Today, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, and the National Department of Health Deputy Director-General for the National Health Insurance, Dr Anban Pillay, announced

To read the speech by His Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa at the signing of the Presidential Health Compact, please click this link. The Hospital Association

There can be no doubt that our healthcare system is under great stress. For some, the problems we face are insurmountable. For others, probably a

The Hospital Association of South Africa learned with delight of the appointment of Dr Zweli Mkhize to the portfolio of health after the recent announcement

Just recently, the Sunday Independent provided space in the newspaper for what it billed a “Great Debate on NHI” that featured contributions from the Free

One of SA’s profitable state-owned enterprises (SOE), nuclear medicine producer NTP Radioisotopes, has been reopened after a year-long shutdown that nearly brought the previously unblemished

Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries. Excerpt: “Our analysis shows

Recently, a controversy occurred when several newspapers reported that there was division within the government regarding the National Health Insurance. The newspapers based their reporting,

A surgery professor is worried that students are losing their ability to perform the simple manual tasks needed to stitch and sew up patients, thanks

The principal officer of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has warned about the state’s plans to merge it with other schemes for public servants,