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BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA MARCH 11: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT) A newborn baby at the Kangaroo Mother Care Centre at Pelonomi Hospital on March 11, 2014 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The Kangaroo Mother Care Centre helps women who deliver premature babies across the Free State province to take care of their babies until they are fully developed. Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on premature babies, wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult. The concept was initially developed to care for premature babies in areas where incubators are either unavailable or unreliable. (Photo by Conrad Bornman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
CHILDBIRTH

Gender commission report highlights ‘critical deficiencies’ in Eastern Cape maternity, neonatal facilities

Failures in infrastructure, maintenance and governance are contributing to maternal and neonatal deaths in the province

  • Aarti Bhana
9 min read
Peer learning in a patient’s home
COMMUNITY ORIENTATED PRIMARY HEALTHCARE

Learning and research for 21st Century capacity development

UP medical students work in the community to understand what it means to be a practitioner at all levels

  • Leigh Wils
7 min read
Wasteland: Health services in rural areas are often not up to the task required of them.
BHEKISISA TEAM

Care is cast aside beyond the city limits

Primary healthcare barely exists outside our urban centres, and apartheid-ordained inequality is stark.

  • Bhekisisa Team
6 min read
COUNCIL FOR HEALTH SERVICE ACCREDITATION

Focus on safety for patients

Initiatives are under way to ensure patient safety in health facilities. An upcoming congress will focus on minimising adverse incidents at hospitals.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read