Four ways the Competition Commission’s latest investigation will change the National Health Insurance
Compass: Charting a course to the NHI
What does a nearly 300-page technical report mean for the...
New medical school slated for Eastern Cape
Another school could be on the cards for the North West province as well.
Dozens of gynaecologists are expected to shut down this year. This could stop that.
"We are closer to a solution than we have ever been," says medical body Sasog
Motsoaledi strikes back at NHI critics
But the Free Market Foundation maintains the plan will cost the state more than it raises in taxes.
READ: Mkhize’s speech on the National Health Insurance & women
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize spoke at an exclusive Bhekisisa event for editors on 6 August about the National Health Insurance and...
Deadly waiting game: Cancer crisis fuels demand for end-of-life care
Health workers brace for an increased need for palliative care as waiting lists grow.
National cancer drug shortage may last until October
Pharmaceutical companies say that delayed drug registrations by the Medicines Control Council may have played a role in stock outs.
‘For goodness sake, if that’s how things are run … God help us all’
Gauteng Premier David Makhura claims he didn't know #LifeEsidimeni patients would be transferred to the care of NGOs. Perhaps he just didn't listen.
#AIDS2016: HIV may be a prescribed benefit, but not all medical schemes cover ARVs
In theory medical aids fund ARVs, but in practice it's a complex process, say doctors and activists.
#AIDS2016: SA pays its HIV bill but faces budget gap for expanded treatment
Research predicts a substantial shortfall in HIV funding in the next five years as the country looks to put millions more people on treatment.
Durban cuts city’s only needle exchange programme
A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.
The coronavirus ‘vaccine’ Ekurhuleni wants to import doesn’t exist
The “vaccine” Ekurhuleni mayor is hoping to buy from a Cuban-Chinese company isn’t a vaccine. It’s a drug — and it’s...
Tortoise and the hare: Why a COVID vaccine is outrunning its HIV counterpart
Four COVID jabs’ efficacy results have been released within less than a year after the trials had started. But this is far from the norm. Researchers have been working on HIV vaccines for over three decades — and we still don’t have one. Here’s why.
How did an otherwise healthy man with a broken leg end up dead in...
The bizarre case from Durban is at least the second such case nationally in the last three years.
Cape doc tipped for health post
Western Cape health director general Craig Househam is widely tipped to take over the running of the National Department of Health.
Bathabile Dlamini & the case of SA’s disappearing rape crisis services
Under Dlamini's time as minister of social development, centres lost funding for counselling services. Now, no one can say what the future holds.