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Cipla voluntarily recalls batches of Coryx throat spray

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HealthcareZimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

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HealthcareChild pregnancies reach crisis point in South Africa

17 Aug 2022

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HealthcareSecond monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

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HR & ManagementForeign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

Source: iStock.

HealthcareSierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

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

HealthcareInnovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

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HealthcareKenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

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8 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

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HealthcareMUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

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LifestyleCannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

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Healthcare'I Am' movement of SA health workers throws down the gauntlet to health minister and Gauteng premier

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HealthcareSouth Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

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23 Jun 2022

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Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

FinanceLocal vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

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HealthcareCipla voluntarily recalls batches of Coryx throat spray

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Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

HealthcareWHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

P&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

HealthcareP&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

Procter & Gamble 13 Jun 2022

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HealthcareInfluenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Keytel, head: Healthcare Transformation and Sustainability at Roche Diagnostics.

HealthcareAfrica Day: Driving healthcare access across borders

25 May 2022

Source: REUTERS. A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. CDC/Handout via REUTERS

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Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

HealthcareAbbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

HealthcareJ&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

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HealthcareSouth Africa must not allow Health Act amendments to replace State of Disaster regulations

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