Despite concerns about technology’s impact on health due to inactivity, advancements in health tech, including wearables and facial scans, significantly improve health outcomes. At a Momentum Multiply roundtable, dietician Mbali Mapholi highlighted how apps like...
Despite the formation of a new government, court challenges to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act are likely to proceed, says an industry body representing medical aid funds. The Health Funders Association (HFA) convened a scenario planning symposium this week,...
In light of more than a dozen severe Mpox cases in South Africa, experts do not foresee a widespread epidemic but are urging people to get tested for HIV. Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, results in flu-like symptoms and a skin infection with a rash, lesions, or...
The Health Funders Association (HFA), representing stakeholders in South Africa’s private healthcare funding sector, recently held a symposium to discuss the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act. The seminar focused on the changes the private health industry...
Medical scheme administrator Discovery Health has intensified its legal challenge against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) and its CEO, Collins Letsoalo. On Thursday, Discovery Health requested the court to declare the RAF and Letsoalo in breach of a previous judgment and...
