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| South Africans may not be able to fully appreciate how far-reaching the so-called sugar tax, which Treasury introduced on 1 April 2018, really is...read |
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| | |  | These programmes focus on combating diseases related to poverty, such as rheumatic heart disease, pericardial disease, cardiomyopathy and heart failure... read | | |  | Africa is a continent in transition. As more and more people embrace a Western way of life as opposed to more traditional customs... read | | |  | Alex Johnstone Recent research has highlighted that the abundance of food cues - smells, sounds, advertising - in our environment is one of the main causes of overconsumption... read | | |  | In the past decade, generic competition allowed millions of patients access to medicines for key therapeutic areas... read | | |  | Bob Mash and Klaus von Pressentin In developing countries - and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa - most primary care services are offered by nurses, not doctors as is the case in developed countries... read | |  | Vusumuzi Nkosi Mining companies are often criticised for dumping waste without taking the necessary precautions... read | |  | The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed an outbreak of maggot (tumbu fly) infestation in people in the North West province and increased sporadic cases in Gauteng... read | |  | In a bid to increase its health workforce, the North West health department says more than 700 medical students will be leaving Cuba to come and do their final 6th year of their medical degree course in South Africa... read | | | |  | According to Waspa, the ongoing shift to mobile and Android's open source appeal has seen increasing attacks on mobile users through malware and ransomware inadvertently downloaded at app stores... read | | | | | | | |
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