A drug to treat high blood pressure for almost 12‚500 South Africans is being recalled after the active ingredient was shown to be contaminated by a potentially cancer-causing chemical. The recall‚ however‚ comes almost three weeks after the drug was removed from shelves in Europe‚ the UK and the USA because the Chinese manufactured active..
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Blood pressure medicine recalled due to cancer risk – but the regulator took three weeks to act
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Will the HMI insights get lost in the rush to finalise healthcare laws?
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Has the almost simultaneous release of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill and the provisional findings of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) created an information overload, where some of the insights from the inquiry could be lost in the noise?
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Can this be true ?? Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body
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The pair continues to survive politically despite being implicated in deadly mismanagement and graft during their tenures as Gauteng health MECs.
Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, who presided over the Life Esidimeni tragedy, has been elected into the Gauteng ANC’s provincial executive committee (PEC). She joins the PEC alongside controversial Chief Whip and former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa.
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New Survey: Medical aid members have more choice
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In the battle for a slice of the private healthcare market, there has been significant growth in the number of medical schemes performing well across all sections of the medical aid spectrum. Whilst this means that members get more choice, it also makes the landscape increasingly complex.
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A new Prostate treatment byproduct could accelerate cancer cell growth
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New research out of the United States points to a genetic anomaly in certain men with prostate cancer, which may impact their response to common drugs used to treat the disease.
Researchers found that abiraterone, a common prostate cancer drug, yields high levels of a testosterone-like byproduct in men with advanced disease who have a specific genetic variant.
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These are the cheapest and most expensive medical aids in South Africa
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The latest GTC (formerly Grant Thornton Capital) Medical Aid Survey for 2018 has been released, which compares local medical aid schemes on cost to members across various levels of cover. South Africa’s medical aid industry is facing an uncertain time ahead with government recently pushing through two new healthcare bills that are set to shake..
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Poor health services are holding back UHC – Universal Health Coverage
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Inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices, or providers who lack training prevail in countries of all income levels.
This poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank.
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Sha’p Left a Cipla Foundation initiative wins Vision 2030 Healthcare Award
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Cipla Foundation’s initiative, Sha’p Left, won the certificate of excellence award in the healthcare category at the recent annual 2018 Vision 2030 awards ceremony.
The Vision 2030 Awards creates awareness about the success stories of organisations, enterprises and individuals whose initiatives align with the government’s 2030 National Development Plan and strive to achieve the targets set therein.
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Making vaccines ubiquitous is the key to cracking the cold chain challenge
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Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Infectious diseases like polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German measles), smallpox, mumps, tetanus and rotavirus used to be common around the world. Today vaccines can prevent them.
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We must ensure new food retail technologies are to better health pathways not barriers
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Imagine a world where smart pantries sense when you are running out of your favourite food and order more of it, without you lifting a finger. Where intelligent robots roam your grocery store, ever at your service. Where dynamic food pricing changes minute-to-minute depending on the weather outside, or what the store down the road is offering.
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