Hopes are high that the new partnership will ensure easy, cheaper access to vaccines and medicine.
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.
In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.
Wouter Basson’s attorney has been firm: "There is no mention of any ‘victims’ on Wouter Basson’s charge sheet"
As the fallout regarding misinformation about vaccines and antiretrovirals shows, words can kill.
Access to ARVs is improving, but poor attitudes to patients are aggravating maternal mortality rates.
New medicine combines ARVs into one pill, making them easier to supply.
The <em>M&G’s</em> new health journalism centre is ready to make its mark, scrutinise and inform.
An industry-wide probe into private healthcare seems likely, but stakeholders fear a witch hunt.