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Ntutule Tshenye, CEO: Philips South & Southern Africa
Cost is a significant healthcare barrier in SA
Study reveals need to increase access to healthcare in SA, with cost being a major barrier... read


Healthcare
Striking a balance in NHI funding
Striking a balance in NHI funding

Nicci Botha

A lot of detail is still missing in current White Paper on South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) strategy... read
Universal healthcare coverage - what have we learnt so far?
Universal healthcare coverage - what have we learnt so far?

Nicci Botha

Healthcare coverage doesn't just mean avoiding out-of-pocket payments and getting people back on their feet again, but whether it works... read
Dr Karsten Wellner
Ascendis R7,3bn acquisition of Scitec and Remedica on track
Ascendis Health recently bolstered its international growth strategy with separate acquisitions of two major European health and care businesses... read

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Agro-processing
FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances
FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances
As the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, H5N1, spreads across countries in West and Central Africa, the region is on high alert... read
CSI
Bizters are doing it for bread
Bizters are doing it for bread

Issued by Bizcommunity.com

Brothers and Bizters, this year sees Bizcommunity launch the inaugural Bizters for Bread Corporate Challenge, whereby we are inviting our fellow Cape Town-based biz communities to rise to our challenge to walk against hunger... read
Markets & Investment
FSB probes Discovery for possible insider trading
FSB probes Discovery for possible insider trading
The FSB is investigating possible insider trading in Discovery after the insurer's share price crashed inexplicably the day before a gloomy trading update... read
Medical Technology
Healthcare sector faces cyber-pandemic
Healthcare sector faces cyber-pandemic
Ransomware is a prevalent threat for all organisations and the healthcare sector is no exception. In 2016 alone there have been a number of hospitals... read
Mental health
The Akeso Group launches outpatient programme
The Akeso Group launches outpatient programme
A post-discharge programme aimed at reducing incidence of hospital readmissions has been launched... read
Nutrition
Sugar tax paper set to stir up sticky debate
Sugar tax paper set to stir up sticky debate

Hilary Joffe

Now that the Treasury has published for comment its policy paper on the tax of sugar-sweetened beverages, a debate about the sugar tax proposal can begin in earnest... read
Brand refresh for Health Products Association of South Africa
Brand refresh for Health Products Association of South Africa
The Health Products Association of South Africa has recently undergone a brand refresh and a new marketing positioning strategy, to prepare itself for a growing number of industry needs... read
The importance of healthy eating to corporate wellness
The importance of healthy eating to corporate wellness

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa

It's not uncommon to find that many of us, who may well be healthy eaters at home, give way to speed and convenience when it comes to the food choices that are made, often under pressure, during working hours... read
Public Health
Vodacom Business chief executive, Vuyani Jarana, and health minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi
App to improve access and availability of essential medicines in SA
A custom-built mobile app has been deployed in 3,126 primary healthcare (PHC) clinics across South Africa to monitor medicine availability and reduce drug stockouts... read
Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right
Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right
An Eastern European country has come up with an integrated patient-centred programme, which is being used by the WHO as a model for other countries... read
Tuberculosis
New unit makes TB treatment safer for children
New unit makes TB treatment safer for children
A new research unit geared towards making TB drugs safe and accessible for children recently opened its doors at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital... read
Business
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa

Brett Parker

Trade is in Africa's blood. Its rich resources, numerous societies and access to the world have created a hotbed of trade civilisations... read
New events to diarise
Ninth International Clinicians TB/HIV course in South Africa
Enterprises Univeristy of Pretoria - 4 Aug 2016 to 7 Aug 2016, Pretoria


Health systems strengthening for improved HIV and TB outcomes
Enterprises Univeristy of Pretoria - 5 Sep 2016 to 9 Sep 2016, Pretoria


South African Pharmaceutical Exhibition - Saphex
Future Publishing Solutions Ltd - 28 Nov 2017 to 29 Nov 2017, Johannesburg


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