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Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

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Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

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New anti-corruption forum to curb fraud in healthcare

New anti-corruption forum to curb fraud in healthcare

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Adherence clubs help patients stick to treatment regimens

Adherence clubs help patients stick to treatment regimens

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Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

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Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: South Africa Today

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PPPs in healthcare need to evolve

PPPs in healthcare need to evolve

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Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries. Good Mood/Shutterstock

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general

WHO calls for urgent action against NCDs

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New blood to bring SANBS into the new millennium

New blood to bring SANBS into the new millennium

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All the ways that Dietitians Do Prevention

All the ways that Dietitians Do Prevention

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Jun 2018

Consider this advice before travelling abroad for health care

Consider this advice before travelling abroad for health care

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Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi

Motsoaledi calls for the arrest of violent hospital protesters

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Using platinum-based chemo to improve survival rates in pancreatic cancer

Using platinum-based chemo to improve survival rates in pancreatic cancer

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Change in policy opens the way for generics

Change in policy opens the way for generics

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A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSF

The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed

Eric Goemaere 31 May 2018

Deputy President, David Mabuza. Photo: The Lowvelder

Government's HIV partnerships are gathering momentum

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Prioritising the health citizen in UHC

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Professor Mark Collison of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network

What population growth will do to health and communities

29 May 2018

Biomedical engineering master's student, Gokul Nair. Photo: UCT

UCT engineers design affordable, efficient auto-injector

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Generic medicines - The cost-effective copycat

Generic medicines - The cost-effective copycat

Bonitas 29 May 2018

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

Stemming the medical brain drain in Africa

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#WFOT: Building globally relevant OT through diversity

#WFOT: Building globally relevant OT through diversity

Nicci Botha 28 May 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Mpact coughs up new solutions for medical packaging

Mpact coughs up new solutions for medical packaging

Mpact 25 May 2018

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Cancer crisis: Where are South Africa's radiation oncologists?

Joan van Dyk 24 May 2018

#AfricaMonth: Taking nursing high tech

#AfricaMonth: Taking nursing high tech

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How can private healthcare contribute to NHI?

How can private healthcare contribute to NHI?

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Caregivers need to be educated on the importance of routine nutrition screening and interventions. Photo: Shutterstock

South Africa's effort to improve child health is having teething problems

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Busting the two biggest myths about your immune system

Busting the two biggest myths about your immune system

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 23 May 2018

Photo: Oupa Nkosi

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Pontsho Pilane 22 May 2018

Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

Board of Healthcare Funders 22 May 2018

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Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

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Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries. Good Mood/Shutterstock

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Deputy President, David Mabuza. Photo: The Lowvelder

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Professor Mark Collison of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network

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#WFOT: Building globally relevant OT through diversity

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How can private healthcare contribute to NHI?

How can private healthcare contribute to NHI?

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Caregivers need to be educated on the importance of routine nutrition screening and interventions. Photo: Shutterstock

South Africa's effort to improve child health is having teething problems

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Association for Dietetics in South Africa 23 May 2018

Photo: Oupa Nkosi

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Professor Ian Sanne, head and principal investigator at the Clinical HIV Research Unit (CHRU)

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Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

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Department places over 1,500 medical interns

Department places over 1,500 medical interns

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Mark Arnold, principal officer of Resolution Health Medical Scheme

Act could redress medical scheme sustainability issues

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TAG calls for public support for Tobacco Bill

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Creating business communities for African unity

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New 3D range of motion technology

New 3D range of motion technology

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The UK pharma industry in a post-Brexit world

The UK pharma industry in a post-Brexit world

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New MRI increases productivity at Rondebosch Medical Centre

New MRI increases productivity at Rondebosch Medical Centre

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Very few laboratories in Uganda are accredited. Arne Hoel / World Bank

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