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NHI Bill approved for submission to Parliament

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A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE

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Nompendulo Ngubane 9 Jul 2019

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Cuban-trained doctors urged to drive change in SA

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Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

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Hanae Armitage 3 Jul 2019

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Manan Ghadawala 3 Jul 2019

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Women walk past a mural painted to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

HIV in Kenya: high risk groups aren't getting the attention they need

Makobu Kimani 19 Jul 2019

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20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

16 Jul 2019

A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE

How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Benjamin Kagina 10 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

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Young girls play netball in an open field near King Williams Town. EPA/Kim Ludbrook

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Brendan Seery 16 Jul 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

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Mediclinic begins operations from new Stellenbosch hospital

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Euan Ashley and his collaborators were able to compare tissue from healthy hearts with that of failing hearts, and have discovered how genes network as the heart fails. Photo:
Steve Fisch

Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart

Hanae Armitage 3 Jul 2019

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Manan Ghadawala 3 Jul 2019

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Doctors preparing to perform an operation. Shutterstock

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Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

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Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

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Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

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The Department of Health in Limpopo says is no money to hire about 400 nurses who fully qualified in January this year. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo

Bernard Chiguvare 24 Jun 2019