Simotwo village in Baringo, a western county in Kenya, is a peaceful place. Cattle, sheep and goats graze leisurely. The grassy area straddles hillocks, boasts a generous outcrop of granite rocks and is rich in indigenous tree cover. But beneath the veneer of calm village life, a deadly menace haunts the[…]
Hout Bay residents and community activists have raised serious concerns over the recent closure of their local day hospital. Residents and activists are saying that they fail to understand the City’s reasoning in closing the facility. Many interpret the closure as local government’s way of punishing residents for their recent[…]
The United States has steamrolled a coalition of more than 50 countries — including South Africa — to remove key phrasing about sexual and reproductive rights from the world’s first declaration on universal health coverage. UN member states signed the final declaration in New York City on Monday. The document is the[…]
Since the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was introduced to Parliament last week, the debate about the plan which promises to fundamentally change healthcare in South Africa has heated up. While the arguments for NHI tend to focus on the massive inequalities in the current access South Africans have to[…]
Thousands of patients have been left in limbo after an arson attack led to the total shutdown of a clinic at Nomzamo in the Strand, near Cape Town. The main clinic and the outside buildings were destroyed in the fire on Friday morning. The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee[…]
Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has dismissed claims that the public health sector is on the verge of collapse. He did, however, concede that the healthcare system is very distressed. Motsoaledi was responding Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba’s comment during an eNCA interview over the weekend that many Life Esidimenis[…]
A new health care centre has opened in Century City with aims to provide patients with a full health care experience under one roof. Intercare describes themselves as a provider of integrated health care services in South Africa and has launched its fourth day-hospital and 16th medical centre since the[…]
The state will provide free medical care and hospitalisation for all, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “We are currently working hard to bring into operation the National Health Service, a preventive health scheme that will ensure that quality health care is available to all regardless of economic or financial[…]
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