Category: SA Health General
191 Posts
South Africa can get Covid-19 under control if it blocks the routes that enable transmission
Beware false negative PCR tests, warns Groote Schuur doctor
Nasal oxygen treatment instead of ventilators sees Covid-19 recoveries at hospital in Cape Town
HIV, Jhb CPD, SA Health General, Webinars
Jhb CPD Webinar: Using TLD, 12th June
SA amends criteria for Covid-19 testing
Pandemics, Primary health care, SA Health General
‘People are not taking this virus seriously’ – Voices from townships under level 3 lockdown
Africa, Mother & Child, Pandemics, Primary health care, SA Health General
‘Nurses sat and watched and did nothing to help me give birth’
First 20 US-donated ventilators installed at Baragwanath hospital in Soweto
SA government signs deal for private sector beds
Covid-19: The epidemic reveals the cracks in our health and welfare systems
Africa, Pandemics, SA Health General
Government projections on SA Covid-19 fatalities questioned by private research group
‘She was the perfect nurse’ – a husband’s pain as wife Anncha Kepkey dies of Covid-19
SA GPs sing for you to stay home!
Africa, Pandemics, SA Health General
Coronavirus in South Africa: Eight lessons for the rest of the continent
Sort out the testing backlog
#Masks4allinAfrica, Africa, Pandemics, SA Health General
Disinfection tunnels for Covid-19 have a negligible benefit and are potentially dangerous
Jhb CPD, Pandemics, SA Health General, Webinars
Jhb CPD Webinar: Q&A from Gauteng COVID-19 Command Centre
Between two devils: Why hospitals must act fast to prevent health worker deaths
#Masks4allinAfrica, Pandemics, SA Health General
Lockdown Level 3: What you will be allowed to do and what you won’t
Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink
New NICD COVID Clinical Guidelines (18 May 2020)
#Masks4allinAfrica, Pandemics, SA Health General
Covid-19 projections show 12 to 13 million infections by November
Grim Covid-19 projections for SA: 40 000 deaths, 1 million infections and a dire shortage of ICU beds
COVID-19 has spread to Gauteng’s townships
Unscientific and nonsensical: Top scientist slams government’s lockdown strategy
National COVID-19 testing backlog means patients wait up to 10 days for results
Alex van den Heever: We have not ‘flattened the curve’ and our current trajectory is very concerning
SA Doctors concerned about severe Covid-19 testing delays
Apply for paediatric registrar and medical officer posts in Jhb
The changing pattern of Covid-19 makes it harder to predict how severe it might be – Mkhize
Beyond the emergency: ‘Slow catastrophes’ after Covid-19
What’s up with SA’s Covid-19 infection numbers?
In a national address, Ramaphosa announces mass screening and testing campaign
Go to SAcoronavirus.co.za for official government updates on Covid-19
Mkhize concerned by number of health workers diagnosed with Covid-19
Jhb CPD, Pandemics, SA Health General, Webinars
Jhb CPD Webinar: Pneumonia with COVID-19
Covid-19: a remote assessment in primary care by BMJ
Volunteer doctors on call
Resuscitation in COVID-19
Palliative Care for COVID-19
Nationwide lockdown: What it means for South Africa
South Africa on lockdown from Thursday
Nurse arrested after being caught allegedly stealing four boxes of face masks
National Department of Health environmental guidelines for COVID-19
COVID-19 guidance from the Colleges of Medicine SA
Gauteng Health implements additional measures to curb Covid-19 spread
Workers compensation for COVID-19 infection
NIOH videos for Healthcare Workers in SA
COVID-19: Patient Information in Africa
Union threatens shutdown of public facilities over wages amid coronavirus crisis
Gauteng to take widespread action in battle against Covid-19
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Free textbooks for COVID-19
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
SA hospitals will struggle to cope with a likely exponential infection rate
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Health Department: Covid-19 infections are here to stay until June or July
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
No water, no room: Containing an outbreak in South Africa
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
SA clocks 85 Covid-19 cases
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Ramaphosa declares national disaster as Covid-19 cases rise to 61, and SA heads for lockdown
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Concern that hospitals won’t be able to cope with Covid-19
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Intensive Care Society: Wellbeing Resource Library
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Whither Covid-19? An interview with SA’s chief virus hunter
COVID-19 Resources (South Africa)
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Six more cases of coronavirus in SA
What the Budget means for healthcare in South Africa
Covid-19 brings inequality and the NHI into sharp focus
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
The public health system and individual hygiene practices must be primed to deal with the coronavirus
Do electronic patient information systems improve efficiency and quality of care? An evaluation of utilisation of the Discovery HealthID application
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Are we ready for Covid-19? The South African government responds
Netcare looks to Lesotho High Court to intervene in floundering public-private hospital
Garden Route organisation shows how to beat substance abuse
Health in 2020: Eight questions facing SA
What do we mean by rurality?
Limpopo Health terminates community service contracts
CMS move to scrap low-cost plans is ‘catastrophic and unconstitutional’
Call for an end to Remunerative Work Outside Public Service by specialists
The Health Market Inquiry is a carefully considered analysis, unlike the dodgy NHI workup
You’re paying more for private healthcare and getting less, shows Competition Commission investigation
Poor regulation of the private healthcare sector slammed by landmark report
Human Resources, SA Health General
Oppositions slams government over ‘looming nursing crisis’
New ART Guidelines in South Africa
Health Systems Science (HSS), Primary health care, SA Health General
Municipal meltdowns: Bold plan to shift delivery to district level
Health Systems Science (HSS), SA Health General
State healthcare workers may be targeted to pay back negligence claims
Mkhize says a ‘hard fight’ ahead to improve SA’s ‘low quality ‘ healthcare
Gauteng Health commits R1bn to refurbishing failing facilities
Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Health Education System, SA Health General
Cuban doctor training costs double – Jack Bloom
Cabinet approves new service delivery model
Gauteng government seeks to employ out-of-work doctors
State takeover of academic hospitals is not the answer
Compact will ensure quality healthcare, says Ramaphosa
It’s been hard, but we’re going to get things right: new Gauteng health MEC promises big changes
New essential medicines and diagnostics lists
