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Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

Healthcare

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

Tackling women’s health holistically

Healthcare

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Defective medical devices and implants can cause harm: How to claim compensation

27 May 2024

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Healthcare

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Issued by Irvine Partners 30 Apr 2024

Getting to grips with flu

Healthcare

Getting to grips with flu

Issued by Bonitas 17 Apr 2024

TB - serious but curable

Healthcare

TB - serious but curable

Issued by Bonitas 19 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters/2023. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Finance

#Sona2024: Ramaphosa's last address - Legacy, challenges, and climate action

Katja Hamilton 9 Feb 2024

Source: Unicef.

Healthcare

#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2024

Marketing & Media

4 resources for journalists from the world’s top investigative conference

Daneel Knoetze 3 Jan 2024

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

Healthcare

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 Nov 2023

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Healthcare

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Healthcare

5 ways Google Health is using AI in Africa

24 Oct 2023

How to feel good with food

Healthcare

How to feel good with food

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2023

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Healthcare

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Issued by A Better World Network 15 Sep 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Medshield: Chiropractors can play a vital role in overall health and wellness

Healthcare

Medshield: Chiropractors can play a vital role in overall health and wellness

Issued by Stone 30 Aug 2023

PepsiCo raises R600,000 to assist Food Forward SA

Retail

PepsiCo raises R600,000 to assist Food Forward SA

30 Aug 2023

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Healthcare

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 May 2023

In a new campaign for Marmite, they see whether babies love or hate the spread. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media

#BehindtheCampaign: Do babies love or hate Marmite?

21 Apr 2023

Julia Makhubela, 54TwentyFour founder

HR & Management

5 ways to empower women in the workplace

28 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.

Healthcare

#HIVToday: SA prepares to roll out new HIV treatment plan for children

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2023

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Healthcare

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 16 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Pamela Hellig, the consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services

Pamela Hellig 9 Jan 2023

Healthcare

Medicines for Malaria Venture and Africa CDC sign MoU to support African manufacturers

Natalie Grover 28 Dec 2022

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Legal

New proposed tobacco bill threatens jail time if kids are sold cigarettes

16 Nov 2022

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Legal

How to respond to unfair discrimination based on pregnancy

Nivaani Moodley, Joani van Vuuren and Jamie Jacobs 1 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Addressing maternal mental healthcare in Africa

16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Talking about TB...

Healthcare

Talking about TB...

Issued by Bonitas 19 Apr 2022

10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines

Healthcare

10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines

Issued by Bonitas 31 Mar 2022

Healthcare

World Patient Day focuses on safe and respectful childbirth

17 Sep 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

South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is picking up pace. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Reluctant to be vaccinated for Covid-19? Here are 6 myths you can put to rest

30 Jul 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Healthcare

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

VUT students win in Intervarsity Entrepreneurship Competition 2021

Entrepreneurship

VUT students win in Intervarsity Entrepreneurship Competition 2021

Qhawekazi Memani, Issued by Vaal University of Technology 19 Jul 2021

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Healthcare

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 22 Jun 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Healthcare

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 Jun 2021

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

Healthcare

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

30 Apr 2021

Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

Healthcare

Ghana's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its great start

Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021

TES addresses diversity and inclusion challenges in a post-Covid world

HR & Management

TES addresses diversity and inclusion challenges in a post-Covid world

Jeandie Leone 1 Apr 2021

Dr Mohammed Rassool, deputy director, and Dr Pauline Howell, senior medical officer, Clinical HIV Research Unit

Healthcare

#WorldTBDay2021: Dramatic strides in research, but with challenges

Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 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

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Healthcare

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

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

Healthcare

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

Issued by Bonitas 8 Mar 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

New to motherhood in Covid-19 times

Healthcare

New to motherhood in Covid-19 times

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 11 Feb 2021

Medicines are only approved for use by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority when there is sufficient evidence that their benefits outweigh their risks.

Healthcare

Ivermectin and Covid-19: Why it's promising but why we need to be cautious

Rufaro Samanga 15 Jan 2021

Women who had a secondary or higher level of education were more likely to test for HIV than women who had no formal education. Shutterstock

Healthcare

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Jan 2021