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Community Healthcare

​Three key components of the NHI Bill that need to change
Article
/ 27 November 2019

​Three key components of the NHI Bill that need to change

Have a say in the future health system of South Africa

By Sasha Stevenson
Community healthcare workers are the link
Article
/ 27 September 2019

Community healthcare workers are the link

They often identify additional problems, such as people needing food, IDs and housing

By Leigh Wils
Using the COPC Toolkit to plan integrated healthcare delivery
Article
/ 27 September 2019

Using the COPC Toolkit to plan integrated healthcare delivery

The toolkit integrates data to better predict and respond to health needs in an area

By Advertorial Supplement
The workforce that makes our health system work
Article
/ 10 April 2019

The workforce that makes our health system work

Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective

By Ofentse Mboweni
Research to improve rural community health
Article
/ 29 June 2018

Research to improve rural community health

Management Award: contribution through management and related SET and innovation activities by an individual

By Staff Reporter
Progress in health, human settlements and education
Article
/ 9 March 2018

Progress in health, human settlements and education

Masuelle highlighted improvements in delivery of services for education

By Staff Reporter
Too poor to care? The call for a minimum wage has exposed a sick system
Article
/ 24 November 2016

Too poor to care? The call for a minimum wage has exposed a sick system

Care workers may be the backbone of community health care but they sure aren’t paid like it

By Staff Reporter
The ups and downs of community healthcare
Article
/ 18 October 2016

The ups and downs of community healthcare

Often medical help comes too late for people in rural areas but community health workers could change this

By Staff Reporter
Bikers go full throttle to speed up TB cure in Zimbabwe
Article
/ 4 April 2016

Bikers go full throttle to speed up TB cure in Zimbabwe

A programme with the health department sees motorbikes being used to deliver drugs to people in far-flung places who can’t afford the fare.

By Stephen Tsoroti
Fishing and family planning – how the two are linked
Article
/ 14 March 2016

Fishing and family planning – how the two are linked

Sometimes, delivering mixed messages is a good thing, as an integrated project in the Lake Tanganyika region has proved.

By Staff Reporter
Free State breaks the backbone of basic care for the destitute
Article
/ 5 November 2015

Free State breaks the backbone of basic care for the destitute

The Mma Mokoenas of community health still dispense help despite having been dismissed.

By Staff Reporter
Community healthworkers shafted by SA’s policy shambles
Article
/ 11 September 2014

Community healthworkers shafted by SA’s policy shambles

The community healthworker system is in chaos, leaving vulnerable communities at risk.

By Mia Malan
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Article
/ 4 September 2014

Analysis: Why policy is failing community health workers

Community workers are twiddling their thumbs while the state drags its heels on a new strategy, writes Mia Malan.

By Mia Malan
[From our achives] Former Free State health MEC: They call me a killer, I know I’m a saviour
Article
/ 21 August 2014

[From our achives] Former Free State health MEC: They call me a killer, I know I’m a saviour

In this 2014 interview, former Free State health MEC Benny Malakoane says that detractors are still alive is proof of the good work under his watch.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
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Article
/ 7 August 2014

Road worrier: TAC activist ‘targeted’

The pressure group has accused the Free State’s health MEC of being behind the intimidation.

By Mia Malan and Amy Green
SA can learn from Brazil’s health model
Article
/ 1 August 2014

SA can learn from Brazil’s health model

The favelas are served by teams of community workers, who are the doctors’ eyes and ears.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow
Article
/ 24 July 2014

Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow

Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.

By Mia Malan
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Article
/ 10 July 2014

The helpless have lost a lifeline

GF Jooste Hospital was a beacon of hope. It should have been renovated, not closed.

By Staff Reporter
Funding requires planning
Article
/ 3 May 2012

Funding requires planning

There is no silver bullet for success, but pooling CSI resources does have merit, writes Tracey Henry.

By Tracey Henry
Healthcare workers going the extra mile for patients
Article
/ 14 February 2012

Healthcare workers going the extra mile for patients

Health workers at a rural hospital describe paying for equipment, taxi fares and meals as part of providing care.

By Mia Malan
Cabinet’s planning lekgotla to start next week
Article
/ 13 January 2012

Cabinet’s planning lekgotla to start next week

Government says Cabinet’s January lekgotla, which will form the basis of the president’s state of the nation speech, is due to begin on January 17.

By Janice Roberts
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Article
/ 2 December 2011

Overseeing the wellbeing of medical aids

With healthcare costs spiralling out of control the prognosis for South Africa’s 110 medical aid schemes hardly seems a picture of health.

By Sponsored Feature
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Article
/ 27 June 2011

‘Employment trends paint bleak picture’

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has said employment and unemployment trends continue to disappoint.

By Janice Roberts
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Article
/ 28 April 2011

MIT class studies Kenyan slum’s clinic quandary

The Rod of Asclepius is mistaken as a symbol of snake worshipping in a high quality and nearly free clinic in Kenya’s largest slum of Kibera.

By Jason Straziuso
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Africa
/ 3 July 2008

Healing starts at home

Community-administered healthcare is incredibly effective in combating a range of illnesses, including river blindness and malaria.

By Abiose Adelaja

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