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| YARA M. ASI The pandemic has exposed inequalities in society. There is concern that tying freedoms to vaccinations may further disadvantage vulnerable groups... read |
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| Hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by former US President Donald Trump as a 'game changer', does not reduce deaths from the virus and may even cause unwanted damage, recent studies have found...read |
| | EMILY B WONG & ALISON GRANT South Africa's long-awaited tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey results were recently released. This is the first national prevalence survey of its kind for TB in South Africa...read |
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| Four intensive care unit (ICI) patients were transported from La Réunion island in the Indian Ocean to Paris, France in the first such long-haul Covid-19 evacuation... Read |
| ISSUED BY LEAP COMMUNICATIONS A clinical review recommends that healthy nutrition and supplementation with vitamins, minerals and probiotics may benefit immunity and prevent or ease viral infections... Read |
| SOLOMON BAKAREY Nigeria has started to vaccinate people after receiving its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines. Virologist and senior research fellow Dr Solomon Bakarey provides some insights on how the country should go about the rollout plan... Read |
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| ISSUED BY COHSASA The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (Cohsasa) has elected Dr Bradley Beira and Nhlanhla Nene as its new chairperson and vice-chairperson, respectively... Read |
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| Research has discovered that antiretroviral treatment (ART) reduces the risk of developing active TB in HIV co-infected people by reducing the activation of the body's immune response... Read |
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| The 6th annual Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit honoured some of the continent's most impactful women... Read |
| Best-in-class innovators are presented with an opportunity to be future Nestlé suppliers... Read |
| ANN CAIRNS Africa, like everywhere in the world, has been coping with Covid-19, which has disproportionately impacted women. The pandemic is a watershed moment for gender equality... Read |
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| As Raymond Ackerman celebrates his 90th birthday, he shares a few thoughts with South Africans... Read |
| ANTHONY ORELOWITZ The current response to Covid-19 and working from home has many unanticipated pitfalls. The dialogue around culture and new ways of working has been... Read |
| Results from a vote by 25 economists on Finder's repo rate forecast report were unanimous - the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will hold the repo rate... Read |
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