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Health Discourses and Traditional Medicine in Rural South Africa
23 May 2013
Understandings of disease within South Africa remain deeply contested and expose underlying tensions about how health decision making is shaped by varied perceptions of illness and treatment options. This article draws on research that began in 2000 to analyze perceptions of health and the use of traditional medicine within rural areas. Read full story
Fix the provinces and rural health to make the health budget work for all - statement by SECTION27 and RHAP
20 May 2013
Read this response by Section27 and Rural Health Advocacy Project to the Ministers health budget speech. This statement provides a good summary of the issues and successes. Read full story
Health Budget speech by Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
17 May 2013
Minister says quality of public healthcare must go up, and cost of private healthcare come down, if scheme is to work. Read full story
Health insurance plan, price regulation soon, says minister
16 May 2013
The white paper on National Health Insurance (NHI) will be out for public comment "very soon", Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday, warning it would go hand in hand with price regulation of the private healthcare industry. Read full story
