#Healthierlives Climate Change and Health
Climate change is the defining issue for the 21st century. Climate variables affect the air people breathe, the water they drink, the food they eat, and even where they are able to live. Extreme weather events are becoming the norm and records are constantly being broken, with the past three years ranking as the hottest […]
Report: Human Rights Commission Investigation Into Cancer/Oncology Services in KZN
“A damning report by the South African Human Rights Commission has found that the KwaZulu-Natal health department has failed its cancer patients. The commission’s 68-page report found that ‘the delays in the provision of‚ and in some cases the denial of‚ oncology services to cancer patients‚ some of whom are destitute and in need of […]
Recession, ratings downgrade could sink SA’s spiralling health system
By Joan Van Dyk, 19 June 2017, bhekisisa.org. Experts warn state health clinics and hospitals are likely to further deteriorate as the public purse shrinks South Africa’s dwindling economy and recent ratings downgrades could topple the country’s already fragile public health systems, experts have warned. Rating agency Moody’s downgraded the credit rating of the country’s top five […]