Unfriendly and insensitive healthcare workers, as well as disorganised filing systems that were observed at 24% of facilities monitored in Gauteng, are among ten key issues outlined in the second edition of a new Ritshidze State of Health report. The report will be launched at a community accountability meeting in Katlehong today. 

KwaZulu-Natal gets the thumbs up in the latest Ritshidze State of Health report for making strong progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets and in ensuring that treatment literacy scores in the province are the highest in the country. However there is room for improvement.

Last week Ritshidze launched a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in KwaZulu-Natal. The report was presented at a community accountability meeting in Umlazi, Durban. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Today Ritshidze is launching a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in KwaZulu-Natal. The report is based on the results of data collected through Ritshidze as well as stories from community members about the challenges they face using public clinics. It will be presented to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health and other duty bearers at a community accountability meeting in Umlazi. 

The ordinary should not be the extraordinary; it’s what Garth Hennings believes and why he laughs a little that there should be any “special interest” in Nomangesi Jayiya Clinic in the Nelson Bay municipality where he is operational manager. But the clinic does tick many of the right boxes and it’s largely down to putting in place some of the basic recommendations for improved clinic services and practices.

The brutal realities of having to depend on a poorly functioning clinic system and healthcare services was heard loud and clear when community members spoke at the September 23 launch of the Ritshidze Eastern Cape State of Health report. The 49 clinics and healthcare facilities monitored in the province are in OR Tambo, Buffalo City, Alfred Nzo, Amathole, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Chris Hani.

Last week Ritshidze launched a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in the Eastern Cape. The report was presented at a community accountability meeting in Mdantsane, East London. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Today Ritshidze is launching a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in the Eastern Cape. The report is based on the results of data collected through Ritshidze’s community-led monitoring. It will be presented to the Eastern Cape Department of Health and other duty bearers at a community accountability meeting in Mdantsane. 

There has to be more than a hope and a prayer for the South African healthcare service. But when the launch of the Ritshidze State of Health report for the Free State opened with a plea to the gods, it was clear things have gone to hell.

Last week Ritshidze launched a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in the Free State. The report was presented at a community accountability meeting in Batho, Bloemfontein. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Today Ritshidze is launching a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in the Free State. The report — based on the results of data collected through Ritshidze’s community-led monitoring — will be presented to the Free State Department of Health and other duty bearers at a community accountability meeting in Batho location.

Quality healthcare is not a favour from government, and politicians who make excuses and hide from facing the reality of mounting complaints about poor service delivery are part of the problem. TAC’s Sibongile Tshabalala sent a clear message to under-performing officials in the Limpopo province, who refused to come to account at the launch of the Ritshidze State of Health report in Polokwane.