Gates Foundation urges action on childhood malnutrition

Original Article by Tamar Kahn | Business Day | 17 September 2024

The Gates Foundation urges governments to fight child malnutrition with affordable solutions to boost children's health and promote economic growth.

The Gates Foundation urges governments to fight child malnutrition with affordable solutions to boost children’s health and promote economic growth.

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Dr Thembisile Xulu is the new health Director-General, inheriting a strained department, healthcare-worker shortages and NHI litigation.

Gauteng is losing 100 nurses a month and needs R5.7bn to fill a 16,000-post gap. This shortage now flagged as a key risk to the NHI rollout.

Regulation, not demand, blocks affordable cover: medical schemes should be allowed to offer low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) now.