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Europe: Covid-19 contract-transparency ruling fails to cloud Von der Leyen's future

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Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

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Africa Health Congress: SA's new NHI - path to UHC or empty promise?

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Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

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A mother delivers via C-section in Mozambique. In South Africa, there’s no single reason for the climbing number of such procedures in the public sector but it could be proving deadly for mothers. (Shaun Swingler)

A changing birth: What's behind SA's skyrocketing C-section rates?

Laura Grant & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 10 Jan 2019

Dr Dirk Koekemoer

Portable technology takes primary healthcare to the people

9 Jan 2019

Many countries around the world can’t meet the demand for donor organs. Shutterstock

There are many complex reasons for South Africa's organ donor shortage

Harriet Etheredge 9 Jan 2019

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

9 Jan 2019

Professor Sally-Ann Cryan

Breakthrough in TB treatment

8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Data is democratising healthcare

#BizTrends2019: Data is democratising healthcare

7 Jan 2019

Dr Paula Armstrong, senior economist at Econex

#BizTrends2019: Policy uncertainty and its impact on healthcare investment

Paula Armstrong 7 Jan 2019

Dr Shrey Viranna, group chief executive officer and executive director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

#BizTrends2019: Where is healthcare headed?

Shrey Viranna 7 Jan 2019

Deon Kotze, head of technical marketing at Discovery Health

#BizTrends2019: Medical technology to watch out for

Deon Kotze 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: SA's state of health

#BizTrends2019: SA's state of health

Board of Healthcare Funders 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

7 Jan 2019

Growing demand for avocado extract to improve sales in 2019

4 Jan 2019

An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

Financial woes add to stress among SA professionals

Financial woes add to stress among SA professionals

4 Jan 2019

Pregnant women waiting to see a doctor at a hospital in Uganda. Shutterstock

Why improving access to surgery in childbirth makes economic sense

Isabella Epiu 3 Jan 2019

Michelle Monje and her colleagues found that the chemotherapy drug methotrexate can affect three major types of brain cells, resulting in a phenomenon known as "chemo brain."
Steve Fisch

Study: Understanding chemo brain

Erin Digitale 2 Jan 2019

Vukile, Reach For A Dream partner on Dream Room campaign

Vukile, Reach For A Dream partner on Dream Room campaign

2 Jan 2019

Physician, heal thyself

Physician, heal thyself

31 Dec 2018

Fighting the rise of workplace depression and suicide

Fighting the rise of workplace depression and suicide

Eugene Yiga 31 Dec 2018

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

28 Dec 2018

Sama works to place newly qualified doctors

Sama works to place newly qualified doctors

28 Dec 2018

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

28 Dec 2018

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

24 Dec 2018

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

COHSASA is accredited for a fifth time

COHSASA is accredited for a fifth time

COHSASA 20 Dec 2018

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock

Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it's hard to measure

Antonia Wadley & Peter Kamerman 19 Dec 2018

The country's state emergency services are facing staff and vehicle shortages, leaving provinces with no choice but to outsource these critical services. (Christopher Sebela / Flickr)

If you need an ambulance this festive season, what are your chances of getting one?

Nelisiwe Msomi 18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

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Pregnant women waiting to see a doctor at a hospital in Uganda. Shutterstock

Why improving access to surgery in childbirth makes economic sense

Isabella Epiu 3 Jan 2019

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

UNWTO, the European Travel Commission launch new health tourism report

28 Dec 2018

Zim casualty doctors join strike

Zim casualty doctors join strike

27 Dec 2018

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

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There are many complex reasons for South Africa's organ donor shortage

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Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

9 Jan 2019

Professor Sally-Ann Cryan

Breakthrough in TB treatment

8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Data is democratising healthcare

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Dr Paula Armstrong, senior economist at Econex

#BizTrends2019: Policy uncertainty and its impact on healthcare investment

Paula Armstrong 7 Jan 2019

Dr Shrey Viranna, group chief executive officer and executive director of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

#BizTrends2019: Where is healthcare headed?

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Deon Kotze, head of technical marketing at Discovery Health

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Deon Kotze 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: SA's state of health

#BizTrends2019: SA's state of health

Board of Healthcare Funders 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

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Growing demand for avocado extract to improve sales in 2019

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An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

Financial woes add to stress among SA professionals

Financial woes add to stress among SA professionals

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Michelle Monje and her colleagues found that the chemotherapy drug methotrexate can affect three major types of brain cells, resulting in a phenomenon known as "chemo brain."
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Study: Understanding chemo brain

Erin Digitale 2 Jan 2019

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Vukile, Reach For A Dream partner on Dream Room campaign

2 Jan 2019

Physician, heal thyself

Physician, heal thyself

31 Dec 2018

Fighting the rise of workplace depression and suicide

Fighting the rise of workplace depression and suicide

Eugene Yiga 31 Dec 2018

Sama works to place newly qualified doctors

Sama works to place newly qualified doctors

28 Dec 2018

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

28 Dec 2018

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

24 Dec 2018

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

COHSASA is accredited for a fifth time

COHSASA is accredited for a fifth time

COHSASA 20 Dec 2018

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock

Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it's hard to measure

Antonia Wadley & Peter Kamerman 19 Dec 2018

The country's state emergency services are facing staff and vehicle shortages, leaving provinces with no choice but to outsource these critical services. (Christopher Sebela / Flickr)

If you need an ambulance this festive season, what are your chances of getting one?

Nelisiwe Msomi 18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

Babies to order. Andrew Crotty/Shutterstock.com

Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about - it's not likely to happen

A Cecile JW Janssens 14 Dec 2018

A Congolese child saluting a MONUSCO peacekeeper. Abel Kavanagh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Worsening Ebola crisis leaves UN Security Council with few options

Mark Eccleston-Turner 13 Dec 2018

Professor Musa Mhlanga

Unravelling how immune genes work

13 Dec 2018

Jose Fernando Arevalo

Cancer drug offers more affordable treatment for diabetic retinopathy

12 Dec 2018

Tanzania sets benchmark on medicines regulation

Tanzania sets benchmark on medicines regulation

12 Dec 2018

PrEP pills. Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock

Stop blaming PrEP for the rise in STIs - the picture is more complex than that

Oli Stevens & Charles Witzel 11 Dec 2018

At about 21 million strong, nurses make up half of the world’s health workforce. SIM USA/Shutterstock

To achieve universal healthcare, Kenya must invest more in its nurses

Sharon Brownie 11 Dec 2018

Necsa board replaced

10 Dec 2018

Invitation to bid

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South African Nursing Council 10 Dec 2018

Genetics may be the key to new epilepsy therapies

Genetics may be the key to new epilepsy therapies

10 Dec 2018

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

UCT student receives L'Oréal-Unesco doctoral fellowship

7 Dec 2018