Health Systems Trust

Title	Published By	Publication Date	Source	URL Link	Featured
WASTEWATER – A KEY STRATEGY TO TACKLE GROWING WATER SCARCITY IN AFRICA	RNews	2017-03-17	RNews	http://www.rnews.co.za/article/13638/wastewater-a-key-strategy-to-tackle-growing-water-scarcity-in-africa
MP received death threats after exposing bad medical care	Medical Brief	2017-04-05	Medical Brief	http://www.medicalbrief.co.za/archives/mp-received-death-threats-exposing-bad-medical-care/
Harrowing tales of missing TB treatment	IOL	2017-03-22	IOL	http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/health/body/harrowing-tales-of-missing-tb-treatment-8291623
Scientists from around Africa gather to develop leadership capacity in the third round of the ASLP	The University of Pretoria	2017-03-14	The University of Pretoria	http://www.up.ac.za/en/news/post_2432212-scientists-from-around-africa-gather-to-develop-leadership-capacity-in-the-third-round-of-the-aslp
Great strides’ in Aids fight	The New Age	2017-03-29	The New Age	http://www.thenewage.co.za/great-strides-in-aids-fight/
Vaccination is paramount in fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs	Times Live	2017-05-18	Times Live	http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/05/18/Vaccination-is-paramount-in-fight-against-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs1
Maternal deaths: contraception is key	Press Reader	2017-03-19	Sunday Times	https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-times/20170319/281681139693974
Healthcare shows signs of life	Times Live	2017-03-06	Times Live	http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2017/03/06/Healthcare-shows-signs-of-life
World Aids Day project tackles social perceptions	South Coast Sun	2016-12-16	South Coast Sun	http://southcoastsun.co.za/88359/world-aids-day-project-tackles-social-perceptions/
Nurse shortage worsened by alarming bureaucratic bungling	Moneyweb	2017-06-01	Moneyweb	https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/industry/alarming-bureaucratic-bungling-has-potentially-deadly-consequences-for-us-all/
SA billboard likely understates child ‘hunger’ deaths	Africa Check	2017-11-07	Health Systems Trust	In a publicity campaign, South Africa’s official opposition put a spotlight on the number of children dying due to a lack of food every day. But the figure is probably even higher.
Beef up management to boost healthcare, says report	Business Day	2017-08-25		SA’s health system needs to grow its management capacity to correct the disjuncture between infrastructure and financial planning, says a report by the Health Systems Trust.
Lack of funds in SA might cause people to die younger	Health24	2017-08-25		This financial year health expenditure will increase by a mere 1.1%. By next year it will be just 0.8%, and in 2018/19 there will be an actual cut in spending.
Health-e News: Health services on the edge as ‘austerity’ threatens service delivery	Daily Maverick	2017-08-23		While state-owned enterprises get frequent billion-rand bailouts and state corruption may have cost R100-billion, the public health sector is under massive pressure to cut costs – and this is threatening healthcare. HEALTH-E’s KERRY CULLINAN reports.
Less spent on health as hospital posts frozen	Business Day	2017-08-23		SA’s cash-strapped economy translates into the government spending less per person on health, with doctors’ and nurses’ posts being frozen‚ requiring permission from the Treasury and provincial leaders to be filled.
These conditions that most likely affect you are 'overwhelming' SA	Health24	2017-08-23		Illnesses like cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure need stronger prevention and community-based programmes.
This 'terrible twin' is killing more South Africans	Health24	2017-08-23		The fight against drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) has implications for HIV/Aids as up to 60% of TB patients are co-infected with HIV.
80% of SA women believe the female condom 'puts them in charge'	Health24	2017-08-28		South Africa is one of the world’s largest users of female condoms.
It is time to see a half-full glass for health crisis	IOL	2017-08-27		SOUTH Africa’s health woes cannot be ignored or sugar-coated. The latest annual health review, published by the Health Systems Trust, confirms this.
Life expectancy in South Africa could plummet as health service faces cuts	The South African	2017-08-25		After a decade where SA's life expectancy soared, a weak economy could set it all back
Ace Magashule’s wild Free State: Activists faced intimidation, whistle-blowers fled	Bhekisisa	2017-12-19		Death threats and intimidation drove one man to leave the country after exposing crumbling conditions within the province’s health system.
Teen pregnancies down, TB cure up	Health-e News	2018-02-01		Teen pregnancies have dropped, while our cure rate for tuberculosis (TB) is the highest in a decade.
State is also ‘captured’ by incompetence	Health-e News	2018-02-05		Twenty three years after South Africa’s first democratic elections, many Eastern Cape residents still live in dire poverty – held hostage as much by incompetent officials as corrupt ones. Is there any political will to turn the country’s poorest municipal
The privilege of being heard	Daily Maverick	2018-02-06		Day Zero is fast approaching in Cape Town and the people of Cape Town are angry. Outraged even. Had I not witnessed what I had in the Eastern Cape last week, I may be outraged too. Instead, I reflect that outrage is yet another form of privilege.
Maternal deaths spike on HIV	Herald Live	2018-02-08		Bay has one of the highest rates in SA but hospital staff shortages ‘not a factor’.
KZN health MEC happy with impact of HIV campaign on rural youth	The Citizen	2018-02-27	The Citizen News	https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1837787/kzn-health-mec-happy-with-impact-of-hiv-campaign-on-rural-youth/#.WpapQtCOTGU.twitter
DON’T LET THUGS HIJACK ULWALUKO!	Daily Sun	2017-12-11	HST	http://www.hst.org.za/media/Pages/DON’T-LET-THUGS-HIJACK-ULWALUKO!.aspx	No
DEAR MEN: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH	Daily Sun	2017-11-27	HST	http://www.hst.org.za/media/Pages/DEAR-MEN-WE-NEED-TO-TALK-ABOUT-MENTAL-HEALTH.aspx	No
PROTECT YOURSELF OR ABSTAIN - THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS	Daily Sun	2017-11-20	HST	http://www.hst.org.za/media/Pages/PROTECT-YOURSELF-OR-ABSTAIN---THOSE-ARE-THE-OPTIONS.aspx	No
MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN: STAYING SAFE	Daily Sun	2017-11-13	HST	http://www.hst.org.za/media/Pages/MEN-WHO-HAVE-SEX-WITH-MEN-STAYING-SAFE.aspx	No