Professor Mayosi remembered for contribution to health science: Hundreds of mourners attended the professor's funeral service at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Saturday. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News Action expected against Transnet execs: Suspensions are on the cards from as early as next week for senior Transnet executives named in three … [Read more...] about Professor Mayosi remembered for contribution to health science
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Explainer: how competitive is South Africa’s private health care sector | The Conversation
Explainer: how competitive is South Africa's private health care sector: ShutterstockAfter a four and a half year probe initiated by South Africa’s Competition Commission, a panel of independent experts released their preliminary report into the country’s private health care market. The Conversation Africa spoke to Sharon Fonn, who was on the panel of experts, about the … [Read more...] about Explainer: how competitive is South Africa’s private health care sector | The Conversation
Men aren’t being tested for HIV. How health services can plug the gap | The Conversation
Men aren't being tested for HIV. How health services can plug the gap: A community health worker conducting a HIV test in a mobile clinic in a remote part of KwaZulu-Natal. Greg Lomas / Médecins Sans FrontièresMen make up slightly less than half of the adults living with HIV across the world. Yet they account for nearly 60% of the AIDS related deaths. This is one of the … [Read more...] about Men aren’t being tested for HIV. How health services can plug the gap | The Conversation
How health workers have adapted to South Africa’s breastfeeding policy | The Conversation
How health workers have adapted to South Africa's breastfeeding policy: ShutterstockIn the past 20 years there has been a massive global push for mothers to exclusively breastfeed their newborns for the first six months of their lives. The science suggests this is a good way to improve their children’s later development. There has also been a … [Read more...] about How health workers have adapted to South Africa’s breastfeeding policy | The Conversation
[LISTEN] ‘Health sector needs reform, not NHI’
[LISTEN] ‘Health sector needs reform, not NHI’: [LISTEN] ‘Health sector needs reform, not NHI’: Alex van den Heever, Chair of Social Security Systems Administration, has expressed concerns about the National Health Insurance (NHI) saying the health sector needs a lot of reform but not the NHI. Cape Town resident wants city to scrap R600,000 water bill: Marieke Norton says … [Read more...] about [LISTEN] ‘Health sector needs reform, not NHI’
