Public healthcare needs to be jacked up before an
NHI can be implemented, experts warn
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/ 17 September 2010
Cosatu-affiliated union Popcru on Friday took exception to an <i>M&G</i> article about a fake Facebook profile of Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven.
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/ 15 September 2010
The proposed Protection of Information Bill may well come back to haunt the state further down the line, civil society organisations have warned.
The worst of the flooding may be over but prospects are bleak in Pakistan, where disease and the coming winter threaten to intensify the crisis.
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/ 10 September 2010
As it stands, South Africa spends just more than 8% of GDP on healthcare, more than any other country on the continent.
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/ 7 September 2010
Research from UCT’s Health Economics Unit has found that spending on the NHI would roughly match what is currently spent on healthcare.
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/ 7 September 2010
<i>Beyond the Billboards – the loveLife Story</i> details the challenges and successes of the first 10 years of the national HIV prevention programme.
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/ 6 September 2010
The vuvuzela may have made it into the <i>Oxford Dictionary</i>, but you may find little use for it beyond the football stadium.
Experts say breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact can reduce infection in preterm babies.
At Kalafong’s Kangaroo Mother Care unit, mothers and not nurses are the primary caregivers.