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Umalusi approves release of Matric 2024 exam results

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#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

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#ChildSafetyMonth: Children need help to prevent burn injuries

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Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

22 Jul 2021

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

14 Jul 2021

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

5 May 2021

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South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Have a heart, wear a sole this CHOC Flip Flop Day

Have a heart, wear a sole this CHOC Flip Flop Day

26 Jan 2021

Over 1,700 health workers in the UK’s NHS said they were South African. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

Rufaro Samanga 21 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

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#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

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Study investigates best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV

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Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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Child mortality rates in the country are high. John Fredricks/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How smartphones could help improve child health in Malawi

Griphin Baxter Chirambo et al 6 Oct 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

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Paediatricians advocate the reopening of schools

6 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

22 Jul 2020

Dis-Chem to acquire Baby City for R430m

Dis-Chem to acquire Baby City for R430m

15 May 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria

19 Mar 2020

The way we measure iron deficiency in children needs to change. Here's why

John Muthii Muriuki 12 Mar 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

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Health implements plan to contain CRE outbreak

23 Jan 2020

Why many children with autism have oral health problems

Magandhree Naidoo 20 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

Child healthcare remains uneven in South Africa and varies between provinces and districts. Shutterstock

How South Africa can build a child-centred healthcare system

Maylene Shung-King 12 Dec 2019

Join the modern workplace with Microsoft Office 365 and Tarsus on Demand

Join the modern workplace with Microsoft Office 365 and Tarsus on Demand

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Children who experience multiple forms of malnutrition are at the greatest risk of early death. JLwarehouse/Shutterstock

Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data

Marco Pomati & Shailen Nandy 15 Nov 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town. Ora Buerkli

We used smartphones to screen young children for vision and hearing loss

De Wet Swanepoel 14 Oct 2019

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Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

Smile Foundation appoints Kim Robertson Smith as new GM

22 Jul 2021

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

14 Jul 2021

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

5 May 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Have a heart, wear a sole this CHOC Flip Flop Day

Have a heart, wear a sole this CHOC Flip Flop Day

26 Jan 2021

Over 1,700 health workers in the UK’s NHS said they were South African. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

Rufaro Samanga 21 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

Professor Adrie Bekker

Study investigates best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV

27 Nov 2020

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Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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Child mortality rates in the country are high. John Fredricks/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How smartphones could help improve child health in Malawi

Griphin Baxter Chirambo et al 6 Oct 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

Photo by August de Richelieu from

Paediatricians advocate the reopening of schools

6 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

Red Cross frontline medics call for urgent support

22 Jul 2020

Dis-Chem to acquire Baby City for R430m

Dis-Chem to acquire Baby City for R430m

15 May 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria

19 Mar 2020

The way we measure iron deficiency in children needs to change. Here's why

John Muthii Muriuki 12 Mar 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health implements plan to contain CRE outbreak

23 Jan 2020

Why many children with autism have oral health problems

Magandhree Naidoo 20 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

Child healthcare remains uneven in South Africa and varies between provinces and districts. Shutterstock

How South Africa can build a child-centred healthcare system

Maylene Shung-King 12 Dec 2019

Join the modern workplace with Microsoft Office 365 and Tarsus on Demand

Join the modern workplace with Microsoft Office 365 and Tarsus on Demand

Microsoft 2 Dec 2019

Children who experience multiple forms of malnutrition are at the greatest risk of early death. JLwarehouse/Shutterstock

Millions of malnourished children in West and Central Africa have been overlooked by UN estimates - new data

Marco Pomati & Shailen Nandy 15 Nov 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town. Ora Buerkli

We used smartphones to screen young children for vision and hearing loss

De Wet Swanepoel 14 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Managing allergies in the 21st century

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Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

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Drinking during pregnancy is harmful and can lead to foetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Shutterstock

Why alcohol remains a big threat to unborn babies in South Africa

Babatope O Adebiyi, Anna-Marie Beytell, Ferdinand C Mukumbang & Lizahn G Cloete 25 Sep 2019

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

19 Sep 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

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#bhf2019conference: Doing better with less

Nicci Botha 26 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

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Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

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What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019