A new report from the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze has exposed a “system-wide slide” in basic service delivery at South Africa’s public clinics. The report states this sharp decline, marked by critical staff shortages and failing patient systems, directly coincides with the drastic cuts to the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) funding. These cuts were made earlier…
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TAC Seeks to Join Legal Fray Over NHI Act
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a patient advocacy organisation, seeks to join the legal battle over the future of South African healthcare. The TAC seeks to join the South African Medical Association’s (SAMA) court challenge against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act. It states it must represent the perspective of millions who depend on the public health system. The move…