Speaking at the inauguration of the new Health Professions Council on Thursday, Motsoaledi said: "We cannot afford this commercial health system."
The new procurement procedures have
succeeded in halving the cost of ARV drugs.
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/ 13 October 2010
New campaign targets alcohol-related violence and wants alcohol-free zones near places of learning.
Western Cape health director general Craig Househam is widely tipped to take over the running of the National Department of Health.
The health department has vowed to stem the rising number of maternal deaths after a 20% increase between 2005 and 2007.
Government has called on public service doctors to end their strike and return to work immediately.
Eastern Cape health chief Lawrence Boya has been shown the door after the province refused to renew his contract.
Government is responsible for the failures in SA’s public healthcare system, said the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Thursday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Provincial health budgets are in the red, and are putting Trevor Manuel under intense pressure to ride to the rescue in his budget today.
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/ 5 December 2008
The results of further tests done to determine if the Limpopo River is contaminated with cholera are expected by Saturday.
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/ 25 November 2008
Non-emergency operations in Free State public hospitals are being held over for two months to save money, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 November 2008
Rarely in South Africa can a minister have come to power carrying such a weight of expectation as Barbara Hogan.
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/ 12 October 2008
The mystery viral haemorrhagic fever that killed three people in South Africa has been provisionally identified as an arenavirus.
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/ 15 September 2008
Legislation aimed at stabilising medical schemes has run into heavy flak, reports Belinda Beresford.
Since 1984 Dr Nosisa Matsiliza, student of medical biochemistry and dietician, has been working to ensure that SA’s youth receive an education.
A probe has been launched into the stability of two drugs received from a supplier for the management of tuberculosis.
Refugees want to tell Ebrahim Rasool that they are terrified of being forced to reintegrate, despite camps being scheduled to close on July 23.
The Department of Health warned consumers on Tuesday about comfrey tea, which can cause cancer or chronic liver disorders.
The awarding of a new tender for antiretroviral drugs by the Health Department will mean important savings for the state’s treatment programme.
The Department of Health awarded a R3,615-billion tender to six suppliers over a period of two years to supply antiretrovirals.
Belinda Beresford provides an Idiot’s Guide to health regulation
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang may be guilty of contempt of court for criticising a ruling that allowed the Sunday Times to comment on her health records, the Public Protector said on Wednesday. The Public Protector made this finding while investigating a complaint of misappropriation of funds against the Health Ministry.
It is shocking that Adcock Ingram Critical Care (AICC) would continue to benefit from public funds after it was found to have been involved in collusive tendering, the Black Sash said on Tuesday. This comes after the Department of Health said that AICC remained in the running for a R5-billion contract for antiretrovirals.
The Department of Health and the Department of Water Affairs are still collecting door-to-door information on the outbreak of diarrhoea in the Eastern Cape which cost 78 children’s lives, the provincial government said on Thursday. Spokesperson Papama Mfenyana said the province was still waiting for information from the team on the ground.
It is estimated that 5,6-million South Africans are infected with HIV/Aids in 2008, said the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) on Tuesday. The HIV prevalence rates from the ASSA 2003 model are ” roughly consistent” with the national prevalence survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council.
The Development Bank of SA (DBSA)’s Aids statistics — published on May 4 in the Sunday Independent — had not yet been validated, the bank said on Tuesday. The DBSA said that the information was published ”without the bank’s knowledge or its explicit and formal authority”.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday accused Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang of keeping Aids statistics low after an official report was released by the Development Bank of South Africa. ”The minister of health must explain why official statistics are so low,” said DA spokesperson and MP Sandy Kalyan.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will monitor investigations into the cause of the deaths of nearly 80 Eastern Cape babies, the body announced on Friday. Earlier this week, reports emerged that 78 children from the Eastern Cape had died as a result of diarrhoea allegedly caused by contaminated water.
An intensive investigation is under way to establish whether contaminated water in the Eastern Cape caused the death of nearly 80 children, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry said on Thursday. Earlier this week, media reports said nearly 80 children from the towns of Barkly East, Maclear, Sterkspruit and Elliot had died from diarrhoea and other complications.
There is no conclusive evidence that water problems caused the death of 78 children in the Eastern Cape, the Ukhahlamba district municipality said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Dispatch Online said nearly 80 children had died in the Eastern Cape district due to unsafe tap water, and authorities had failed to take any action.
Nineteen boys were rescued from an Eastern Cape initiation school on Tuesday, police said. Captain Mduduzi Godlwana said the 19 boys at an initiation school in Mgodini were found to be in a serious condition.
A programme to trace people who default on their tuberculosis (TB) treatment was officially launched in the Northern Cape on Friday by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. All provinces have established TB tracer teams of nurses and community health workers who visit homes to find defaulters and return them to their treatment regime.