Emerging Contaminants - Crisis Or Manageable Risk?

At present the global scientific community is grappling with the question of whether emerging contaminants in water pose any substantial health risks to ...

This brief aims to explain the key differences between medical schemes and health insurance and why demarcation between the two is important. Medical schemes, ...

This Brief reports on a recent seminar hosted by the Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Programme addressing the progress and challenges facing National ...

This special Brief is a report back on the Competition Commission's Market Inquiry into the Private Healthcare Sector conference.

A discussion of the international egg donation programmes which are exploiting South African women amongst other women for the selling of their eggs. The ...

This brief reviews the Minister of Health's comments on the Medical Malpractice Issues in the Health Sector and responses to such comments

Part 1 in this series provides a summary of the Court's decision in Stransham-Ford.

A discussion about Organ Donor Agencies and their regulation in South Africa.

This Brief discusses the amendment to Regulation 8 of the Medical Schemes Act and what it actually means to members of medical schemes and other stakeholders.

This Brief deals with the genetic link requirement in section 294 of the Children's Act which deals with surrogacy agreements and genetic origin of a child, ...