National framework required to bolster health sector anti-fraud, -corruption initiatives
To mitigate the negative impact of fraud and corruption in the provision of patient-centric health care, South Africa needs a multi-stakeholder...
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More health industry ambition needed in Africa: researcher
Overall, innovative health sector procurement, stronger adaptive regulation, appropriate standards, a broader innovation “eco-system” and a policy...
Roy Watson
May 3, 2023
Institutional effort to support pharma manufacture in Africa
There is a definite need to support the development of operational regional pharmaceutical manufacturing hubs in African countries, but it won’t be...
Roy Watson
Apr 18, 2023
LCBOs will ‘broaden coverage, encourage innovation’…
Low-Cost Benefit Options (LCBOs) provide the opportunity to broaden coverage for primary care and encourage innovation for the benefit of all, Prof...
Roy Watson
Apr 5, 2023
How has the government contributed to healthcare in South Africa?
Healthcare, slotted in with Housing and Education as priorities by South Africa’s new democratic government in 1994, has probably received the most...
Roy Watson
Apr 4, 2023
Doctors must play greater role as health advocates: Kubheka
In an environment in which the relationship between health and human rights, unfortunately, is still poorly understood and health inequities still...
Roy Watson
Mar 17, 2023
Sick notes: traditional healers warned against system abuse
Traditional health practitioners who are implicated in the misconduct and abuse of the system of issuing sick notes must be dealt with decisively.
Roy Watson
Mar 1, 2023
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