Healthcare / General

Hitting refresh on the structure of SA’s health funding

Let's hope Barbie has health insurance

Spoiler: in the final scene, Barbie heads to the gynaecologist. Let’s hope she’d already signed up for health insurance as specialist visits are critical but costly.

Dealing with diabetes

South Africa is the most obese nation in sub-Saharan Africa*. It’s not surprising then that we also have the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes.

PPS Health Economics Chair Provides an Activist Voice Through Research and Education Beyond Academic Fora

The Professional Provident Society (PPS), the financial services group that exclusively serves graduate professionals, has committed R5 million over five years to establish the PPS Chair in Health Economics which provides an activist voice beyond academic fora.