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BioCertica - The first in Africa
BioCertica - The first in Africa

Issued by BioCertica 24 Mar 2022

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods
Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Siphiwe Dlamini 22 Mar 2022

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NHI: a far removal from reality?

Gail Daus-van Wyk 8 Mar 2022

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis
South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Mar 2022

All you need to know about complementary feeding for your baby
All you need to know about complementary feeding for your baby

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 18 Feb 2022

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Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...

Katja Hamilton 20 Dec 2021

School children and their changing nutritional needs
School children and their changing nutritional needs

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Dec 2021

SA Canegrowers calls for sugar tax to be scrapped
SA Canegrowers calls for sugar tax to be scrapped

10 Nov 2021

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First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

Food & mood - how nutrition affects mental health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Nov 2021

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How big companies are targeting middle-income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales

Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos 22 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency. Gavin Sinclair on his on 1,000km adventure to launch BrandMed’s Syntro-P Wellbeing programme
Syntro-P Wellbeing: affordable healthcare to people with chronic conditions

18 Oct 2021

Why every South African needs to eat more vegetables and fruit every day
Why every South African needs to eat more vegetables and fruit every day

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 7 Oct 2021

Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative
Mondelez International launches Aquaponics Social Enterprise initiative

5 Oct 2021

Source: ©Andriy Popov
Wound care clinic opens in SA

22 Sep 2021

Redefining healthcare in 2022

Issued by Bonitas 21 Sep 2021

Sugar industry reiterates commitment to transformation
Sugar industry reiterates commitment to transformation

19 Aug 2021

Are South Africa's socially deprived at greater risk for breast cancer mortality?
Are South Africa's socially deprived at greater risk for breast cancer mortality?

Issued by MANGO-OMC 18 Aug 2021

New research records national policy trends linking fish, aquatic foods with public health

18 Aug 2021

More than a woman
More than a woman

Issued by Intercare 2 Aug 2021

Protecting breastfeeding is a shared responsibility
Protecting breastfeeding is a shared responsibility

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 30 Jul 2021

More than a six pack
More than a six pack

Issued by Intercare 20 Jul 2021

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

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

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Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

NHI funding. It's complicated
NHI funding. It's complicated

Lee Callakoppen, Issued by Bonitas 18 Jun 2021

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Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy

Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021

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New research shows South Africa's levy on sugar-sweetened drinks is having an impact

Karen Hofman 12 Apr 2021

RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa
RCL in joint venture to scale plant-based food market in Africa

18 Mar 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock
South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet
Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2021

FAO DG outlines 'Four Betters' approach in transforming agri-food systems
FAO DG outlines 'Four Betters' approach in transforming agri-food systems

1 Mar 2021

Fast food is growing in popularity with Ghanaians. Wikimedia Commons
Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why

James Boafo 11 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)
Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children
The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 4 Jan 2021

New research examines impact of climate change on health effects related to pesticide exposure

28 Dec 2020

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

Sundeep Ruder 16 Nov 2020

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Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

Lee Callakoppen, principal officer, Bonitas Medical Fund.
Working together to improve SA's healthcare system

Lee Callakoppen 29 Oct 2020

#SUSASummit: Naveen Jain on how to start a moonshot company
#SUSASummit: Naveen Jain on how to start a moonshot company

28 Oct 2020

The Grand Hotel Taipei in Taiwan lights up rooms to mark five days with no new COVID-19 cases.
Is reaching zero Covid-19 possible?

Kingston Mills 22 Oct 2020

Data-driven agriculture can solve the challenge of food security in Africa
Data-driven agriculture can solve the challenge of food security in Africa

Amrote Abdella 21 Oct 2020

Scientists around Africa are working at the cutting edge of research and their work is relevant beyond the continent. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images
Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world

Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020

Good nutrition for good immunity
Good nutrition for good immunity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 8 Oct 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.
Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Nutrition in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
Nutrition in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

Issued by University of the Free State 28 Sep 2020

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