These two positions will oversee user and service provider management and healthcare benefits and provider payment design
Only the rich have unrestricted access to medical care but the state’s ability to deliver universal health is rightly questioned
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
Vaccine hesitancy, corruption, and conspiracy theories and disinformation slow down uptake of Covid-19 vaccines
Children aged five to 11 get smaller doses of the Pfizer vaccine than adults. That means the government will have to buy new vials to vaccinate this age group but the health…
You can now mix and match boosters and also get them sooner. But what’s the science behind it?
Those 12 years and older who are severely immunocompromised can get a Pfizer booster dose at least 28 days after their second jab
Organ recipients are at greater risk of death from Covid-19, while waiting lists for transplants grow
Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 will be able to register to receive their Covid-19 jab from 20 October. This group will be given only one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, for…
A step-by-step toolkit explains everything you need to know to download your digital vaccination certificate
After initially defending Sandile Buthelezi’s personal leave, the health department has announced that he has been placed on precautionary suspension
Vulnerable older groups remain a priority for the health department, so no Covid-19 jabs for children for now
‘Red light’ as numbers getting vaccinated dips because most don’t people don’t have medical aid or are victims of misinformation — and health department needs to ‘improve user…
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
Government officials will now still have to wait like everyone else to receive their Covid jab, according to the health deputy director general
More than half a million basic education-sector workers are set to receive the vaccination in the next two weeks
Hospitals are under strain, nurses are burning out and infections are on the rise, but there are limited Covid-19 vaccine doses available
Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme…
What does the inside of a vaccination centre look like and how do nurses administer the jab? The vials, syringes, the vaccinators — and the science behind it
