[Premium Times] The Senate noted that counterfeit medicines have become silent weapons of mass destruction because they destroy lives, weaken healthcare delivery and undermine public confidence in genuine pharmaceutical products.
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health and Sanitation Madalitso Baloyi says government is rolling out measures to fix long-standing gaps in healthcare access, from ambulance shortages to stalled clinic construction and a lack of specialised medical services.
[Bhekisisa] In early May this year South Africa's Constitutional Court became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes over health legislation since democracy.
[GroundUp] Most of the payout is interest calculated from when state's liability for TB contraction in prisons was established in 2012
[Bhekisisa] As anti-immigrant protests gather momentum, a clause in the NHI Act could deny many refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants HIV treatment -- despite Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi saying that would "work in reverse" in the fight against HIV. Would the health minister be prepared to change that if the Constitutional Court rules the Act can go ahead?
[Leadership] The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended its ultimatum to the federal government by another four weeks over unresolved welfare and professional issues affecting its members nationwide, while declaring an industrial dispute with the government.
[spotlight] Ten years after its launch in the United States, a new, more effective shingles vaccine is finally set to hit the market in South Africa. While the vaccine, called Shingrix, should soon be available at private sector pharmacies, it seems unlikely that it will be provided in the country's public healthcare system any time soon.
[Nigeria Health Watch] In late 2013, Ebola began spreading in Guinea, but the outbreak went undetected for more than three months. Patients arriving at the health facilities presented with fever, vomiting and diarrhoea, symptoms that closely resembled malaria, typhoid, or cholera. Without the diagnostic tools needed to identify the virus, clinicians were unable to determine the true cause of the illness.
[Daily Maverick] Thirty children die from malnutrition every day in South Africa. This week, the Union Against Hunger set out to say that this is not just a tragedy to mourn, but an act of unlawful government to fight.
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