Strategic investments in health care for all are needed to ensure safe births, treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, measles, pneumonia and diarrhoea, and children are vaccinated

Having access to care is not a promise of health

After months of delay, the commission’s report could reveal what’s really pushing up your medical bills.

Many refugees flee their own war-torn countries to find safety in South Africa. But the country is not the safe haven they think it will be.

With almost a quarter of Ugandan households spending over 10% of their income on medical treatment, the goal of universal healthcare seems far off.

New health discoveries are often not immediately accessible or affordable to the average individual, particularly in low and middle-income countries.

The three juggernauts of private healthcare are able to dictate prices for services, and medical aids are becoming less willing to cover the costs.

"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have," former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said.

Spain leads the world in organ transplants, but its success in the operating theatre is matched by its holistic approach outside.

Pay-as-you-go healthcare could provide a possible cost saving for the man on the street.

Another medical scheme has clocked in a 7,9% premium increase, but you can cut costs by cutting choice.

A significant and worrying development in the escalation of healthcare costs is that medical aid claims are now outweighing contributions.