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Drug shortages and lack of ambulances emerged as some of the most pressing health system issues in the Eastern Cape following a recent meeting of community based organisations. Organised by the Black Sash in partnership with the University of Cape Town’s Health Economics Unit and Health-e News Service, the provincial health workshops will travel to [...]

There has been a lot of talk about health system reform, including the National Health Insurance (NHI) system. But the voices of ordinary people who use the government clinics and hospitals every day are missing. The Black Sash, University of Cape Town Health Economics Unit and Health-e are hosting the first provincial health conference in [...]

ATAGUBA, J. E. & MOONEY, G. (2009) Building on ‘The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?’ Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Published online: 24 November 2009
Abstract
Background:
Starfield and colleagues suggest that the concept of prevention has gone astray. We have sought to extend their ideas.
Methods:
Our methods are to take the Starfield et al article [...]

A universal health system would benefit both the poor and the rich, as medical aid schemes were becoming increasingly expensive….THE MERCURY

An NHI can help lo build a fairer,more united society. And this better, more decent society cannot be built overnight, just as an NHI cannot be created in just a year or two……..Health Management Review Africa

11 November 2009
Medical scheme members, particularly those who earn the lowest income, carry the greatest burden in funding health services. And lower-income medical scheme members contribute a higher percentage of their income than do higher-income members.
These are just two facts about health care financing explained in “Who Pays for Health Care in South Africa?” – one [...]

OPINION by Olive Shisana (HSRC; Ministerial Advisory Committee on NHI): The ANC proposed national health insurance (NHI) as seen through the ideological lense by Jasson Urbach of the Free Market Foundation in the Sowetan of 21 October 2009, which he labels a “threat to health,” is nothing but a scare tactic designed to persuade the [...]

The Minister of Health has issued a statement on the appointment of a ministerial advisory committee on the National Health Insurance.
Di McIntyre, professor at HEU has been appointed, along with others, including Dr Olive Shisana, CEO of the Human Science Research Council (HSRC); Mr Mark Heywood, executive director of the AIDS Law Project (ALP). To [...]