Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa spends more on healthcare than many other countries but patient care continues to decline.
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi responds to Garth Zietsman’s article on his address at the National Editors’ Forum in Cape Town.
Institutional reform has been touted as a solution to reducing the number of pregnancy and birth related deaths.
With medical schemes going insolvent, Bonitas has lasted for 30 years and is still going strong, growing into a R6.1-billion entity.
The South African government has two weapons in its arsenal to curb alcohol abuse, namely Increased taxes and reduced advertising.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says Pretoria will be one of 10 districts selected for a National Health Insurance pilot programme from April 1.
HIV may be the most immediate threat to healthcare in the country but a new report shows violence and lifestyle diseases are taking a grievous toll.
The healthcare system has the middle-income earners in a tight spot between high private costs and terrible state facilities.
Civil servants are paying more for their chronic medication dispensing fees than the maximum amount mandated by the health minister.
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/ 17 February 2012
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has offered insight into why many politicians suffer the curse of bulging stomachs and widening waistlines.
South Africans can expect the introduction of laws restricting fatty acids and salt content in food, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.
Without their presence South Africa’s national health insurance cannot be implemented successfully to provide quality healthcare.
The DA has criticised the proposed National Health Insurance scheme, saying the green paper doesn’t address the major problems.
In 2006, doctors at an isolated former Transkei hospital took the decision to encourage mothers to only feed breastmilk till babies are six months.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says an audit of health facilities is well under way ahead of a plan to start National Health Insurance pilot sites.
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/ 11 October 2011
The health department has launched a human resource plan to deal with the public sector’s severe lack of doctors and nurses.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says private healthcare is a ‘brutal system’ because it has commercialised an essential service.
Health experts say the best way to deal with teens having sex is to address peer pressure.
"Despite modern scientific advances, no scientist has been able to incorporate immune protection into formula milk." — <b>Aaron Motsoaledi</b>.
HIV doctors argue that mothers should be able to choose how they feed their babies.
Doctors in the HIV field and mothers infected have reacted with doubt to the health minister’s announcement of an "exclusive breastfeeding" policy.
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi’s "to do" list is arguably the most daunting of any minister in Cabinet.
Infant formula will no longer be supplied free of charge at government health facilities to mothers who are able to breastfeed.
SA must "reposition, protect and support breast-feeding" — even restrict baby formula — to combat child mortality, says SA’s health minister.
The frenzy of public debate, suspicion and negativity across the social, economic and ideological divides that has torn South Africans apart.
The attitudes of SA’s doctors and nurses must change drastically if the public health system is to improve, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Quiet and unassuming, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi comes across as the type of politician who just wants to get the job done.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is to receive a R150-million upgrade that will improve services — and halve the number of beds available.
Reaction to the release of the government’s green paper on National Health Insurance has been marked by support and tempered with concerns.
The NHI will be funded by contributions by those who earn above a certain level, over and above normal tax contributions, the health minister says.
The ANC Youth League has highlighted the cost of healthcare in the wake of Cabinet’s approval that the NHI green paper be released for public comment.
A lack of oversight has resulted in an increase in cases of abuse and death of pregnant women in the South African healthcare system.