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 | | South Africa will move to Level 2 of the national lockdown at midnight tonight, five months after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster to combat Covid-19... read |
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 | LARA MARKS & ANKUR MUTREJA With the world's attention focused on combating Covid-19, it is easy to forget the other significant threat to public health and the global economy - the rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...read |
|  | | While the health service platform must remain geared to deal with Covid-19 pandemic, the Western Cape Department of Health needs to get back to the business of providing essential health services in a balanced way...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The #DoBizZA Content Feature sponsorship will allow your organisation to be seen supporting local, homemade and homegrown heroes, across 19 sectors on Biz, in the month-long celebration of all things local... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY CINGULATE Covid-19 has brought unprecedented global change. Here, Cingulate Marketing and Advertising shares four ways in which healthcare brands can respond to changes in the needs and expectations of healthcare professionals... Read |  | DACQUIN M. KASUMBA In early March, the first Covid-19 case was imported from Europe to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) densely populated capital city. Read |  | EMMANUEL OLAMIJUWON, FIDELIA A. A. DAKE & OLUWASEYI DOLAPO SOMEFUN Hundreds of thousands of cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in African Union member countries. In order to mitigate the spread of the virus, and the burden it poses for health in Africa and globally, countries need to deliver evidence-driven interventions... Read |  | One of the positive outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic is the heightened levels of collaboration across platforms and disciplines... Read |
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| Medical Technology |
 | KUMAR UTPAL Most people have heard stories about inefficiencies, unexpected costs or redundant re-testing while visiting medical facilities across the globe... Read |
| Paediatrics |
 | The Smile Foundation is calling on the South African public for urgent support in providing care to patients and their families, as well as in addressing the growing backlog of children in need of surgery as soon as it is deemed safe... Read |
| Public Health |
 | Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death globally. There's no cure for most of them, such as diabetes. Rather, they're controlled through lifelong medical treatment... Read |
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 | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new data indicating that the impact of Covid-19 on Africa's aviation industry and economies has worsened... Read |
 | IFESINACHI OKAFOR-YARWOOD Africa has 38 coastal countries and six islands whose maritime industry is estimated to be worth $1trn per year. This figure will increase as they develop their offshore hydrocarbon, energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing sectors... Read |
 | MISHECK MUTIZE The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5bn for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated by the government during the chaotic land reform programme of 1997/8... Read |
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 | This Women's Month, Devashnie Singh, chief people officer at Grey Group, shares her journey toward a career in HR, her take on how HR has evolved during the Covid-19 pandemic, and steps and policies... Read |
 | The Unemployment Insurance Fund has, as of Friday, 14 August, disbursed R40bn as part of the Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme... Read |
 | Teaching for All, an initiative focused on promoting inclusive education in South Africa through material and teacher development, hosted a digital conference on the topic of inclusive education in South Africa. Read |
 | Motorists can be fined as much as R1,000 failing to ensure passengers wear masks in a vehicle under the current State of Disaster Act... Read |
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 | Lontana Apparel was founded in 1985 and is one of the oldest remaining shirt factories in the Western Cape. To help fight against COVID-19, Lontana is producing quality bulk disposable and reusable face masks. |
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 | RAYMOND PARSONS The widely expected and welcome decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to move SA's lockdown exit strategy to Level 2 is good news for the country... Read |
