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Trailblazing move to take HIV treatment out of clinics
Currently, many patients in the country queue monthly to pick up their ARVs but as part of its latest funding application to the international financing mechanism, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and...
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Tobacco tax fights cancer, heart disease
If countries spend as much as 4% of GDP on health, the world could close the gap between rich and poor countries by 2035, says the commission A recent report published in The Lancet, “Global Health...
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Documents, policies go missing on “gutted” DIY DoH site
Health workers worry that they have lost access to the many documents previously available on the old site (pictured here) Interested in the government’s new policy on diabetes and want to know more?...
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Research: The Economic and Social Case for Patent Law Reform in South Africa
The 14-page paper discusses the impact of patents on the economy, the true cost of medical innovation and the problems with South Africa’s current patent system. The authors then argue that that...
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Guidelines: Expanded Program on Immunisation Vaccine Guidelines, Manual
Published by the National Department of Health, the 2010 guidelines include an updated immunization schedule including the two new vaccines. The document introduces new guidance as it pertains to the...
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HPV campaign to focus on girls – for now
Girls will receive an initial dose now and a follow-up dose in September and October Launched at Bloemfontein’s Gonyane Primary School, the national campaign aims to vaccinate all grade four girls...
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Political parties square off on NHI
The Democratic Alliance was one of only eight parties to respond to the manifesto. On March 7, TAC released a health manifesto posing questions to political parties on 11 health issues such as patent...
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Nurses to lead charge against DR-TB
Ntombasekaya Mlandu became the first South Africa nurse trained to initiate MDR-TB patients in 2012 after training at King George’s Hospital in Durban. The KwaZulu-Natal woman became the first South...
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Netcare litigation won’t slow health inquiry
The UK concluded a similar private health care inquiry in 2013 that found that some private hospitals faced little competition. One of the groups owned in part by Netcare may be forced to sell some...
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National toilet plan
Sanitation Summit tackles key issues for the poor The service delivery protests that happen almost every day across the country have been described as a “ticking time bomb” by Professor Peter Alexander...
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Guidelines: National contraception, fertility planning policy
These guidelines replace previous documents issued in 2001 and 2003. The country’s new guidelines includ expanded contraception options, introducing the long-acting hormonal contraceptive implant...
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Doctors need not panic over ‘certificates of need’
Regulations governing the certificates of need still have to be drafted and the Department of Health is currently consulting with affected parties This follows an outcry last week after it emerged that...
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SA second in world to adopt new TB prevention guidance
New guidelines include ways in which to use the GeneXpert to diagnose TB outside the lungs. To be released in at least three parts, the new guidelines incorporate the latest guidance from the World...
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Guidelines: Management of Tuberculosis in Children
Released recently, these guidelines included better guidance on dosing children with TB in the absence of widely available paediatric formulations including changes to the recommended doses for some...
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Guidelines: Management of TB, HIV & STIs in Correctional Facilities
The guidelines acknowledge that overcrowding, unhygienic conditions and high inmate turn over contribute to the spread of infections diseases within correctional facilities. The document states that...
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24-hour clinic to open in Limpopo
“Gone are days were our people are told to come back the following day when they visit clinics during the night because ‘they are not dying,’” said Limpopo MEC for Roads and Transport Lehlogonolo...
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Boost for XDR-TB patients as cheaper pills allowed
Phumeza Tisile was cured of XDR-TB with the help os MSF-sponsored linezolid. She recently delivered a DR-TB manifesto she co-wrote with her doctor to the World Health Assembly. Signed by DR-TB patients...
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Report: Department of Health Annual Performance Plan
The document outlines these objectives, indicators and targets for 6 programmes carried out by the Department of Health such as: HIV and TB as well as maternal, child and women’s health; Primary health...
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North West doctors gear up for the NHI
As of September 2013, at least 49 private doctors had been contracted by government, according to the non-profit Strengthening South Africa’s Response to HIV and Health (SARRAH), which is assisting the...
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Report: South Africa’s National Health Insurance
This background document states that the NHI will take 14 years to fully introduce in South Africa. The first five years of the roll out will comprise a preparation phase in which the country will...
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