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Source: The Rural Healthcare Advocacy Project.

Healthcare

A holistic approach will build a stronger rural healthcare system

2 days

Image supplied. Health workers conduct Hepatitis test during the celebration of World Hepatitis Day at Remera health centre

Marketing & Media

#WPRD2023: Rwanda harnesses PR in the fight against NCD

17 Jul 2023

Image source: © Luca Bertolli –

HR & Management

Deadline for submissions on protection of community health workers extended

7 Feb 2023

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

HR & Management

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

An arbitrator appointed by the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council has dismissed Nehawu’s bid to have community health workers permanently employed by the state. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Legal

Community health workers: arbitrator rules against Nehawu

12 Nov 2021

Source: ©National Department of Health

Healthcare

#VoomaVaccination: Vaccinate this weekend

1 Oct 2021

Source: ©The Global Fund. A march through Agogo town in Ghana to educate citizens on malaria

Healthcare

Covid-19's adverse impact on HIV, TB and malaria programmes

8 Sep 2021

Increasing vaccination calls for a targeted approach. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africans are keener to get vaccinated. But many still need to be convinced

15 Jul 2021

Healthcare

Healthcare in South Africa: how inequity is contributing to inefficiency

Russell Rensburg 7 Jul 2021

The art of living and dying: A partnership story

Healthcare

The art of living and dying: A partnership story

Issued by MANGO-OMC 6 May 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Healthcare

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

During the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO is supporting the Ghana Health Service in their efforts to continue providing essential medical services to the population at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana. Photo: WHO / Blink Media - Nana Kofi Acquah

Healthcare

5 quick wins to re-invent Africa's health systems

Rachel Ndirangu & Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando 23 Oct 2020

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

Healthcare

How smartphones could help improve child health in Malawi

Griphin Baxter Chirambo et al 6 Oct 2020

Suspended Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku

Healthcare

Gauteng community health workers still waiting for full pay

Zoë Postman 25 Sep 2020

UCT GSB's e-Track programme takes 9 local startups to the next level

Entrepreneurship

UCT GSB's e-Track programme takes 9 local startups to the next level

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 8 Sep 2020

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

ESG & Sustainability

Masked Heroes campaign delivers PPE to community-based organisations

4 Aug 2020

The township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. South Africa has adopted First World Covid-19 responses for Third World reality.

Healthcare

South Africa is failing on Covid-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World

Steven Friedman 17 Jul 2020

In the short term, South Africa has enough beds. Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africa sets aside more money for Covid-19 but lacks a spending strategy

Alex van den Heever 30 Jun 2020

New healthbot launched for high-risk patients

Healthcare

New healthbot launched for high-risk patients

26 Jun 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

UCT GSB Solution Space, backed by MTN Group, selects 10 startups to join 12-week Venture Exploitation Programme

Entrepreneurship

UCT GSB Solution Space, backed by MTN Group, selects 10 startups to join 12-week Venture Exploitation Programme

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 28 May 2020

Ebrahim Wajoodien

Healthcare

#OnTheFrontLine: Pharmacist at the heart of innovation

20 May 2020

And then everything changed

Tourism & Travel

And then everything changed

Eugene Yiga 8 May 2020

A community health worker carries a box of protection masks in Dakar on April 16, 2020. JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Community health workers are crucial to pandemic response. How to support them

Anatole Manzi 29 Apr 2020

Logistics & Transport

Uber adapts technology to offer delivery solution for businesses

23 Apr 2020

Sappi donates essential items and products for Covid-19 relief

ESG & Sustainability

Sappi donates essential items and products for Covid-19 relief

Issued by Sappi 20 Apr 2020

Community transmission levels to next steps & the lockdown

Healthcare

The unanswered questions after Mkhize's team's excellent presentations

Alex Welte 15 Apr 2020

Global Citizen, WHO to present star-studded event, One World: Together At Home

Lifestyle

Global Citizen, WHO to present star-studded event, One World: Together At Home

14 Apr 2020

The links between people, animals and the environment call for a new approach to health. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Rwanda is training health workers for an interconnected world

Phaedra Henley 24 Feb 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Healthcare

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020

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

Healthcare

How South Africa can build a child-centred healthcare system

Maylene Shung-King 12 Dec 2019

Why every business should say 'yes' to tackling the youth employability challenge

HR & Management

Why every business should say 'yes' to tackling the youth employability challenge

Issued by SAICA 4 Nov 2019

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

Healthcare

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

De Wet Swanepoel 14 Oct 2019

Only one third of women in Madagascar get prenatal care in the first trimester. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Madagascar trial: how a simple pregnancy test can change lives

Alison B Comfort 3 Oct 2019

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Healthcare

Lessons from Rwanda on how trust can help repair a broken health system

Agnes Binagwaho 2 Oct 2019

Rural healthcare services are best supported by mid-level workers. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Mid-level workers: Africa's unsung health heroes need more support

Ian Couper 17 Sep 2019

A community care worker providing treatment to a TB patient at her home. Wikkicommons/Stherere23

Healthcare

Rebuilding health systems from the bottom up: a South African case study

Helen Schneider 12 Sep 2019

Image: World Health Organisation

Healthcare

Malawi races towards global HIV targets

WATIPASO MZUNGU 14 Aug 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Agriculture

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

Healthcare

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

13 May 2019

Health professionals must work effectively in a team. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Collaboration and teamwork could improve South Africa's health system

17 Apr 2019

Damian McHugh, head of marketing, Momentum health services.

Healthcare

What the 2019 budget means for healthcare consumers

5 Mar 2019

Photo: David Harrison

Healthcare

#BudgetSpeech2019: Will it lead to more doctors being sued for negligence?

Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 2019

Photo: libcom.org

Healthcare

MDR-TB treatment achievable in post-conflict DRC

15 Feb 2019

The Master of Science in Global Health Delivery Class of 2018. Photo by Jean Christophe Kitoko for UGHE

Healthcare

Rwanda university sets out to teach doctors medicine and management

Agnes Binagwaho 6 Feb 2019

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

Healthcare

Radical transformations likely needed to achieve universal healthcare

28 Dec 2018

Vodacom uses tech to help government save money

ICT

Vodacom uses tech to help government save money

5 Dec 2018

Tik users’ teeth are often damaged by their habit. Shutterstock

Healthcare

A closer look at how crystal meth attacks gums and teeth

Sudeshni Naidoo 8 Nov 2018

First-aid training benefits community and UCT medical students

Healthcare

First-aid training benefits community and UCT medical students

6 Nov 2018