The Division of Well being has introduced that it’ll host a media briefing on 10 April 2025 at 14:00 to offer an replace on numerous well being points in South Africa.
The briefing follows the commemoration of World Well being Day (7 April 2025), making April a big month for well being consciousness. This celebration goals to boost consciousness a couple of specific well being subject and highlights a World Well being Organisation precedence space of concern.
In South Africa, there’s a two-tier healthcare system. That features a broad subsidised public sector and a restricted however high-quality non-public sector. There’s a substantial funding distinction between private and non-private healthcare providers. Because of this, the most effective specialists and medical doctors go to the non-public sector.
Well being Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and provincial MECs will talk about well being points, together with the recruitment of medical doctors and well being professionals and the procurement of well being.
Equally necessary, the announcement of the Ministerial Advisory Committee and the implementation of the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage shall be mentioned, amongst many different points.
The briefing shall be held at 14:00 on the sidelines of the Nationwide Well being Council assembly, in any other case referred to as MinMEC in different authorities sectors. Media members shall be gathered on the Council for Medical Schemes Places of work, Centurion in Pretoria.
A follow-up report discussing the outcomes of this briefing shall be supplied.
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