The Hospital Association of South Africa will urge the government to use a multi-payer system to administer national health insurance claims.
HIV doctors argue that mothers should be able to choose how they feed their babies.
The NHI could learn a thing or two from Settlers’ Hospital in Grahamstown.
HIV has been around for a long time but there are still some serious misunderstandings about it, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
Doctors in the HIV field and mothers infected have reacted with doubt to the health minister’s announcement of an "exclusive breastfeeding" policy.
South Africa is one of a handful of countries that have done little to reduce maternal deaths, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
South Africans will not have to make contributions to the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme — yet.
<strong>Mia Malan</strong> raises some of the most frequently asked questions about the intended national health insurance.
An observation made by many is that government hospitals need to function better for the NHI scheme to work.
The health department has finalised its long-awaited NHI green paper and it will be submitted to Cabinet early next week for "final clearance".