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.
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 considers the political will of creating suitable access for those most in need.
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.
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 National Health Insurance.
A Request For More Detailed Information About The Spread Of The Coronavirus Epidemic
In this brief, Charles Simkins, argues for the release of more detailed information about the coronavirus epidemic.
We Must Support The President
In this brief, Research Fellow Matthew Kruger considers what unified support for the President means during the crisis.
When Will Parliament Become Fully Operational Again?
In this brief, Charles Simkins highlights some important parliamentary events and questions when the institution will be operational again.
Gender Based Violence in the time of Corona
The purpose of this brief is to remind the public that the cries in the protests against gender based violence of September 2019, when Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered, are not forgotten. It also seeks to create awareness that gender based violence is not uniquely a South African problem, but a global one that has increased in the few short weeks of a global lockdown.