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Despite progress, TB cure is still elusive 26 Aug 2013 | 02:51 pm
26 August 2013 BDLive TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is a disease most people associate with poverty or HIV/AIDS. Not so, says the head of the University of Cape Town’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecu...
Smoking-related deaths ‘higher among coloureds’ 23 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
23 August 2013 BDLive MIDDLE-aged coloured people are twice as likely to die from smoking as whites, partly because so few of them succeed in kicking the habit, concludes a South African study publi...
Healthcare's private parts to shrink 23 Aug 2013 | 12:37 pm
23 August 2013 Mail&Guardian NHI details are not clear but it is certain that the priveged few will have to do with less. "Healthcare in South Africa has to change and that's going to come at a cos...
Healthworkers unite for positive work environment 23 Aug 2013 | 12:20 pm
22 August 2013 Health-e News Health professionals working in public facilities around the country have come together to campaign for a better working environment and improved services for patients. ...
Pill Can Prevent Fatal TB in HIV Patients 22 Aug 2013 | 02:23 pm
19 August 2013 NY Times An inexpensive daily pill can often fend off a lethal bout of tuberculosis in people with H.I.V., according to a large new study. The drug is isoniazid, a generic antibiotic...
National Health Insurance ‘not the end’ of medical schemes industry 22 Aug 2013 | 01:21 pm
20 August 2013 BDLive DEPUTY Health Minister Gwen Ramokgopa has given a strong signal that the introduction of the National Health Insurance (NHI) will not spell an end to the medical schemes indust...
Panel Discussion: Making the NHI Work for All South Africans - Can It be Achieved? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
22 August 2013 The South African Civil Society Information Service On 2 August 2013, SACSIS and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) co-hosted a panel discussion on the theme, "Making the National H...
Medical schemes’ approach to new therapies ‘not driven by science’ 22 Aug 2013 | 12:53 pm
21 August 2013 BDLive THE medical schemes industry’s approach to deciding whether to put expensive new therapies on formularies is driven by the interests of the pharmaceutical industry rather than ...
SA study may pave the way for easier infant HIV treatment 22 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
22 August 2013 Health-e News Babies on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment may be able to take breaks from ARVs without compromising their health, sparing them from toxic side effects and drug resistance...
Gap and health insurance plans ‘undermining’ medical schemes 22 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
22 August 2013 BDLIve GAP cover and other health insurance products are undermining the medical schemes industry, Lighthouse Actuarial Consulting CEO Barry Childs on warned delegates to the 14th ann...
