Yoliswa Sobuwa

1 month ago | health-e.org.za | Molefi Sompane |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa

Patients in Botshabelo in the Free State say they’ve been denied healthcare by staff at Potlako Motlohi clinic. Since mid-February clinic staff have been telling them that they cannot be helped due to the data-capturing computer system being offline.    Tshokolo Sanda says on Thursday 20 February, he and other patients spent more than eight hours at the facility before being turned away.

1 month ago | health-e.org.za | Kathryn Cleary |Molefi Sompane |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa

The abrupt halt of PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) funding to South Africa threatens the country’s fight against HIV, putting thousands of healthcare workers’ jobs at risk and disrupting treatment for millions of patients. With 7.8 million people living with HIV, South Africa now faces a funding shortfall of around R8 billion that could upend progress made in reducing infections and deaths.

1 month ago | health-e.org.za | Yoliswa Sobuwa |Kathryn Cleary |Molefi Sompane |Montsho Matlala

The Universal Health Care Access Coalition (UHAC), an affiliation of health professionals, founders, and advocacy groups, argues that the government’s focus on pricing alone will not reduce the high cost of private healthcare. The coalition was responding to the government’s announcement last week of measures being adopted to implement recommendations made by the Health Market Inquiry to address the high prices in the sector.

1 month ago | health-e.org.za | Yoliswa Sobuwa

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1 month ago | health-e.org.za | Molefi Sompane |Kathryn Cleary |Montsho Matlala |Yoliswa Sobuwa

Tensions are high in Parys in the Free State, where frustrated residents of Tumahole township have shut the town down in a protest for clean running water, which residents say they haven’t had in eight months. According to community member Tshepo Naale, the problems in Parys started in June of 2022 and continued into 2023 when the first shutdown happened.