The only 24-hour community clinic in Depaliseng, a sub-district in Gert Sibande, has recently cut its operating hours in half.
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Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire. Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools’ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. At all 17 schools the toilets were in a shocking condition. By OurHealth Reporters.
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SECTION27’s work to improve sanitation in schools is starting to pay off, but progress is slow.
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Health-e News Service conducted an informal survey of the state of 17 schools’ toilets that fall within four of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts. Read how each district performed.
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A poisonous snake slithering through a district hospital, badly cracked walls and rooms filled to the roof with broken equipment were some of the challenges facing researchers as they conducted the first national audit of public health facilities.
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GERT SIBANDE. - The Gert Sibande district municipality is working hard at implementing the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2012-2015 that promotes zero new infections, zero HIV/AIDS related deaths and zero stigma.
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BLOEMFONTEIN – While the rest of the country is celebrating the roll-out of a new HIV treatment, the Gabriel Dichabe Clinic has run out of antiretroviral tablets.
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GERT SIBANDE. – The population of the small Mpumalanga town of Ermelo has grown rapidly over the last few years due to booming industries in the region.
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Blurb: National health department DG Precious Matsoso summarises the progress and future plans for introducing the NHI in South Africa.
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Turning the huge public health service ‘ship’ around to get it ready for the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is both complicated and slow
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The state of many public health facilities threatens the expansion of the country’s antiretroviral treatment programme, particularly frequent ARV shortages and poor service delivery.
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Eastern Cape’s Oliver Tambo district remains the worst place to get health services, in the District Health Barometer 2011/12, which compares health indicators in the country’s 52 districts.
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One of South Africa’s poorest districts and home to former President Nelson Mandela has scored bottom of the class when it comes to the delivery of health care services.
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Government's health facilities audit shows most staff fail to have "positive and caring attitude" towards patients
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MEDIA RELEASE: The National Department of Health has embarked on an initiative to improve and expand access to healthcare services through the contracting of private General Medical Practitioners (GPs) to render sessional service in Primary Healthcare facilities.
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Gauteng health MEC Hope Papo has responded to the SECTION27 report which last week painted a grim picture of poor health service delivery. Read his statement here.
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BISHO. – Members of the Ubuntu Bethu last week marched to the offices of the Eastern Cape Health MEC to demand better health services in the province.
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SOSHANGUVE. - It’s early on a Wednesday morning and children are crying because of the heat while waiting in line at the JJ Clinic in the Tshwane health district. The clinic often sees more than 150 patients a day who comes to consult on various health problems.
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Patient CZ’s horror story represents a myriad of breakdowns within the Gauteng health system – ranging from stockouts of critical drugs, long delays in investigative and diagnostic procedures and stockouts of basics such as clean linen.
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The report details four core areas in which services were compromised. Read more here.
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Avoidable deaths occur on a weekly basis at Helen Joseph hospital while Leratong hospital is a tragedy and disaster, a senior doctor said this week. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Helen Joseph doctor has agreed to supply an affidavit should SECTION27 pursue a legal avenue.
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Professor Ashraf Coovadia shakes his head. “What really grates me is that we have the resources. Yes, we have challenges, but we have the skills, we have the facilities, we have the expertise – much more than in most of Africa and in certain respects comparable to the developed world”.
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MTHATHA. - OR Tambo health district is among the 10 pilot sites for the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) in South Africa. The district has had a visit from the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and various preparations have been done for the launch of this project, such as the training of health professionals.
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Progress in the 10 districts designated as National Health Insurance (NHI) pilots has been slower than expected, and dismal in the Eastern Cape’s OR Tambo district. Speaking last week health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi likened it to building a house, and that they were busy digging the trenches while in the Eastern Cape “we are still designing the house”.
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Scores of state patients living with HIV are in danger of dying after a myriad of problems saw the Mthatha Medical Deport unable to dispense antiretrovirals for a number of weeks.
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