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The National Health Insurance Bill III: Governance and the State’s ability to manage the envisaged NHI
This brief is one of a series of four briefs on the National Health Insurance Bill (“NHI”). Their content is based on the submission which the HSF made to ...
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The National Health Insurance Bill IV: Summary of the HSF’s conclusions on the Bill
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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 ...
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Medical aid schemes, medical insurance and the low-cost benefit option II – Where we need to go
Part 2 in this series will look at the work done on the reform of prescribed minimum benefits and its implications for National Health Insurance.
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Medical aid schemes, medical insurance and the low-cost benefit option I – Current status
Part 1 in this series explores the manner in which the Council for Medical Schemes has dealt with Low-Cost Benefit Options especially in light of the pending ...
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Mental Health I - Legal and policy framework
Part 1 explores the present legal instruments designed to ensure that all those who require it will have access to mental health care. The brief further ...
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Mental Health II - National Health Insurance
Part 2 will consider the content of the National Health Insurance Bill as well as possible implications that it may have on the state of mental health care.
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The National Health Insurance Bill I: The current situation in the health sector and how the NHI Bill proposes to change it
This brief is the first of a series of four on the National Health Insurance Bill (“NHI”). They are based on the submission which the HSF made to Parliament on ...
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The National Health Insurance Bill II: Insufficient detail on crucial aspects of the proposed NHI and its funding
This brief is one of a series of four briefs on the National Health Insurance Bill (“NHI”). Their content is based on the submission which the HSF made to ...
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Asbestos Cement Waterpipes: A Health Hazard?
Studies have shown that asbestos poses health risks to humans beyond the inhalation of fibres. Evidence suggests that ingestion of asbestos fibres from ...
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