Pressure is mounting on the Gauteng health department following the deaths of 36 psychiatric patients earlier this year.
The health ombudsman will investigate the deaths of 36 psychiatric patients after they were transferred out of a government facility in Johannesburg.
The HPCSA has parted ways with its CEO, COO and head of legal services in light of damning findings by a ministerial task team.
Readers write in about racism, land reform, health care reform and water leaks.
Readers write in about the ANC’s degeneration, Zuma’s corruption and a call for Aaron Motsoaledi to transcend the rot.
The health minister has stressed the importance of improving tuberculosis treatment so as to help mitigate the drastic impact of TB-HIV co-infection.
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/ 20 November 2015
But ridding the planet of curable and preventable tuberculosis will tax the world’s existing resources.
Exposé spurs flurry of activity, but problems remain.
Instead of acknowledging the logistical challenges at hospitals and clinics, the minister has tried to shift the focus to others.
A survey of stock levels of HIV drugs is in stark contrast to health department claims that "there is no shortage".
The health minister says the media portrays the department as failing to provide drugs for patients, but supply is also subject to business decisions.
Our health minister’s ideas on euthanasia have no place in a secular country like ours.
Doctors say Dihlabeng hospital doesn’t have the medicine and staff to help patients.
The Constitution doesn’t allow Motsoaledi to give health MECs direct instructions, but his "political influence" would help a great deal.
Collins Chabane was at the centre of the Jacob Zuma administration, and had become known as a dedicated and respected politician.
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/ 27 January 2015
Issuing the proclamation led to a situation that could discourage practitioners from providing essential services for fear of criminal sanction.
Poor patients will be the biggest casualty if the National Health Laboratory Service collapses.
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/ 3 December 2014
The department of trade and industry has yet to finalise patent reforms, raising questions that cheaper medication could be blocked intentionally.
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/ 27 November 2014
The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists.
The community healthworker system is in chaos, leaving vulnerable communities at risk.
President Jacob Zuma has reiterated government’s commitment to get the National Health Service into operation – despite drawing criticism in the past.
There is no need for South Africans to panic following the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.
Three out of four SA men with hypertension don’t know they have this condition, which is responsible for the deaths of 230 South Africans daily.
Due to the high costs of litigation medical negligence claims could bankrupt a future NHI, say experts.
The nation’s healthcare system reflects the actions of the ministers responsible for it over the years.
A department spends millions on buying goods, but fails to distribute it and then pays extra to dump it after realising it’s past its sell-by date.
The Higher Education and Training HIV Programme has backed plans to introduce colourful and flavoured condoms to tertiary institutions.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an HPV vaccine programme for grade four girls in all government schools.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has introduced a new contraceptive implant, which is active for three years, and is available at clinics from June.
The Rural Health Advocacy Project says the budget was "disappointing" as it does not make provision for improvements in healthcare service delivery.
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/ 21 February 2014
His reasoning has come in for much criticism, but the minister has no wish to continue the debate.
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/ 6 February 2014
Minister, please sit down with the private health sector before the NHI has us paying more but getting less, writes Dr Chris Archer.