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Department of Health 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
7 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Health (DoH) on its Annual Performance Plan for the financial year 2021/22. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
Before the briefing, the Members agreed that a meeting should be set ...
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Special Reports on the financial management of Government’s Covid-19 initiatives: briefing by the Auditor-General; OHSC & NHLS 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans
6 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health PM video
The Committee met with the Auditor-General South Africa in a virtual meeting to discuss the key findings and outcomes of its first and second Special Reports on the financial management of Government’s Covid-19 ...
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CMS & SAHPRA 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans
5 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
In this virtual meeting, the Council for Medical Schemes and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority presented their performance plans and 2021/22 budget. The key focus areas for 2021/22 were presented, challenges as well as the various programmes they had across ...
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FFC Analysis of health sector; CCOD & MRC 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans
4 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
In this virtual meeting, the Financial and Fiscal Commission presented its analysis of the health sector’s annual performance plans and budget for the 2021/22 financial year.
The commission highlighted that the Department of Health ranked well below regional and global benchmarks regarding ...
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Vaccine trials, procurement & roll-out programme update; with Minister & Deputy Minister
28 Apr 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Health updated the Portfolio Committee on Health on Covid-19 Epidemiology, Surveillance and Vaccine Roll-Out. The Department provided South Africa’s epidemiology and surveillance of Covid-19. An update was provided on the South African Covid-19 Modelling Consortium’s preliminary findings on anticipating the ...
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Vaccine trials, procurement & roll-out programme; with Minister & Deputy Minister
14 Apr 2021
Audio: Vaccine trials, procurement & roll-out programme; with Minister
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee (PC) on Health was given a comprehensive presentation on the current situation in South Africa with regard to the government's vaccination programme to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, including details of the ...
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Update on NHI parliamentary process; COVID-19 vaccine procurement and roll-out update; with Minister & Deputy Minister
30 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 30 March 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on the progress of the National Health Insurance (NHI) parliamentary process and of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Members were informed that the report on the NHI public hearings was almost finalised, and parliamentary ...
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SAMRC on Johnson & Johnson clinical trial & 2019/20 Annual Report; Parliament's TB Caucus
24 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 24 March 2021
Audio: MRC on Johnson & Johnson Clinical Trial & 2019/20 Annual Report; TB Caucus
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) told Parliament on Wednesday that South Africans were well aware that the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine ...
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South African Health Products Regulatory Authority 2019/20 Annual Report
17 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 17 March 2021
Although the main purpose of this virtual meeting was for the Committee to be briefed by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on its annual report, the entity went to great lengths to explain the regulation of ...
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National Health Laboratory Services 2019/20 Annual Report; National Health Amendment Bill: rejection
10 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
The purpose of the virtual meeting was for the Committee to be briefed by the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) on ...