Healthcare contributor articles in South Africa

Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial. Photo:

#HASA2017: Lessons in medical ethics

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2017

#HASA2017: NHI needs to start delivering now

#HASA2017: NHI needs to start delivering now

Nicci Botha 27 Sep 2017

Precious Matsoso, director general: Department of Health

Taming healthcare technology

Nicci Botha 26 Sep 2017

#InnovationMonth: How tech is transforming healthcare

#InnovationMonth: How tech is transforming healthcare

Nicci Botha 13 Sep 2017

Photo: Independent Development Trust

KZN gets ultimatum to fix health crisis

Nicci Botha 11 Sep 2017

Breast reconstruction and radiation therapy - is it really safe?

Breast reconstruction and radiation therapy - is it really safe?

Frank Graewe 7 Sep 2017

Nine healthcare marketing mistakes to avoid

Nine healthcare marketing mistakes to avoid

Pranjali Singh 10 Aug 2017

Keloid surgery gives a man his life back

Keloid surgery gives a man his life back

Frank Graewe 1 Aug 2017

Dr Rufaro Chatora, WHO country representative

How will private healthcare evolve under UHC?

Nicci Botha 27 Jul 2017

UHC lessons from Obamacare

UHC lessons from Obamacare

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2017

Effects of dominance in price

Nicci Botha 21 Jul 2017

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Nicci Botha 28 Jun 2017

Trastuzumab and the high cost of cancer treatment

Nicci Botha 21 Jun 2017

The Grand Prix for Good-winning work.

#CannesLions2017: Mandi Fine on awarding work that truly changes people's lives

Ann Nurock 19 Jun 2017

Minister of science and technology, Naledi Pandoor

SA signs innovation agreement with Novartis

Nicci Botha 25 May 2017

SU's second successful penis transplant

SU's second successful penis transplant

Nicci Botha 22 May 2017

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

Desperately seeking: A viable healthcare payment system

Desperately seeking: A viable healthcare payment system

Nicci Botha 24 Apr 2017

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Nick Walker's master plan to cure HIV

Jessica Tennant 7 Apr 2017

Henk Meintjes, head of risk product development, Liberty

Cancer still tops insurance claims list

Nicci Botha 3 Apr 2017

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

Sindy Peters 29 Mar 2017

HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

Nicci Botha 13 Mar 2017

#DesignMonth: What's in your lunch box?

#DesignMonth: What's in your lunch box?

Cari Coetzee 20 Feb 2017

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

Sindy Peters 10 Feb 2017

#WorldCancerDay: Cancer Alliance speaks with one voice

#WorldCancerDay: Cancer Alliance speaks with one voice

Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2017

Photo credit: Roy Potterill

Patents and access to medicine

Nicci Botha 2 Feb 2017

CMS head Humphrey Zokufa dies

Nicci Botha 24 Jan 2017

Sugar wars: Coke faces first salvo in US false advertising lawsuit

Sugar wars: Coke faces first salvo in US false advertising lawsuit

Sharon Snell 9 Jan 2017