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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 ...
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Department of Health update on vaccine rollout; with Deputy Minister
5 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 5 March 2021
Minister on rollout strategy of Covid-19 Vaccine & status of healthcare services in provinces in relation to COVID - 7 January 2021
Minister of Health on roll out strategy for the Covid-19 vaccines - 05 February 2021
In this virtual meeting, the ...
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Free State COVID-19 Update & Vaccine Plan
3 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health[NA]
The purpose of the virtual meeting was for the Committee to be briefed by the Free State’s Provincial Department of Health on its healthcare services in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The second item on the agenda was for Members to receive a briefing from ...