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The health department says ViiV Healthcare’s nonprofit price for its anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA, is four times what it can pay
The TikTok influencer was arrested on Sunday night at the Helen Joseph Hospital for impersonating a medical practitioner
Minister blames shortages in the public health sector on budget constraints and the fact that doctors are reluctant to work in rural areas
Shame and stigma, as well as the lack of facilities, are barriers to healing, experts say
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City officials this week started raiding buildings that have been hijacked in an effort to curb illegal occupation
Crucial police work is being neglected, cases drag on for years and accused rapists walk the streets, rape survivor support groups say
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But the public has been warned to remain vigilant
People who rely on public health facilities say the scheme is just way for the government to avoid dealing with the hard problems
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Maja appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court on charges of corruption
Three cases in Gauteng were imported or import-related from Malawi but the increasing number of locally acquired cases is raising concerns
Joe Phaahla said no one needing emergency care should be turned away from health facilities, as had happened during the strike
Health facility entangled in tax fraud, licence bribery and bogus qualifications imbroglios
They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering
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Health department aims to make healthier food choices easier as part of this year’s National Nutrition Week
Several public health facilities have exhausted their 12-month supply of diesel and oil as nationwide load-shedding persists
The Trafficking in Persons report says Cuba benefits financially from its ‘coercive’ labour export programmes to 66 countries
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Disease detected in a 30 year old male who had no history of travel, contact tracing underway to identify any additional linked cases
South Africa is training more doctors than ever but there isn’t enough money to employ them, leaving about 14% of hospital posts for doctors vacant and 20% at clinics in 2021
More than 150 000 public comments were sent to the department of health after the government suspended the national state of disaster
Some coronavirus restrictions will remain as South Africa shifts out of the national state of disaster
People without identity documents will have to wait for the government to put in place a proper vaccination system for them
You can now mix and match boosters and also get them sooner. But what’s the science behind it?
A portion of the government’s revenue overrun, the result of the commodity boom, will be used to pay provincial employees
Remedial action against officials suspected of wrongdoing must be taken, says the ministerial task team investigating the defence department
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A revised circular will be released once the department has taken additional input into consideration.
Announcement of when the J&J booster shot will be available is expected to take place at the conclusion of the Sisonke 2 study
The 10-day healthcare worker ‘isolate and contact trace’ policy puts pressure on other healthcare workers and compromises hospitals’ ability to deliver quality healthcare
More than 2 400 interns and over 2 200 community service doctors are still awaiting placements, which are necessary to complete the statutory requirements so they can practice
The family of health department employee Babita Deokaran are devastated at her assassination, but proud of her role as a ‘hero’ in exposing corruption
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The vast majority of hospital admissions in Gauteng are of unvaccinated people, data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases shows
Some 22 positive cases of the B.1.1.529 variant have been confirmed in South Africa, as Covid-19 cases increase in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo