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Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

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Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

International month for deaf people

Nomonde Mnukwa 11 Sep 2023

Birth by rape: The stats in SA will astound you

Paul Potsane 11 Sep 2023

HPCSA works to clear backlog in foreign-qualified exams

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From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Pfizer and Unjani team with Sister Happiness.

Pfizer and Unjani open Daggafontein clinic

5 Sep 2023

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council launches

25 Aug 2023

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Insight Survey 16 Aug 2023

Africa CDC contributes vaccine manufacturing equipment to Sahpra

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Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking

Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking

Hook, Line & Sinker 11 Aug 2023

Source: Twitter/@i_likebrandon

Violence escalates amid ongoing Cape Metropole taxi strike, affecting emergency response

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

Taxi strike chaos leads to closure of health facilities

Katja Hamilton 7 Aug 2023

Transplantation services struggle to catch up post-pandemic

7 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Thompson becomes ThreeTenSeven, specialising in health transformation

28 Jul 2023

Source: MSF Southern Africa.

Doctors Without Borders says its aid workers attacked in Sudan

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 24 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023.

WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

Emma Farge 21 Jul 2023

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Cholera outbreak - a potential threat to tourism?

Katja Hamilton 6 Jul 2023

Cholera outbreak claims four lives in Free State, death toll reaches 47

6 Jul 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

Corruption charges levelled against senior health department official

22 Jun 2023

Cervical cancer screening tools reach low and lower-middle income countries

19 Jun 2023

Image source: Aleksandar Radovanovic –

National Health Insurance Bill: Questions still remain

Martin Versfeld, Prelisha Singh, Glenn Penfold & Robert Appelbaum 19 Jun 2023

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023

Mashatile concerned about SA's economic growth

12 Jun 2023

Cholera death toll climbs to 32

9 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Marburg viral outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends, says WHO

8 Jun 2023

Source: Twitter/@SAgovnews

Ramaphosa schedules visit to Hammanskraal in response to cholera outbreak

8 Jun 2023

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HPCSA works to clear backlog in foreign-qualified exams

8 Sep 2023

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Pfizer and Unjani team with Sister Happiness.

Pfizer and Unjani open Daggafontein clinic

5 Sep 2023

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council launches

25 Aug 2023

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Insight Survey 16 Aug 2023

Africa CDC contributes vaccine manufacturing equipment to Sahpra

11 Aug 2023

Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking

Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking

Hook, Line & Sinker 11 Aug 2023

Source: Twitter/@i_likebrandon

Violence escalates amid ongoing Cape Metropole taxi strike, affecting emergency response

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

Taxi strike chaos leads to closure of health facilities

Katja Hamilton 7 Aug 2023

Transplantation services struggle to catch up post-pandemic

7 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Thompson becomes ThreeTenSeven, specialising in health transformation

28 Jul 2023

Source: MSF Southern Africa.

Doctors Without Borders says its aid workers attacked in Sudan

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 24 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023.

WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

Emma Farge 21 Jul 2023

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Cholera outbreak - a potential threat to tourism?

Katja Hamilton 6 Jul 2023

Cholera outbreak claims four lives in Free State, death toll reaches 47

6 Jul 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

Corruption charges levelled against senior health department official

22 Jun 2023

Cervical cancer screening tools reach low and lower-middle income countries

19 Jun 2023

Image source: Aleksandar Radovanovic –

National Health Insurance Bill: Questions still remain

Martin Versfeld, Prelisha Singh, Glenn Penfold & Robert Appelbaum 19 Jun 2023

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

SA's drinking water quality has dropped because of defective infrastructure, neglect

Anja du Plessis 14 Jun 2023

Mashatile concerned about SA's economic growth

12 Jun 2023

Cholera death toll climbs to 32

9 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Marburg viral outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends, says WHO

8 Jun 2023

Source: Twitter/@SAgovnews

Ramaphosa schedules visit to Hammanskraal in response to cholera outbreak

8 Jun 2023

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

50% of SA municipalities have poor or bad drinking water quality - report

7 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

OHSC welcomes appointment of new health ombud

5 Jun 2023

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare 26 May 2023

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Namibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Indian labs to give 'top priority' to tests on cough syrup exports - regulator

25 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Branislav Bibic, managing director at Philip Morris South Africa.

Tobacco harm reduction - a step in the right direction for public health

Branislav Bibic 24 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

South Africans blame City of Tshwane as cholera cases rise

Catherine Schenck 23 May 2023

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

19 May 2023

R60m medical stores facility unveiled at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

19 May 2023

Dis-Chem founder Ivan Saltzman steps down as CEO

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15 May 2023

Cancer a leading cause of life-insurance claims, report shows

15 May 2023

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