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What do parties’ health promises mean
WebUniversal access to healthcare (UHC) UHC is a 2030 sustainable development goal.It gives everyone access to the same basic health services regardless of whether they can pay for it.: The ANC’s plan for universal health coverage is National Health Insurance (NHI). It will make the NHI Bill law and roll it out over the next five …
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Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
WebNovember 8, 2023. Climate change affects us all — and we need to build systems that help us be more resilient to the consequences of changing weather patterns. (Envato Elements) The world is in a polycrisis — and climate change will highlight vulnerabilities in health systems and heighten inequality, which is bad news for people’s health.
Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the
WebTen ideas. 1. Global health courses must discourage global health voluntourism, and guide trainees and graduates on what they must NOT do, when they go to low- and middle-income countries. How NOT to save the world must be a critical, required component of all global health courses. The principle of do not harm must be reinforced …
Looking back to look ahead: Here’s what SA’s former health …
WebMalegapuru Makgoba, South Africa’s former health ombud, has seen the country’s health system grow, change and sometimes falter under six health ministers over the last 30 years. Mia Malan asks him what lessons we have learnt in this Health Beat show, Bhekisisa’s monthly TV programme.
Health Beat #18 3 decades and 6 ministers: How is SA’s …
WebFrom struggles and scandals to feats and forward thinking — South Africa’s health system has seen it all over the past 30 years. In this month’s Health Beat, we ask public officials, activists, health workers, legal experts and ordinary citizens to look back on how things have changed — and what it means for the future of healthcare in the country.
Election promises: Democratic Alliance
WebHere’s what the Democratic Alliance says about health issues. Universal access to healthcare. The DA says the government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme should be dropped in favour of the party’s health plan.The DA’s model has the same goal as the NHI — to give all South Africans access to the same set of health services for free …
COVID lessons for South Africa’s National Health Insurance
WebCOVID-19 took centre stage over the past year and half, but work on the country’s NHI Bill, which aims to give everyone in South Africa access to the same quality healthcare, regardless of their income, has continued in the background.. South Africa’s COVID response, particularly its national vaccine roll-out, forced the country to find ways …
Q&A: Six things you should know about the Sisonke COVID jab …
WebIn early March, about two weeks after South Africa’s Sisonke COVID vaccine trial started, Bhekisisa published an interactive map with the 18 sites where health workers could get their jabs from. The implementation study will give half a million health workers access to Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) COVID jab (just over half of them have been …
Suspicion, stigma and systems: Africa’s healthcare story
WebIn today’s newsletter Linda Pretorius breaks down how healthcare has changed in Africa in 60 years. Sign up.. Towards the end of last year, Bhekisisa received an intriguing invitation to attend a multi-day event near Roodeplaat Dam, just north of Pretoria. Called “The Public Good, Planning and Internationalism in African Health”, the …
What is Bhekisisa
WebThe Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism is an independent media organisation that specialises in narrative, solutions journalism focusing on health and social justice issues across Africa. Our stories are distributed through News24, the Daily Maverick, Financial Mail, the Mail & Guardian, TimesLIVE and DispatchLIVE reach policymakers
Will South Africa maintain its role as top funder of health research
WebBy Kanya Ndaki and Sibusiso Hlatjwako. –. March 18, 2020. (Sarah Pflug, Burst) South Africa continues to make the list of top funders globally of research and development for neglected diseases, including HIV and TB. But local organisations need more domestic funding to continue cutting-edge research.
Q&A: State patients in private hospitals — what’s the deal
WebThe daily rate for a private specialist or team of specialists providing care to public patients in intensive care or high care units in private hospitals is R2 493, according to the Western Cape’s SLA. This covers basic care, but not additional procedures like surgical operations, cardiac interventions and dialysis.
Does your party take health seriously
WebFrom NHI to climate change, corruption and social grants to gender-based violence, Bhekisisa is rolling out a handy online tool to help you scrutinise parties’ manifestos for what they promise on healthcare. Right now, you will have access to the big parties ANC, DA and EFF — then we move on to smaller parties that have drawn media …
Protests, progress and performance: Here's what it takes to clean …
WebIn 2018, protests over alleged corruption in the North West health department literally set the province on fire. Cabinet eventually put six of the province's departments under administration. Here's an inside look from the woman tasked with cleaning house at the provincial health department.
What HIV does to your brain — and how ARVs halt that
WebOctober 16, 2023. HIV can cause swelling in the brain, but ARVs can halt that. (Ed Harris) Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) have not just saved millions of people in South Africa from dying of HIV; they have also protected their brains and mental health against the damage the virus can cause. But taking antiretrovirals can stop this from happening
Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse
WebDirty air makes it hard to breathe. Add hotter days or extreme cold into the mix and it will become harder still, especially for people who already have lung problems. In the latest episode of Health Beat, Mia Malan spoke to Caradee Wright, a public health specialist at the Medical Research Council, about what climate change will mean for …
What goes into your medical aid premium — and what it means …
WebAccording to the current plan for the NHI’s payment model, it will give a set amount of funds to administration units in each of South Africa’s 52 health districts.These units will then contract providers for different services, whether it’s eye care, vaccinations, health screens, general GP visits or anything else that will be included in a fixed, basic …
Digging through the data: Did COVID-19 lead to more teen
WebThe source of the information in the MEC’s response was noted as the District Health Information Software (DHIS). This is the same source used in the District Health Barometer (DHB) report published annually by the Health Systems Trust, which shows the number of deliveries recorded in public health facilities.. Comparing the …
Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment — and how a …
WebThe court decision follows after a doctors’ group called the Independent Practitioners Association Foundation took the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) to court in 2022 for starting the Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Treatment (Pimart) programme. Through this programme, pharmacists would be able to, once …
If the price is right: The anti-HIV jab could be in clinics by August
WebSouth Africa’s medicines regulator will announce a decision on the approval of a two-monthly HIV prevention jab within days. If the shot is approved, the health department could start rolling it out on a large scale within nine months — but that depends on the injection’s price.|South Africa’s medicines regulator will announce a decision on the …
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