Pregnancies among adolescent girls remain a global problem. An estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years in developing countries become pregnant and about 12 million of them give birth every year.
The National Health Insurance Bill[1] (the Bill) was introduced in Parliament in August 2019. The Portfolio Committee on Health (PCH) invited interested parties to forward submissions on the Bill and conducted a series of public hearings across the country to obtain direct public input.
Men over the age of 35 in South Africa are not taking up the COVID-19 vaccination at the same rate as women. Only 40% of those who had been vaccinated by 13 August 2021 were men, according to a Health Department report.
There is a need to build a more equitable, resilient and sustainable healthcare system for South Africa. This is according to discussions at the 17th Health Quality Assessment (HQA) Industry Results Presentation and Clinical Quality Conference that was held on 5 August 2021.
As the country and the rest of the world continue to ramp up their COVID-19 vaccination efforts, Dr Janan Dietrich, a post-doctoral fellow within the SAMRC’s Health Systems Research, is leading a study investigating vaccine hesitancy amongst healthcare workers in South Africa.