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Covid-19

No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

Key facts about cholera

Medical Aid

Key facts about cholera

Issued by Bonitas 12 Mar 2024

ESG & Sustainability

Earth Day 2023

Issued by Propelair SA 22 Apr 2023

Public Health

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

11 Oct 2022

10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines

Covid-19

10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines

Issued by Bonitas 31 Mar 2022

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Travel

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Anthony Zwi 30 Nov 2021

Namibia to host virtual 2021 Africa Water and Sanitation Week

Infrastructure & Utilities

Namibia to host virtual 2021 Africa Water and Sanitation Week

19 Nov 2021

Heineken Africa Foundation renews efforts to fighting Covid-19 as South Africa's infection and death rate increases

ESG

Heineken Africa Foundation renews efforts to fighting Covid-19 as South Africa's infection and death rate increases

Issued by Heineken South Africa 28 Jun 2021

A health worker examines a child for signs of trachoma Joe McNally/Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How The Gambia beat trachoma, an infection that causes blindness

Musa Mutali 7 Jun 2021

Bonitas opens private vaccine sites

Covid-19

Bonitas opens private vaccine sites

Lee Callakoppen, Issued by Bonitas 26 May 2021

New training manual emphasises importance of cleaning to fight infection in healthcare facilities

Education & Training

New training manual emphasises importance of cleaning to fight infection in healthcare facilities

7 May 2021

World Hand Hygiene Day: Learn how to wash your hands and save lives

Healthcare

World Hand Hygiene Day: Learn how to wash your hands and save lives

Issued by Bloom Financial Services 5 May 2021

Covid and flu - Should you still have the flu shot?

Covid-19

Covid and flu - Should you still have the flu shot?

Issued by Bonitas 8 Mar 2021

Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive

Travel

Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive

Thea van de Mortel 1 Dec 2020

Public Transport

Taxi industry urged to adhere to Covid-19 protocols

26 Nov 2020

Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

Covid-19

Is Covid-19 a bacteria or a virus? Affinity Health explains the differences

Issued by Affinity Health 26 Nov 2020

Worried about Covid risk on a flight? Here's what you can do to protect yourself - and how airlines can step up

Travel

Worried about Covid risk on a flight? Here's what you can do to protect yourself - and how airlines can step up

Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castill 24 Nov 2020

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Health & Safety

South Africans aren't being protected from fake sanitisers: what needs to be done

Lise Korsten 21 Oct 2020

Guidelines for 2020/21 varsity exams released

Higher Education

Guidelines for 2020/21 varsity exams released

13 Oct 2020

Covid-19 donation to help millions at state health clinics

ESG

Covid-19 donation to help millions at state health clinics

Issued by Triple Eight 8 Sep 2020

Dr Rhulani Khosa and Dr Peters Mathebula

Covid-19

#OnTheFrontLine: Covid-19 transforms lives of healthcare workers

20 Aug 2020

A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Public Health

Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health facilities

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

NHI

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

Travel

Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act

Ipek Kurtböke 22 May 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

Covid-19

Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

Basani Maluleke, CEO, African Bank

Banking

#LockdownLessons: The virus will forever change banking, says Basani Maluleke

Nicci Botha 19 May 2020

Professor Shabir Madhi
Image: Wits University

Covid-19

#OnTheFrontLine: There needs to be a change in Covid-19 strategy, says Professor Shabir Madhi

Nicci Botha 11 May 2020

Revlon SA starts manufacturing sanitiser in Gauteng

Health & Beauty

Revlon SA starts manufacturing sanitiser in Gauteng

28 Apr 2020

Covid-19

#OnTheFrontLine with Dr Kerrin Begg

Nicci Botha 24 Apr 2020

Finding the optimistic within the Covid-19 pandemic

Employee Wellness

Finding the optimistic within the Covid-19 pandemic

Anna Collard 7 Apr 2020

How, where and when to wear a mask

Covid-19

How, where and when to wear a mask

3 Apr 2020

#StartupStory: mo-Wash provides mobile hand washing units

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: mo-Wash provides mobile hand washing units

Evan-Lee Courie 27 Mar 2020

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Health & Welfare

Simple, fact-informed hygiene measures can help slow Covid-19 spread in Africa

Siddharth Chatterjee 23 Mar 2020

Willowton, PnP donate 750,000 bars of soap to schools, elderly

Health & Welfare

Willowton, PnP donate 750,000 bars of soap to schools, elderly

19 Mar 2020

KFC's The First Colonel to Conquer eSports campaign. Image supplied.

Media

Warc Rankings announces Media 100 results

10 Mar 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Public Health

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the Novel coronavirus. Image source: Getty/Gallo

Infectious Diseases

SA beefs up surveillance amid coronavirus outbreak

28 Jan 2020

Mosquito eggs can remain viable for years even in dry conditions and hatch after heavy persistent rains. Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Heavy rains put Kenya at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

Eunice Anyango Owino 23 Jan 2020

Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that

Travel

Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that

Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castillo 19 Jul 2019

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

Healthcare

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

9 May 2019

2019 Media Strategy Report released

Research

2019 Media Strategy Report released

13 Mar 2019

How Pick n Pay shelf space boosted this small, family-owned hygiene business

Health & Beauty

How Pick n Pay shelf space boosted this small, family-owned hygiene business

9 Apr 2018

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

Medical Research

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

28 Mar 2018

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Health & Welfare

How Cape Town's water crisis could make people sick

Bob Mash, Hassan Mahomed and Shrikant Peters 15 Feb 2018

Source: Medihow

Healthcare

Hand hygiene helps prevent antimicrobial-resistant infections

5 May 2017

Caution urged following avian flu outbreak

Travel

Caution urged following avian flu outbreak

1 Feb 2017

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

Hospital Groups

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

15 Nov 2016