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#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

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Study revolutionises global TB treatment

28 Aug 2024

Source: Life Healthcare.

New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease

By Yvette Naudé 5 Apr 2024

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The Bonitas Top Broker Awards: Recognising partnerships and performance

Bonitas The Bonitas Top Broker Awards: Recognising partnerships and performance

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Investing in cancer care for all South Africans

Icon Oncology Investing in cancer care for all South Africans

4 hours

Transforming SA’s food landscape begins with a balanced breakfast, complete with whole grains

Clockwork Transforming SA’s food landscape begins with a balanced breakfast, complete with whole grains

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Talking about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine

Bonitas Talking about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine

5 Mar 2025

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Association for Dietetics in South Africa Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

4 Mar 2025

South Africa’s palliative care standards earn global recognition

COHSASA South Africa’s palliative care standards earn global recognition

4 Mar 2025

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

CANSA One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

4 Mar 2025

Helderberg Hospice is honoured yet again

COHSASA Helderberg Hospice is honoured yet again

3 Mar 2025

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Skin Renewal Now trending: Hot off the (IMCAS 2025) press

27 Feb 2025

Understanding postpartum mental health, by Medshield

Stone Understanding postpartum mental health, by Medshield

26 Feb 2025

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25 Feb 2025

The isolation pandemic

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Next phase of TB vaccine clinical trial sparks hope of game-changing results – top SA scientist

28 Mar 2024

Alexia and Keerthana exploring Mahdia

South African students showcase innovative TB detection, green tech at I-FEST2

27 Mar 2024

Source: Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.

Researchers developing cellphone app that detects TB

25 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development.

$94m injected into TB fight

25 Mar 2024

TB: Serious but curable

TB: Serious but curable

Bonitas 19 Mar 2024

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South Africa confronts alarming TB death rate despite declining infections

13 Dec 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare 26 May 2023

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Diagnosis of TB lagging post-pandemic

24 Mar 2023

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Tackle TB, prevent future pandemics, report finds

22 Mar 2023

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Tom Nyirenda 20 Dec 2022

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Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

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Plan your new financial year resolutions

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TB: an orphan disease?

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021

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First-of-a-kind TB dashboard launched

21 Sep 2021

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Covid-19's adverse impact on HIV, TB and malaria programmes

8 Sep 2021

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TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa Health Research Institute

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

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Study: HIV and TB co-infection skews Covid-19 T cell response

24 Jun 2021

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

8 Jun 2021

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries

Jean-Francois Maystadt, Kalle Hirvonen & Nik Stoop 21 May 2021

Molecular-level detail of the interaction of trehalose bound to the mycobacterial LpqY transporter.
Credit: University of Warwick

Starving TB of sugar could help fight the disease

19 Apr 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 2021

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

#WorldTBDay2021: Dramatic strides in research, but with challenges

Mohammed Rassool & Pauline Howell 24 Mar 2021

If left untreated, latent TB infection can progress to TB disease.
Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images

TB treatments are notoriously hard to stick to: shorter regimens offer a breakthrough

Violet Chihota 23 Mar 2021

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa's TB problem

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021

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