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National Health Insurance (NHI) is critical to creating a quality functioning healthcare system for all South Africans... read
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KIM CLOETE
Findings from HPTN 071 (PopART) study show that delivering a community-based prevention strategy can substantially reduce new HIV infections...read
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The Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH), in partnership with medical aid schemes and their administrators, has officially signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a public-private partnership...read
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HIV/AIDS
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ALLISON WEBEL
This week a team of scientists and physicians from the UK published news of a second HIV positive man, in London, who is in long-term (18-month) HIV remission after undergoing treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma... Read
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Medical Research
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YAP BOUM, JEAN-JACQUES MUYEMBE & SABUE MULANGU
Since August last year the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been facing its 10th Ebola virus disease outbreak. As of early March this year, 907 cases and 569 deaths have been reported... Read
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Mental health
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ISSUED BY CIPLA
An icy lake in Finland is set to be the stage for a South African free diver's daring attempt to beat a Guinness World Record... Read
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Paediatrics
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ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Every year, donated breastmilk saves the lives of thousands of vulnerable babies in South Africa... Read
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Pharmaceuticals
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MARCO HAENSSGEN
Pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and protozoa, are becoming ever more resistant to drugs. People speed up this natural process by over-using antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs in medicine and agriculture.. Read
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Public Health
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Facebook has revealed its plans to help stop the spread of fake information about vaccines on its platform... Read
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The Cannabis Expo, a trade and consumer exhibition dedicated to the cannabis industry, is set be held at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town from 4 to 7 April... Read
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When it comes to feeling prosperous, mindset matters more than income, according to the results of Nielsen's new 2019 Changing Consumer Prosperity Report... Read
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