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| ![Shivani Ranchod, Healthcare actuary, Insight Actuaries and Consultants](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/412726-300x156.jpg?2) | [Nicci Botha] If we look at our current context, our healthcare system is not a designed product, but an artefact of our history... read |
| ![Mariné Erasmus, head of the health economics practice at Econex](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/412739-300x156.jpg?2) | [Nicci Botha] Quality care, not funding, is the real issue when it comes NHI... read |
| ![Neil Kirby, head of the healthcare & life sciences practice at Werksmans Attorneys](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/412745-300x156.jpg?2) | [Nicci Botha] However well-intentioned National Health Insurance (NHI) is, it will fall flat without the necessary supporting legislation... read |
| ![Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial. Photo:](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412605-300x156.jpg?2) | [Nicci Botha] Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Sheri Fink, delves into the life-and-death events at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina... read |
| ![#HASA2017: NHI needs to start delivering now](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412055-300x156.jpg?2) | [Nicci Botha] South Africa can't wait for the final NHI system in 2026 to start delivering on universal health coverage... read |
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| ![#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/412730.jpg) | Issued by Bizcommunity.com Join us in celebrating the courageous innovators, in small businesses and large, in South Africa and the rest of Africa, who take the risks that create new revenues, models and livelihoods, as we designate October and November as Entrepreneur Month across 18 industries on Biz... read | |
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![HPCSA registration window for dental assistants closes soon](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412260-120x120.jpg?2) | Experienced, but unqualified dental assistants have until 7 October 2017 to apply to the HPCSA for a two-year registration period read | | |
![Inflammatory bowel disease should not be a career-ender](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412446.jpg) | Issued by Cipla Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects individuals in their most productive years, but its symptoms should not deter individuals from continuing to practise their chosen professions... read | | |
![Bonitas announces annual increase and changes for 2018](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412271.jpg) | Issued by Bonitas After a challenging year for the healthcare industry, the contribution increase for 2018 will be a weighted increase of 8.7%, with increases on the various options range from 7.9% to 9.9%... read | | |
![Photo by Nevin Ruttanaboonta on Unsplash](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412489-120x120.jpg?2) | Aneshan Ramaloo The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, was relentless, hopping between Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Liberia, before making its way to the UK, US, and Spain. It claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people... read | | |
![Medical negligence claims rise by 25%](https://biz-file.com/c/1709/412036-120x120.jpg?2) | There's been a sharp rise in medical negligence claims against provincial health departments increasing by around 25% per year between 2011 and 2016... read | | |
![2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed](https://biz-file.com/c/1710/412842-120x120.jpg?2) | The 24 finalists in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at an official awards ceremony on Monday, 23 October... read | |
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