Could NHI fuel anti-immigrant sentiment?
There is no government deadline. In fact, nothing exists outside of a fake flyer circulating on social media warning foreigners they will be arrested, detained or... Read more.
Could the NHI fuel anti-immigrant sentiment?
There is no government deadline. In fact, nothing exists outside of a fake flyer circulating on social media warning foreigners they will be arrested, detained or... Read more.
Here’s how to make drug addiction a health issue, not a criminal one
It’s still early when Bridget Munnik walks to work, and the streets of Westbury in Johannesburg are eerily quiet. “If it’s daylight, then it’s... Read more.
Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war?
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met with the South African Medical Association (Sama) – one of the organisations taking him to court about the National Health... Read more.
Can SA fix its health system before courts decide its fate?
Less than two years after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Act (NHI) into law in May 2024, South Africa’s most ambitious health... Read more.
Obesity: the chronic disease that isn’t treated like one
A study about weight loss medications that was published in the British Medical Journal in January didn’t seem like good news. Oxford researchers looked at 37... Read more.
