacteria, guns a blazing!" says Johannesburg-based investment banker Cheri Nel. Read more »
April 24, 2023
South Africa: Can Digital Adherence Technologies Help With Adherence to HIV Medicines?
Around 7.8 million people were living with HIV in South Africa in 2022, of which 5.7 million were taking antiretroviral treatment. People living with HIV who take antiretroviral… Read more »
May 04, 2023
South Africa: 'That Iron Suitcase Saved My Life' - Retired Nurse Reflects On 37 Years of Service
When Boitumelo Motsei became a nurse, she didn't expect that she would also have to learn to ride a bicycle or drive a donkey cart. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Africa: Major Study Turns Spotlight On Formula Milk Industry
The scientific evidence that exclusive breastfeeding is best for infants is very strong. Yet, some baby milk formula companies continue to use questionable methods to create demand… Read more »
March 14, 2023
South Africa: Spotlight On Nehawu Strike - Dispatches From the Frontlines
By Tuesday morning, striking healthcare workers and support staff in various parts of the country had returned to work, but there are reports that back to work does not necessarily… Read more »
April 06, 2023
South Africa: Do We Have to Balance the Right to Health With the Right to Strike?
South Africa's public health sector strikes often come down to pitting two rights against each other - the right of workers to strike and the rights of patients to access… Read more »
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