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Intercare Group to celebrate International Nurses Day

Intercare Group to celebrate International Nurses Day

Intercare 1 day

Why decent healthcare for all is paramount for a prosperous society

Why decent healthcare for all is paramount for a prosperous society

Mandla Shezi, Ambani Reputation Management 1 day

2024 BHF Titanium Award winners

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Bonitas excels at the Titanium Awards for the third year running

Bonitas excels at the Titanium Awards for the third year running

Bonitas 2 days

Supplied image (L-R): Jan Willem Pont from Pachas Restaurant Pretoria, Maré Smit, Director of Breathtaking Fundraising NPC and Hannes Taute from TRX Electronics.

R400k boost for cystic fibrosis fighters

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Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 2 days

Rescuers work to rescue construction workers trapped under a building that collapsed in George. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

George collapse survivor returns to site to 'check on guys'

Shafiek Tassiem and Esa Alexander 3 days

A rescue worker removes rubble from the site where construction workers are trapped under a building that collapsed in George. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

George collapse rescue mission continues: 7 dead and 36 retrieved

Shafiek Tassiem and Esa Alexander 8 May 2024

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New MyDynamics portal offers free patient support and health education

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Care beyond service – The palliative care standard

Care beyond service – The palliative care standard

Association of Palliative Care Centres (APCC) 7 May 2024

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Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk 7 May 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Supplied photo: Eastern Cape MEC for rural development and agrarian reform Nonkqubela Pieters looks at some of Medigrow’s products during the launch of its new facility.

All systems grow — medicinal cannabis economy gets boost in Eastern Cape

Estelle Ellis 6 May 2024

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2024 BHF Titanium Award winners

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Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Kenyan government doctors sign agreement to end strike

George Obulutsa 2 days

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New MyDynamics portal offers free patient support and health education

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South Africa's Tobacco Bill process faces scrutiny as experts uncover flaws

South Africa's Tobacco Bill process faces scrutiny as experts uncover flaws

VPASA 3 May 2024

How to improve indoor air quality and breathe easier

How to improve indoor air quality and breathe easier

LG 25 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. The Tri for Life team are Jonty Wright, Gerhard Nieuwoudt, Alexander Van Wyk, and Henri Van Der Westhuizen.

Students’ ‘Life Pod’ project can save up to 100 lives per year

23 Apr 2024

Gavi and Unicef welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine

23 Apr 2024

Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about a sugar tax

19 Apr 2024

A huff and a puff: Could nicotine pouches put an end to smoking?

Christina Pitt 10 Apr 2024

Deena Naidoo, group nursing services manager, Lenmed (standing) with from left: Jacqui Stewart, CEO of Cohsasa; Dr Kim Faure project lead: SECURE Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership; Dr Ziyanda Mgugudo-Sello head of unit: Professional Services SA Medical Association and Professor Natalie Schellack, head of the Department of Pharmacology, University of Pretoria, and editor of the South Africa Pharmacy Journal.

Cohsasa’s Conference at Hospital Show a great success!

COHSASA 9 Apr 2024

Samatu disappointed with health dept's failure to uphold promise to unemployed doctors

Cedric Sihlangu 9 Apr 2024

SA doctors make up to 40 times more than those in Kenya and Nigeria

Zano Kunene 5 Apr 2024

The digital nurse: A solution to South Africa's healthcare challenges

Sandra Sampson 5 Apr 2024

World Health Day emphasises human rights' crucial role in cancer risk reduction

World Health Day emphasises human rights' crucial role in cancer risk reduction

CANSA 3 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Kenyan doctors strike over pay and training extends into third week

George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri 3 Apr 2024

Cape Town's Urban Health Programme: A resilient response to global health challenges

3 Apr 2024

TB - serious but curable

TB - serious but curable

Bonitas 19 Mar 2024

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Urgent call to action: Combatting chronic kidney disease crisis in Africa

18 Mar 2024

Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping point

Katja Hamilton 15 Mar 2024

Focusing on the power of sleep for World Sleep Day 2024

Focusing on the power of sleep for World Sleep Day 2024

Restonic 14 Mar 2024

How healthy are the taxpayers of South Africa?

How healthy are the taxpayers of South Africa?

BrandMapp 13 Mar 2024

Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Tania Broughton 11 Mar 2024

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South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Unemployed doctors march to Union Buildings

Silver Sibiya 28 Feb 2024

TNPA addresses Al Kuwait livestock carrier concerns at Cape Town Port

TNPA addresses Al Kuwait livestock carrier concerns at Cape Town Port

21 Feb 2024

Don't miss the inaugural Hospital Show at the Sandton Convention Centre!

Don't miss the inaugural Hospital Show at the Sandton Convention Centre!

COHSASA 19 Feb 2024

Worst of hiring freeze over, Western Cape health department assures health workers

19 Feb 2024

Cathcart Hospital rumours spark week of protests

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Tayyibat Mohammed, Nigerian Consul General, United Arab Emirates; Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill, executive chairman, RivExcel; Buti Al Mulla, chairman of the Board of Directors of Mohamed & Obaid AlMulla Group; Sherif Beshara, group chief executive officer of Mohamed & Obaid AlMulla Group and American Hospital, Dubai; Marwan Al Mulla, general director, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Mohamed Al Mheri, director of Health Tourism, Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

American Hospital Dubai and RivExcel expand medical tourism reach

9 Feb 2024

Pharma Dynamics takes lead in translating medicine information leaflets into isiZulu

6 Feb 2024

Source: Twitter/@Isaac_Herzog. Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed The World Economic Forum's 54th Annual Meeting in Davos last week, calling on world leaders to not forget the hostages taken captive by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023. The hostages include both Israelis and Muslims, among them Kfir Bibas who turned one last week. President Herzog is seen here seated at #WEF2024 next to a photo of Kfir Bibas, taken shortly before Bibas was abducted.

#WEF24: Israeli president addresses dire health of Hamas-held hostages

Katja Hamilton 22 Jan 2024

Source: Unicef.

#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

Medical union urges action on unemployment crisis for doctors

5 Jan 2024

Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110m

MacDonald Dzirutwe 28 Dec 2023

2023 MEST Africa Challenge regional winners to compete for $50K equity prize

2023 MEST Africa Challenge regional winners to compete for $50K equity prize

27 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf The Health Department has applauded NICD And SAHPRA`s decision to recall contaminated health product - Sterile Lubricating Jelly

Health Department applauds recall of contaminated health product

21 Dec 2023

South Africa defies WHO's health regulations

14 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

South Africa's sun exposure heightens skin-cancer risk

14 Nov 2023

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