Researchers say part of the problem is the lack of coordination across the nation’s sprawling multi-agency system
Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from doing this
Babies getting HIV from their infected mothers is rare in a cluster of 39 villages in the OR Tambo district
The Northern Cape could spend four times more per case than Gauteng, even though its health budget is far smaller.
South Africa spends too much money on medical malpractice lawsuits and wants to pursue new ways to settle cases out of court
People who live close to coal-fired power plants continue to fall ill from breathing in dirty air
Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
South Africa has close to 700 medical doctors who haven’t been able to find a job in the public sector since qualifying
Graduates in the medicine, dental and rehabilitation therapy fields need to do community service to qualify but nearly 200 had not been placed by 12 December
The need for a new tuberculosis vaccine is as urgent as ever, and now a local pharmaceutical company is joining the race to find one