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Minister checks on preperations for NHI rollout
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has completed a three-day visit to the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot project in Pixley ka-Seme district, where he met stakeholders and checked preparations for the rollout of NHI in the area. He was accompanied by health MEC Mxolisi Sokatsha.Questions around exclusive breastfeeding plan
The Mail & Guardian reports that doctors and HIV-positive mothers have voiced the opinion that the government’s new exclusive breastfeeding plan is good on paper but may not work in the real world.Staying ‘abreast’ of news coverage
News reports on the consultative meeting on breastfeeding have dominated the news media this week.All systems go on the NHI
The National Health Insurance (NHI) was in the spotlight this week. The proposal was finally given the green light by cabinet on Wednesday. The proposal had previously been rejected on two occasions due to questions around its feasibility.Pregnancy and HIV: Two birds two stones?
Confused head-scratching must have been what greeted an article in The New Age which featured a bizarre and uncontextualised quote from Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on HIV prevention and teen pregnancy.SA foreskins used to freshen foreign faces?
Does South Africa know where its discarded foreskins go? The Medical Rights Advocacy Network fears that once the small strips of tissue are separated from their young hosts they could be illegally sold and exported to global cosmetic companies.The Sowetan promises a bang but delivers a whimper
The Sowetan has once again attempted to suck us in with an outrageous headline, followed by an article which is almost completely unrelated to it.Page 1 of 1 pages
