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NDoH launches TB app

18 July 2016

The National Department of Health (NDoH) launched a mobile-friendly TB app at an event held at the Hilton Hotel Durban yesterday.

The pros and cons of the flu vaccination

06 July 2016

With the winter season upon us, most of us are likely to be affected, in some way or another, by the influenza (“flu”) virus. Some of us get sick, while many others have to take care of loved ones who become ill.

BHF calls for paradigm shift in support of NHI

28 June 2016

When the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi published his opinion on the future of healthcare in South Africa in a Sunday newspaper this past weekend, Dr Humphrey Zokufa, MD of the Board of Healthcare Funders, was very encouraged. He saw the opinion as a reiteration of the fact that the BHF and the Minister “are united both in our determination to provide better healthcare for all South Africans, and in the direction we must take to achieve this goal.”

International regulation on E-cigarettes: should SA follow the US and UK?

30 May 2016

Sooner or later South Africa will follow the lead of countries like the US and UK where laws governing e-cigarettes are more in line with that governing traditional cigarettes. Yet, the ‘fight’ against e-cigarettes should be cautiously approached, argues Dr Jack van Zyl, senior medical adviser at Sanlam.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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