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Understanding digestive health and the gut microbiome, by Medshield

Healthcare

Understanding digestive health and the gut microbiome, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development.

Healthcare

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

5 startups selected for the 2023 Irish Tech Challenge

Entrepreneurship

5 startups selected for the 2023 Irish Tech Challenge

16 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Does AI hold the master key to unlocking accurate diagnosis and treatment?

Bada Pharasi 12 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.

Healthcare

#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

Healthcare

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

ESG & Sustainability

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Issued by Stone 6 Apr 2023

Healthcare

Africa's reliance on imported Covid-19 test kits threatens right to health

1 Feb 2023

Rabbit disease detected in SA

Agriculture

Rabbit disease detected in SA

21 Nov 2022

Back to basics with diagnostics

Education

Back to basics with diagnostics

Issued by Optimi 28 Jun 2022

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Education

Covid left South African pupils far behind in maths and language skills

Ursula Hoadley 6 Jun 2022

Necsa launches tender to replace ageing nuclear research reactor

Energy & Mining

Necsa launches tender to replace ageing nuclear research reactor

Wendell Roelf 7 Feb 2022

Source: ©UNICEF/UN0493554/Msirikale Flight docked at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam ready to offload the initial delivery of 1,058,450 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility

Healthcare

Covid-19 diagnostics: the key to Africa's recovery

21 Oct 2021

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Healthcare

Going for gold against childhood cancer

2 Sep 2021

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Healthcare

What machine learning can offer Nigeria's healthcare system

Busayo Ajuwon, Alice Richardson & Brett Lidbury 21 Jul 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Healthcare

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

Healthcare

How to manage risk against medical injury claims

Vanessa Rogers 24 May 2021

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Retail

In It Together: Cotton On partners with Unicef to help deliver 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable

Issued by Cotton On Group 20 May 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Healthcare

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines

Andy Gray 11 Feb 2021

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

Healthcare

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

Issued by Bonitas 2 Feb 2021

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Entrepreneurship

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Papama Nyati 19 Jan 2021

How to help learners get a head start on 2021

Education

How to help learners get a head start on 2021

Edwell Gumbo 4 Dec 2020

Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Healthcare

Battles won - and lost - against Aids hold valuable lessons for managing Covid-19

Linda-Gail Bekker 1 Dec 2020

Illustration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. GettyImages

Healthcare

Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a growing threat: a South African case study

Remco Peters & Liteboho Daniel Maduna 28 Oct 2020

Professor Gerhard Walzl. Image: Twitter

Healthcare

Study to evaluate new TB diagnostic tests and treatments

9 Sep 2020

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Healthcare

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Issued by Ninety9cents 25 Aug 2020

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Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Effective healthcare in SA faces new set of obstacles

Legal

Effective healthcare in SA faces new set of obstacles

Merlita Kennedy, Victoria Campos and Jared Ishmael 3 Aug 2020

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

Healthcare

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

27 Jul 2020

A man undergoes testing for Covid-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital isolation centre, Nigeria. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

African countries need cheaper Covid-19 tests: here's how to get them

Timothy Amukele & Mustafa Barbhuiya 16 Jul 2020

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

Covid-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic

Jeffrey Mphahlele 7 Jul 2020

Children are a high-risk population prone to severe complications from malaria. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Why malaria treatment shouldn't take a back seat to Covid-19

Jaishree Raman 15 May 2020

Covid-19: Make sure your medical aid, savings and risk benefits are covered

Finance

Covid-19: Make sure your medical aid, savings and risk benefits are covered

Rita Cool & NT Snyman 2 Apr 2020

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Healthcare

Covid-19 testing: the answers to six simple questions

Glenda Mary Davison 27 Mar 2020

Three healthcare technologies which could revolutionise the industry in the next decade

Healthcare

Three healthcare technologies which could revolutionise the industry in the next decade

Issued by Lebrau Press 3 Feb 2020

Tumour cells under a microscope labelled with fluorescent molecules. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Antibody technologies take a step closer to precision medicine

Krupa Naran, Dharanidharan Ramamurthy, Neelakshi Mungra & Stefan Barth 14 Jan 2020

Lerato Mosiah, CEO: Health Funders Association

Healthcare

#BizTrends2020: The future of healthcare is now

Lerato Mosiah 6 Jan 2020

Jakkie Olivier, CEO of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation

Automotive

Claims for vehicle repairs - tips to ease the process

30 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

ESG & Sustainability

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

27 Mar 2019

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

Agriculture

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

27 Dec 2018

False positive results have raised questions about home pregnancy tests. flickr/Rebecca

Healthcare

DIY medical tests: why some are safer than others

Glenda Mary Davison 30 Oct 2018

Euan Ashley. Photo: Steve Fisch

Healthcare

Hundreds of patients with undiagnosed diseases find answers

18 Oct 2018

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

ESG & Sustainability

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

14 Sep 2018

Healthcare

WHO making progress in DRC's Ebola crisis

12 Sep 2018

UCT develops two-hour TB meningitis diagnostic test

Healthcare

UCT develops two-hour TB meningitis diagnostic test

12 Jul 2018

Healthcare

The desperate global need for medical diagnostics

Julia von Oettingen and Rajesh Vedanthan 12 Jun 2018

We've come up with a TB test that's cheaper, quicker and more accurate

Healthcare

We've come up with a TB test that's cheaper, quicker and more accurate

Bavesh Kana 9 May 2018

Gaffi draws up 'essential' list of diagnostic tests

Healthcare

Gaffi draws up 'essential' list of diagnostic tests

12 Apr 2018