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Experts pave the way for safer surgery to address global elective waiting lists

1 Nov 2022

Hospital functions like a well-oiled machine

Healthcare

Hospital functions like a well-oiled machine

Issued by COHSASA 13 Oct 2022

Healthcare

CSSD: No margin for error in today's health facilities

29 Sep 2022

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Healthcare

Launch of female-founded tech platform drives access to quality healthcare at home

20 Sep 2022

Mancosa launches School of Healthcare

Education

Mancosa launches School of Healthcare

22 Aug 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Healthcare

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Issued by COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Human, animal transmission

Healthcare

Human, animal transmission

Issued by University of Pretoria 7 Mar 2022

Reimagining the commercial office of the future

Property

Reimagining the commercial office of the future

Sindy Peters 22 Nov 2021

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

Healthcare

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

7 May 2021

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Healthcare

Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Healthcare

SA moves to Covid-19 Alert Level 1

1 Mar 2021

Hand hygiene is important to fight Covid-19 but how can you do that without water. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Covid-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern African scientists

Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

ESG & Sustainability

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

18 Dec 2020

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

Tourism & 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

Activists of the Movement for Change and Social Justice canvassing the streets of Gugulethu in Cape Town. MCSJ

Healthcare

How Covid-19 changed community engagement in South Africa's low income areas

Myrna van Pinxteren & Christopher J Colvin 22 Oct 2020

Lerato Mosiah, CEO, Health Funders Association

Healthcare

Medical scheme industry's response to Covid-19

22 Sep 2020

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Retail

Navigating the new hygiene standards in retail

Michael Smollan 19 Aug 2020

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Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

It is unclear how well masks work.
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Healthcare

3 major scientific controversies about coronavirus

Manal Mohammed 11 Aug 2020

Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

Healthcare

Nurses awareness on Covid-19 limited, survey finds

7 Aug 2020

A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

10 ways South Africa can step up care for its healthcare workers

Kaymarlin Govender, Gavin George, Sean Beckett & Tim Quinlan 23 Jul 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

Healthcare

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

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

Dr Roslyn Lutaaya

Healthcare

#OnTheFrontLine: Be kind to each other, says Dr Roslyn Lutaaya

15 Jul 2020

Worrying trend as check ups drop off during pandemic

Healthcare

Worrying trend as check ups drop off during pandemic

11 Jun 2020

South Africa moved into level three of a five-tier lockdown on June 1, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africa must adopt a localised response to Covid-19. What it would look like

Kaymarlin Govender, Ayesha BM Kharsany, Gavin George & Sean Beckett 9 Jun 2020

Exciting campaign to equip classrooms in schools across the country

Education

Exciting campaign to equip classrooms in schools across the country

Issued by Adopt-a-School 26 May 2020

The cleaning industry ramps up to fight #Covid-19 at Pietersburg Provincial Hospital

ESG & Sustainability

The cleaning industry ramps up to fight #Covid-19 at Pietersburg Provincial Hospital

Issued by Optimize Agency 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

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Finance

A new environment for insurers and claimants

Maria Philippides, Raynold Tlhavani, Caroline Theodosiou, Lisa Swaine, Justin Malherbe & Kim Rew 19 Mar 2020

Mbalula details transport interventions amid Covid-19

Logistics & Transport

Mbalula details transport interventions amid Covid-19

17 Mar 2020

11 ways to protect your workplace from coronavirus

HR & Management

11 ways to protect your workplace from coronavirus

6 Mar 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Healthcare

Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

Kenyan health workers from port health services screen inbound travellers for temperatures at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA/Daniel Irungu

Healthcare

Perspectives from Kenya and Ghana on coronavirus preparations

29 Jan 2020

Syringe and cooked heroin. TM_SALE/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Women using heroin in Kenya: why it's important to intervene early in life

Catherine Mwangi & John Gachohi 18 Oct 2019

The lack diagnostic laboratory systems exacerbates antibiotic resistance in Africa. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Antibiotic resistance: why tests are key to arresting the trend

Cédric Yansouni, Matthew P Cheng 4 Oct 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Healthcare

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

Protect your company from future ransomware attacks

ICT

Protect your company from future ransomware attacks

Lukas van der Merwe 3 Sep 2019

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

Tourism & 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

Photo: libcom.org

Healthcare

MDR-TB treatment achievable in post-conflict DRC

15 Feb 2019

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo:GCIS

Healthcare

Are foreigners stealing your jobs and healthcare? Find out.

Savo Heleta, Sharon Ekambaram & Sibongile Tshabala 23 Nov 2018

A brief history of briefs - and how technology is transforming underpants

Retail

A brief history of briefs - and how technology is transforming underpants

Alana Clifton-Cunningham 2 Aug 2018

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

Healthcare

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

17 Jul 2018

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

Healthcare

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

Nicci Botha 27 Mar 2018

IHK meets international standards a second time around

Healthcare

IHK meets international standards a second time around

Marilyn Keegan and Nancy Akullo, Issued by COHSASA 23 Mar 2018

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

Healthcare

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

22 Mar 2018

IHI Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare to feature international health experts

Healthcare

IHI Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare to feature international health experts

Issued by COHSASA 17 Jan 2018

Marketing & Media

#DesignIndaba2017: Students' social activism FTW!

Leigh Andrews 2 Mar 2017

COHSASA-accredited hospital earns top award for health excellence in Nigeria

Healthcare

COHSASA-accredited hospital earns top award for health excellence in Nigeria

Issued by COHSASA 6 Jul 2016