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Far cry: African countries have more than their fair share of healthcare issues.

Africa-China alliance can only benefit healthcare

Opinion Mercy Ahun -
China has reduced childhood deaths and illness from diseases that were once widespread.
South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

SA could turn dread into capital

Opinion Pieter Fourie -
HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.
Breastfeeding is one of the most powerful tools we have to tackle child mortality.

Superfood for babies

Opinion Yogan Pillay -
It's World Breastfeeding Week and government and Save the Children have joined forces to promote breastfeeding to save children's lives.
Life expectancy at birth is better in Singapore than in many developed countries .

Singapore slings health clues SA’s way

Opinion William Haseltine -
Its health system is comparable to the best in the world, achieved at a fraction of the cost of others.
Outdated discourse of treatment versus prevention ... obscures elementary points for which we currently lack a common language.

Common sense needed in HIV fight

Opinion Alex Welte -
A recent international Aids conference lacked input from those living with the HI virus.
Bhekisisa's first fellowship is coming to end and fellow

Bhekisisa journalism fellowships

Opinion Staff Reporter -
Bhekisisa's first fellowship is coming to end and fellow, Sydney Masinga, speaks about his experience. If you're an interested journalist apply now.
South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

A chink in the armour of HIV

Opinion Sharon Lewin -
Media reports about HIV-infected people being cured of the virus should be read with caution but could these cases give us clues about an antidote?
Protection needed: Malaria kills more than a million poeple in the world every year - mostly children and preganant women

Our leaders must keep their word

Opinion Yvonne Chaka -
Though progress has been made, Africa must continue the fight against Aids, TB and malaria.
Necessary care: Children who suffer from disabilities are often neglected and hidden away.

Vital service reaches far too few

Opinion Kate Sherry -
Rehabilitation plans for the thousands of people with disabilities must be included in the NHI.
Research on carcinogens in the environment led to tobacco laws that helped to decrease the number of smokers in South Africa.

Death knell for cancer research

Opinion Dr Carl Alrecht -
The state has pulled its funding of studies on the disease, retarding progress on a cure.
Former minister of the Eastern Cape health department

Free healthcare is a human right

Opinion Louis Reynolds -
Healthcare that is accessible to all is the foundation on which an equitable and efficient system must be built.
Stand and deliver: James Francis takes a new approach to working. Standing and working has some health and productivity benefits.

Sitting could be the death of you

Opinion James Francis -
Hemingway did it. Churchill did it. So let's do it. Let's all stand up while we work.
The benefits associated with eating placenta are thought to be the result of the nutrients

The world needs midwives, now more than ever

Opinion Julitta Onabanjo and Connie Kganakga -
May 5 is International Midwife Day: a day to acknowledge the vital impact midwives have on maternal health in South Africa.
NHI: GPs polled want to work part-time.

Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up

Opinion Amy Green, Mia Malan and Ina Skosana -
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
New life: Will the NHI bring a glimmer of hope for rural patients?

Take care over the next hill

Opinion Daygan Eager -
What, if anything, does the private healthcare sector have to offer the rural poor?
Truth serum: The M&G Bhekisisa centre aims to avoid disseminating myths.

Ignorant reporting can be lethal

Opinion Mia Malan -
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
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