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Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

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World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

Source: Twitter.

CapeBio Technologies scoops prestigious award

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. South African surgeons Dr Tim Forgan and Dr Imraan Mia use a robot called DaVinci to perform delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Wendell Roelf and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 21 Jul 2022

SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

20 Jul 2022

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

20 Jul 2022

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas 20 Jul 2022

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Marilyn Keegan, COHSASA 20 Jul 2022

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Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Byron Horn-Botha, business unit head at Arcserve Southern Africa.

Healthcare is now the industry most targeted by hackers

Byron Horn-Botha 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Firoze Bhorat, CMO at The Discovery Group is named the MAA 2022 Marketer of the Year Award

Discovery Group & CMO win top leadership awards at 2022 MAA

14 Jul 2022

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2022

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SA companies begin scrapping their Covid vaccine mandates

Ray Mahlaka 13 Jul 2022

Source: BioNTech.

Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, and nutritional consultant Vanessa Ascencao.

Brain fog fatigue most prevalent among people with long Covid, study finds

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

Bonitas 13 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians. A production scientist works with samples at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town.

SA's Afrigen partners with US on mRNA vaccine research

Bhargav Acharya, Nellie Peyton and Josie Kao 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

Roche Pharma South Africa announces new partnership

11 Jul 2022

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Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

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African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

Caring for our young doctors is good medicine

Dr Brenda Kubheka 8 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

8 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

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Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

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Source: Twitter.

CapeBio Technologies scoops prestigious award

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. South African surgeons Dr Tim Forgan and Dr Imraan Mia use a robot called DaVinci to perform delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Wendell Roelf and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 22 Jul 2022

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 21 Jul 2022

SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

20 Jul 2022

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

20 Jul 2022

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas 20 Jul 2022

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Marilyn Keegan, COHSASA 20 Jul 2022

Source: Freepik.

Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Byron Horn-Botha, business unit head at Arcserve Southern Africa.

Healthcare is now the industry most targeted by hackers

Byron Horn-Botha 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Firoze Bhorat, CMO at The Discovery Group is named the MAA 2022 Marketer of the Year Award

Discovery Group & CMO win top leadership awards at 2022 MAA

14 Jul 2022

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

SA companies begin scrapping their Covid vaccine mandates

Ray Mahlaka 13 Jul 2022

Source: BioNTech.

Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, and nutritional consultant Vanessa Ascencao.

Brain fog fatigue most prevalent among people with long Covid, study finds

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

Bonitas 13 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians. A production scientist works with samples at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town.

SA's Afrigen partners with US on mRNA vaccine research

Bhargav Acharya, Nellie Peyton and Josie Kao 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

Roche Pharma South Africa announces new partnership

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Caring for our young doctors is good medicine

Dr Brenda Kubheka 8 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

8 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Katja Hamilton 7 Jul 2022

Reimagining SA's healthcare

6 Jul 2022

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MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Liezl Human 5 Jul 2022

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New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

Why should youth have medical aid?

Why should youth have medical aid?

Stone 4 Jul 2022

APCA and WHPCA set to host the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference this August

APCA and WHPCA set to host the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference this August

MANGO-OMC 4 Jul 2022

Healthy eating as the costs of living rise

Healthy eating as the costs of living rise

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Jul 2022

Medshield highlights successes and strong financial position at the 2022 Annual General Meeting

Medshield highlights successes and strong financial position at the 2022 Annual General Meeting

Stone 1 Jul 2022

Coping with depression at work

Coping with depression at work

Intercare 1 Jul 2022