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GE HealthCare and RSNA partner to combat breast cancer in Tanzania

29 Apr 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

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Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

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Stay on track with your healthy habits

16 Jan 2024

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South Africa confronts alarming TB death rate despite declining infections

13 Dec 2023

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SA's over 55s: Redefining aging and reshaping consumer behaviour

20 Oct 2023

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South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

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HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Issued by CANSA 3 Mar 2023

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Healthcare

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, Issued by University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

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Study finds HIV-positive cervical cancer patients face higher mortality rate

27 Sep 2022

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Healthcare

Early cervical cancer detection is saving lives

22 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Finance

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

ESG & Sustainability

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Belinda Carreira, Issued by SAICA 5 Nov 2021

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

ESG & Sustainability

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2021

Source: ©rawpixel Breast cancer affects women of all ages

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Mammography as a screening tool - A patient's perspective

Marisa Louw 12 Oct 2021

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Finance

FNB vaccinated customers in line to win R18m

7 Oct 2021

Time to address the effect of Covid-19 on talent with strategic workforce plan

HR & Management

Time to address the effect of Covid-19 on talent with strategic workforce plan

Yvonne Mosadi, Issued by Heineken South Africa 16 Sep 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: Jungle Cruise, Old and Suicide Squad

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#OnTheBigScreen: Jungle Cruise, Old and Suicide Squad

Daniel Dercksen 6 Aug 2021

Dr Thulani Mhlanga, medical manager for vaccines at Pfizer South Africa

Healthcare

Adult vaccination could stop unnecessary deaths

20 Jul 2021

Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

Agriculture

Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

17 May 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Healthcare

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

14 May 2021

Healthcare

India's staggering Covid crisis could have been avoided. But the government dropped its guard too soon

Pradeep Taneja & Azad Singh Bali 28 Apr 2021

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Healthcare

Covid-19 is here to stay

21 Apr 2021

Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women. Tim Graham/Getty Images

Finance

How Nigerian banks empower women through corporate social responsibility

Emmanuel Mogaji 17 Mar 2021

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Healthcare

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

ESG & Sustainability

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

11 Feb 2021

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Healthcare

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Kaymarlin Govender, Janet Seeley, Mitzy Gafos, Roselyn Kanyemba 24 Dec 2020

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

Sappi lends a helping hand to assist communities during Covid-19: Video

ESG & Sustainability

Sappi lends a helping hand to assist communities during Covid-19: Video

Issued by Sappi 6 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

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

Healthcare

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

14 Sep 2020

This electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

Covid-19: How a Cape Town project saved many lives

Neal David 2 Sep 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

Healthcare

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

Healthcare

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

27 Jul 2020

Jean-Pierre Murray-Kline

Finance

Everyone needs to plan for the next disaster

13 Jul 2020

Dr Thuthula Balfour

Energy & Mining

Research to understand Covid-19's effect on the mining industry

10 Jul 2020

Shahied Fischer and Ivan Cummings were treated with HFNO at Groote Schuur Hospital. Image: Western Cape Health

Healthcare

High-flow nasal oxygen proves successful in severe Covid-19 cases

10 Jul 2020

Lagos state officials disinfecting roads in the state. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Coronavirus: what Nigeria can do post lockdown

Doyin Ogunyemi 3 Jun 2020

Agriculture

The impact of Covid-19 on South Africa's agriculture economy

Dr Peter Oberem 29 May 2020

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

Agriculture

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

25 May 2020

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Healthcare

Lockdown has succeeded in flattening the curve

29 Apr 2020

#ConsciousCapitalism - the new imperative for food and beverage manufacturers

ESG & Sustainability

#ConsciousCapitalism - the new imperative for food and beverage manufacturers

Roy Henderson 28 Apr 2020

Stray cows rest on a New Delhi street during a one-day civil curfew to combat coronavirus. Cattle may have been central to a coronavirus outbreak in 1890. Yawar Nazir/Getty Images

Healthcare

A brief history of the coronavirus family - including one pandemic we might have missed

Burtram Fielding 25 Mar 2020

Commuters jam a Toronto subway platform. Widespread adoption of habits that help prevent infection may boost behavioural herd immunity.
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Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19

Peter Hall 27 Feb 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Healthcare

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

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Healthcare

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

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

Agriculture

Fishery project makes progress in protecting biodiversity of international waters

5 Feb 2020

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Healthcare

First-line treatment for epileptic seizures ineffective - new study

11 Oct 2019