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Over 1 in 3 people affected by neurological conditions, the leading cause of illness and disability worldwide
EDITORIAL: With elections and NHI, this is a big year for healthcare in SA
Comment on Prevention & treatment for substance use draft policy
NCDs in the South African National Development Plan – a change of heart?
Letter to minister -NCDs strategic plan implementation & resourcing
Food labelling & advertising regulation for comment by 14 July 2023
NHI Bill- Health Committee briefed by Parliamentary Legal Service & State Law Advisors
? NCDs outcomes NDoH March 2023?
Global Nutrition Report 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A better nourished world is a better world. Yet the 2017 Global Nutrition Report shows that, despite the significant steps the world has taken towards improving nutrition and associated health burdens over recent decades, nutrition...
National Department of Health
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title="Vote 16 Health 2018" tab_id="1554818062682-2a36784f-5eac"][vc_column_text]Provide leadership and coordination of health services to promote the health of all people in South Africa through an accessible...
Let’s beat cancer Africa need help — World Cancer Day 2019
This great infographic from a global cancer control organisation, @UICC, put the hard facts before us and let’s us see what we can do.
South African Parliament engages with sugar industry Feb 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry is well aware that the South African sugar industry is experiencing various challenges as it has been engaging the industry for over a year to alleviate the plight of local...
NHI Bill being pushed for elections?
November 27, 2018 The Presidency and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi seem intent on pushing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill through Parliament before next year’s election despite major unanswered questions. […]
NW Health notes verdict on suspended HOD
Wednesday 14 November, 2018 The North West Department of Health has noted the arbitration court’s decision for Head of Department, Dr Thabo Lekalakala, to be reinstated. “The department has noted […]
NW Health notes verdict on suspended HOD
Wednesday 14 November, 2018 The North West Department of Health has noted the arbitration court’s decision for Head of Department, Dr Thabo Lekalakala, to be reinstated. “The department has noted […]
Systemic reform necessary to cure SA health system
Friday, October 19, 2018 Deputy President David Mabuza says nothing short of a systemic overhaul is required to pull the country’s ailing health system out of the status quo. “We […]
Health Summit and other mixed messaging
This is billed as being about the Checka Impilo or National Wellness Campaign … but some how it got to be more about a failing health system. Take a look. […]
Climate Change Bill: Comment by 8 August 2018
Note: Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson Climate action, SDG 13, is closely linked to Health SDG 3 and NCDs Some SDG 13 targets: Strengthen resilience & adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in […]