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The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

Basic Education works to develop school safety guidelines

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Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

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Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

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Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

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Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

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BioNTech starts human trial to test malaria vaccine

28 Dec 2022

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Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Antibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

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Antibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

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It's critical: How digital tools can drive reliable and patient-centric healthcare

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It's critical: How digital tools can drive reliable and patient-centric healthcare

ASUS 20 Dec 2022

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SA's birth control stock shortage a major setback for women's reproductive health rights

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2022

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SA's Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines

Nqobile Dludla 12 Dec 2022

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Re-thinking traditional feminine hygiene products for Africa's young women

9 Dec 2022

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Ebola vaccine candidates arrive in Uganda for trials

8 Dec 2022

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National Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

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What's new for Cannes Lions 2023?

5 Dec 2022

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World Health Organization to phase out use of the term "monkeypox"

29 Nov 2022

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South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

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Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

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New proposed tobacco bill threatens jail time if kids are sold cigarettes

16 Nov 2022

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Modern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

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Precision medicine spend to exceed $132bn globally by 2027

16 Nov 2022

Source: Hisar Hospital.

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Bone marrow stem-cell donation not a priority for 49% of South Africans, survey shows

15 Nov 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

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Collaboration is key to sustainably transforming South Africa's healthcare system

Damian McHugh 4 Nov 2022

Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

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Intercare 1 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

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Teaching someone to fish: the false dichotomy of relief and development

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Teaching someone to fish: the false dichotomy of relief and development

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Is Big Tobacco misleading consumers and policymakers on heated tobacco products?

Katja Hamilton 25 Oct 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

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Liquor Amendment Bill might be further toughened up

Marecia Damons 18 Oct 2022

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Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

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11 Oct 2022

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Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

HealthcareUganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareBioNTech starts human trial to test malaria vaccine

28 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

LegalGambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Antibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

HealthcareAntibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

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It's critical: How digital tools can drive reliable and patient-centric healthcare

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HealthcareSA's birth control stock shortage a major setback for women's reproductive health rights

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2022

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HealthcareSA's Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines

Nqobile Dludla 12 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

HealthcareRe-thinking traditional feminine hygiene products for Africa's young women

9 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareEbola vaccine candidates arrive in Uganda for trials

8 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

HealthcareNational Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

Image sourced from the Cannes Lions

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5 Dec 2022

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HealthcareWorld Health Organization to phase out use of the term "monkeypox"

29 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareSouth Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

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Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

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LegalNew proposed tobacco bill threatens jail time if kids are sold cigarettes

16 Nov 2022

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HealthcareModern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

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HealthcarePrecision medicine spend to exceed $132bn globally by 2027

16 Nov 2022

Source: Hisar Hospital.

HealthcareBone marrow stem-cell donation not a priority for 49% of South Africans, survey shows

15 Nov 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

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HealthcareCollaboration is key to sustainably transforming South Africa's healthcare system

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Intercare 1 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

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28 Oct 2022

Teaching someone to fish: the false dichotomy of relief and development

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Professor Mark Shrime 27 Oct 2022

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HealthcareIs Big Tobacco misleading consumers and policymakers on heated tobacco products?

Katja Hamilton 25 Oct 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

HealthcareBreast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

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RetailLiquor Amendment Bill might be further toughened up

Marecia Damons 18 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

HealthcareVaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Unjani Clinics, Bestmed to provide healthcare to Garden Route residents

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14 Oct 2022

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HealthcareDettol's new project gives South Africa's children a sporting chance

11 Oct 2022

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Marketing & Media#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Oct 2022

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HealthcareSA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

HealthcareCholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

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Healthcare'Tobacco industry exaggerations of illicit trade should not deter tobacco tax increases'

27 Sep 2022

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HealthcareStudy to unlock answers to diseases with unknown causes

23 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

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22 Sep 2022

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HealthcareHospitals buckling under pressure

22 Sep 2022

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HealthcareUganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

Elias Biryabarema 21 Sep 2022

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HealthcareGhana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

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HealthcareAre we about to see SA's tobacco bill go up in flames?

Kurt Yeo 19 Sep 2022