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Europe: Covid-19 contract-transparency ruling fails to cloud Von der Leyen's future

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Natalie Zimmelman

South Africa's healthcare system lacks real data

9 Jul 2019

Ambulances and emergency vehicles parked at Edendale Hospital look good, but hardly any are operational. Photo: Nompendulo Ngubane

Emergency workers sit around all day because there are no ambulances

Nompendulo Ngubane 9 Jul 2019

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Cuban-trained doctors urged to drive change in SA

8 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

The Renewal Institute's '3D approach' to anti-ageing and wellbeing is what sets it apart

The Renewal Institute's '3D approach' to anti-ageing and wellbeing is what sets it apart

Dr Maureen Allem, Skin Renewal 8 Jul 2019

#Newsmaker: "PR is creative!" - Lebo Madiba, Ogilvy PR's new managing partner

#Newsmaker: "PR is creative!" - Lebo Madiba, Ogilvy PR's new managing partner

Jessica Tennant 5 Jul 2019

A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC

Shelley Lees & Luisa Enria 5 Jul 2019

Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG

Change across healthcare ecosystems in Africa

Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019

Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

4 Jul 2019

The NSTF Brilliants Programme candidates

Winners of the 2018/19 Science Oscars

3 Jul 2019

Euan Ashley and his collaborators were able to compare tissue from healthy hearts with that of failing hearts, and have discovered how genes network as the heart fails. Photo:
Steve Fisch

Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart

Hanae Armitage 3 Jul 2019

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

Manan Ghadawala 3 Jul 2019

Dr Dan Wu, postdoctoral fellow in the RCSI Department of Chemistry and first author on the paper

Fluorescence imaging could transform cancer surgery

2 Jul 2019

Doctors preparing to perform an operation. Shutterstock

Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.

WCGH's innovative solution to chronic medicine dispensing

1 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

Neville Isdell and Kelly Chibale

R18m donation for African-centric medicine research

28 Jun 2019

Richard Friedland, CEO of the Netcare Group

FFA/Netcare join forces to boost health innovation

27 Jun 2019

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

New minister promises NHI delivery

27 Jun 2019

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

26 Jun 2019

Top risks in SA laboratories

26 Jun 2019

80's child/Shutterstock

Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

Christina Curtis and her colleagues found that colon cancer tumours could potentially spread to other parts of the body much earlier than previously known.
Paul Sakuma

Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis

25 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Insuring your practice against business interruptions

Christiaan Steyn 24 Jun 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

SACAP 24 Jun 2019

Pregnancy and medical aid

Pregnancy and medical aid

Bonitas 24 Jun 2019

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

COHSASA 24 Jun 2019

The Department of Health in Limpopo says is no money to hire about 400 nurses who fully qualified in January this year. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo

Bernard Chiguvare 24 Jun 2019

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Image source: Getty/Gallo

Cuban-trained doctors urged to drive change in SA

8 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

The Renewal Institute's '3D approach' to anti-ageing and wellbeing is what sets it apart

The Renewal Institute's '3D approach' to anti-ageing and wellbeing is what sets it apart

Dr Maureen Allem, Skin Renewal 8 Jul 2019

#Newsmaker: "PR is creative!" - Lebo Madiba, Ogilvy PR's new managing partner

#Newsmaker: "PR is creative!" - Lebo Madiba, Ogilvy PR's new managing partner

Jessica Tennant 5 Jul 2019

A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a sign in Liberia during the West African Ebola outbreak. AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC

Shelley Lees & Luisa Enria 5 Jul 2019

Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG

Change across healthcare ecosystems in Africa

Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019

Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

4 Jul 2019

The NSTF Brilliants Programme candidates

Winners of the 2018/19 Science Oscars

3 Jul 2019

Euan Ashley and his collaborators were able to compare tissue from healthy hearts with that of failing hearts, and have discovered how genes network as the heart fails. Photo:
Steve Fisch

Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart

Hanae Armitage 3 Jul 2019

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

Manan Ghadawala 3 Jul 2019

Dr Dan Wu, postdoctoral fellow in the RCSI Department of Chemistry and first author on the paper

Fluorescence imaging could transform cancer surgery

2 Jul 2019

Doctors preparing to perform an operation. Shutterstock

Why Nigeria's doctors are leaving, and how the problem can be fixed

Olayinka Stephen 2 Jul 2019

Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.

WCGH's innovative solution to chronic medicine dispensing

1 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

Neville Isdell and Kelly Chibale

R18m donation for African-centric medicine research

28 Jun 2019

Richard Friedland, CEO of the Netcare Group

FFA/Netcare join forces to boost health innovation

27 Jun 2019

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

New minister promises NHI delivery

27 Jun 2019

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

26 Jun 2019

Top risks in SA laboratories

26 Jun 2019

80's child/Shutterstock

Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

Christina Curtis and her colleagues found that colon cancer tumours could potentially spread to other parts of the body much earlier than previously known.
Paul Sakuma

Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis

25 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Insuring your practice against business interruptions

Christiaan Steyn 24 Jun 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

SACAP 24 Jun 2019

Pregnancy and medical aid

Pregnancy and medical aid

Bonitas 24 Jun 2019

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

COHSASA 24 Jun 2019

The Department of Health in Limpopo says is no money to hire about 400 nurses who fully qualified in January this year. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo

Bernard Chiguvare 24 Jun 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that long waits at state health facilities will be a thing of the past. Photo: RNews

President promises revised NHI plan

21 Jun 2019

Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Abdhalah Ziraba 21 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Jill Larkan, head of healthcare consulting, GTC

Are umbrella medical funds the way forward?

Jill Larkan 20 Jun 2019

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What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

Doctors and nurses were held at gunpoint to stop giving patients treatment. (Paul Botes)

Hospitals close in Mpumalanga as doctors and nurses fear for their safety

Nelisiwe Msomi 19 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

Brittany Kesselman 19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

Deputy President David Mabuza

Leveraging technology to end the HIV/Aids epidemic

18 Jun 2019

The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

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