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New health appointments will help, but must be distributed to rural areas

The National Department of Health’s plans to hire an additional 1600 healthcare workers must be commended as a necessary step to ensure accessible healthcare becomes […]

RURAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS

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The Key to Better Healthcare? Strengthening Service Capacity in Rural Areas

By: Palesa Chidi Access to healthcare in under resourced areas is a major challenge, often due to limited service capacity. But what does service capacity […]

Fighting stigma and strengthening TB treatment in Ehlanzeni district, Mpumalanga

By: Palesa Chidi Tuberculosis (TB) remains a formidable public health challenge in South Africa, particularly in rural districts like Ehlanzeni in Mpumalanga. Despite TB being […]

Treasury’s health bailout sends the right signals to communities, showing that it’s a government that cares

The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) welcomes the R28 billion health bailout National Treasury has allocated to navigate debt and the provision of health services […]

South Africa’s health funding crisis presents an opportunity for a new approach to the budget

The funding crisis that has emerged in the South African healthcare sector as a result of the US aid withdrawals has created an opportunity for […]

The long road to care: accessing reproductive health in rural South Africa

By: Palesa Chidi, Celene Coleman, and Hanifa Mahlangu  “When the weather was bad, it was impossible to go to the clinic. Even when I made […]

Urgent action needed to combat HIV and GBV

Originally published on The Star SOUTH Africa’s annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was launched on November 25 and runs to December 10. […]