Since 1992, the Health Systems Trust has contributed to the development of a health system that can meet the needs of all South Africans, including the most disadvantaged. We will continue to work with all stakeholders in order to improve health care, particularly in areas most underserved and in need.

Call for entries: South African Health Review Cover Student Photography Contest
HST
2008-08-22

The Health Systems Trust (HST) is pleased to announce the 2008 South African Health Review Cover Photography Contest.
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No final say on new drugs for minister
Tamar Kahn - Science and Health Editor, Business Day
2008-08-22

In a surprise move yesterday, Parliaments health committee scrapped a controversial Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill clause which gave the health minister the final say on whether new medicines could be sold in SA.
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Many children still miss out on treatment
PlusNews
2008-08-22

Experience has shown that it is possible to run successful paediatric HIV programmes in rural African settings, yet less than 10 percent of patients on life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs are children, field officers of the international medical NGO, Mdecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), have said.
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TB: 'Patients are the weakest link'
Natasha Joseph
2008-08-22

Nearly 50 000 people in the Western Cape are receiving treatment at provincial health facilities for tuberculosis. Of these, 450 people are being treated for the multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain and 55 for extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB, says Health MEC Marius Fransman.
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AIDS treatment guidelines under scrutiny
Louise Flanagan, IOL
2008-08-22

South Africa's official AIDS treatment guidelines are being re-assessed after the international AIDS conference. Health Department chief director of HIV and AIDS Dr Nomonde Xundu said: There is a draft recommendation that is being discussed.
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