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| ![L-R: Dr Khotso Mokhele, chancellor of the UFS, Rolene Strauss, Miss World 2014 and patron of the Mother and Child Academic Hospital, Prof André Venter, head of the department of paediatrics and child health, and Dr Riaan Els, CEO of the Fuchs Foundation South Africa. Photo: Charl Devenish](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/358243-300x156.jpg?2) | An initiative to establish the country's first academic hospital specialising in paediatric and maternal health has been launched in the Free State... read
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| ![Training and safety devices reduce risk of needle-stick injuries](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/358162-300x156.jpg?2) | With South Africa's high prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B, healthcare workers are at risk of exposure through needle-stick injuries... read
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| ![#InnovationMonth: Medical research, driven by altruism and economics](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358762-120x120.jpg?2) | Some 50 to 70 years, people died from bacteria and viruses which, today, a simple vaccine or medication will cure... read | | ![#InnovationMonth: Drug R&D key to meet SA's health challenges](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358544-120x120.jpg?2) | The pharmaceutical sector will continue to be a key component in the enormous health challenges that will dominate R&D for the foreseeable future... read | | ![#InnovationMonth: UFS unveils polyurethane heart valve prototype](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358459-120x120.jpg?2) | Apart from preventing and treating rheumatic fever in Africa, limited access to interventions, such as heart-valve replacement, remains a major challenge on the continent... read | |
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![Engage with government at eHealthALIVE2016](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/357970-120x120.jpg?3) | There's just a week to go before eHealthALIVE2016 kicks off at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg between 6 and 7 September... read | |
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![The link between mobile phones and HAIs needs to be explored](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358892-120x120.jpg?2) | All hospitals should be investing in research around HAIs, including the role of mobile phone usage by healthcare workers during work hours... read | |
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![Image by 123RF](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358977-120x120.jpg) | Tom Jackson Nigerian e-health solution Curacel Health has been selected to take part in Start-Up Chile's S Factory accelerator, aimed at supporting first-time female entrepreneurs... read | | |
![Algae may be the answer to world's food problems](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358437-120x120.jpg?2) | JP Géné According to the FAO, global algae production has gone from 2-million tonnes to more than... read | |
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![New doccie features junior doctors' working conditions in SA](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/357893.jpg) | A new documentary, Doc-U-Mentally - last doctors standing' covers the gruelling pressures that more than 5,000 junior South African doctors face in their working conditions. read | | |
![Johan Eksteen is overall winner of 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year competition](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/358704.jpg) | Johan Eksteen, owner of Agricon and a previous finalist in the Sanlam and Business/Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition, is the overall winner of the 2016 competition, announced in Johannesburg on 1 September 2016... read | |
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