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 | | Setting up Covid-19 free hospital areas for surgical patients could save lives during the second wave of the pandemic - reducing the risk of death from lung infections associated with coronavirus, a new global study reveals.read |
|  | KEVIN MARS & MOSES ALOBO As the threat of a Covid-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa.read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM 2020 sure has been event-ful. Online platforms have proven increasingly valuable, especially in the business-to-business space, enabling more knowledge sharing, wider audience reach and networking opportunities than ever before!.. Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY COHSASA Only less than two weeks to go until Omnia Health Live Africa comes to your screens... Read |
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 | GERALD J MAARMAN Pulmonary hypertension is elevated blood pressure that occurs exclusively in the lungs. It is a deadly condition that affects an estimated 75-million people worldwide. Around 80% of them live in low- and middle-income countries... Read |
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 | GRIPHIN BAXTER CHIRAMBO ET AL Many low- and middle-income countries, such as Malawi, continue to experience high child mortality rates. Most of these deaths are caused by preventable and treatable diseases such as diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia... Read |
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 | Maintaining good mental health has emerged as a major challenge for South Africans this year, in large part due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | BENEDICT WEOBONG & JUSTICE NONVIGNON More than 13% of the global burden of disease is due to disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and substance abuse. Almost three-quarters of this burden lies in low- and middle-income countries, because of extremely scarce health resources and investment... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA The global pandemic has highlighted many fault-lines across society, and in our current state of ongoing disruption, it also presents us with unique opportunities to make changes... Read |
| Public Health |
 | The resignation of Professor Mkhululi Lukheli as the head of the Gauteng Department of Health, and revelations by Daily Maverick's investigations team, Scorpio, of billions of rands of unlicensed PPE procurement, have revealed several deep and serious problems in healthcare in the country.... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CHEEBA CANNABIS ACADEMY The HPCSA (Health Professions Council of South Africa) has accredited the Cheeba Cannabis Academy course for medical professionals to earn CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points... Read |
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 | The winners of the 2020 Africa Brand Summit Awards were recently announced at a gala event held in Cape Town... Read |
 | PAPAMA NYATI African Sports Content Network (ASCN) was founded with the mission to decentralise consumer access to quality sports products... Read |
 | KINGSLEY IGHOBORA Africa's young entrepreneurs can play a significant role helping the continent recover from Covid-19... Read |
 | JOSHUA ROMISHER "We need more African unicorns. We need thousands of African entrepreneurs. We need another Silicon Valley in Africa." Have you ever heard these statements? Read |
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 | Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has convened an inclusive meeting involving senior immigration officials and ports of entry managers to address challenges arising from the implementation of regulations pertaining to travel into the country... Read |
 | RYAN JAMIESON Ryan Jamieson, solutions lead at Altron Karabina sharing insight into how agility and customer focus is key to business success going forward... Read |
 | "I think we're heading into a burnout pandemic," said Marc Rogatschnig, during an interview... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Mic Mann, co-CEO of SingularityU South Africa, shares more about what can be expected from this year's SingularityU South Africa Summit, which takes place online from 14-15 October 2020... Read |
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