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 | Distell and Invenfin have entered into a partnership with Releaf Pharmaceuticals to share ownership in South African cannabis wellness brand Rethink... read |
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 | RUFARO SAMANGA Two doctors have written a scathing letter in the South African Medical Journal, criticising the United Kingdom for hiring a disproportionate number of health workers from foreign countries...read |
|  | WILLEM HANEKOM & TULIO DE OLIVEIRA Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (Krisp) identified a rapidly spreading new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19...read |
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 | JAMES STENT Since 3 May 2020, there have been nearly 85,000 excess deaths of people over the age of 60, according to the SA Medical Research Council report on weekly deaths, published on 23 January. Read |
 | South Africa is currently riding the second wave of Covid-19 infections, driven by 501.V2 - a particularly virulent strain of the virus... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | PULENG SEGALO, ADEYEMI OLADAPO AREM, PRADEEP KUMAR Just over a year after the coronavirus was first reported in China countries are still reeling from its effects. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Covid-19 disease... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WILLOWTON GROUP Willowton Group presented international charity organisation, Gift of the Givers, with a R1.5m donation to assist in the fight against the second wave of Covid-19 in South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CINGULATE As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant global lockdowns, many healthcare companies have doubled or even tripled their digital marketing communication. Whilst connecting with your brand's stakeholders... Read |
| CSI |
 | Now in its second year, the CHOC Flip Flop Day is an annual event celebrated on 12 February... Read |
| Medical Aid |
 | The interim findings of the Section 59 investigation into allegations by healthcare practitioners that medical schemes were discriminating against them based on race and ethnicity was released on 19 January... Read |
| Oncology |
 | JUSTUS APFFELSTAEDT Cancer - like many other health issues - does not simply stop because a swiftly spreading coronavirus appeared in late 2019... Read |
| Palliative care |
 | ISSUED BY COHSASA In a significant step forward for South Africa's palliative healthcare sector, late last year saw the fourth edition of the Standards for Palliative Healthcare Services being recognised internationally and accredited for four years by the global authority on standards development and assessment... Read |
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 | JEFFREY DORFMAN & FRANK KIRSTEIN The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for Covid-19. In South Africa angry exchanges have been spurred by the country's lagging access to Covid-19 vaccines... Read |
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 | President Joe Biden has been sworn into office, ushering in a new administration, new foreign policy and a new approach to US trade and investment in Africa... Read |
 | Kipeto wind farm has been connected to Kenya's national grid and will start generating power in the next week... Read |
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 | STEFANO MIGLIORE By the time you read this, South Africa would have been in a state of lockdown for more than 300 days, and there is no end in sight; here or globally... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Musa Kalenga is one of eight speakers at the upcoming BizTrends2021 online event "Towards New Norths & New Narratives" on Thursday, 28 January 2021... Read |
 | The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has warned SMMEs and co-operatives against sending proposals and paying administration fees for the preapproval of funds to agencies... Read |
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