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Students’ ‘Life Pod’ project can save up to 100 lives per year

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Gavi and Unicef welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine

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Gavi and Unicef welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine

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Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about a sugar tax

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Creatives: enter Cannes Lions 2017 Young Lions Health Award this week

Creatives: enter Cannes Lions 2017 Young Lions Health Award this week

20 Apr 2017

Sama KZN to protest the sorry state of healthcare in the province

Sama KZN to protest the sorry state of healthcare in the province

18 Apr 2017

Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food

Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen 7 Apr 2017

How to fund a failing health system

How to fund a failing health system

TAWANDA KAROMBO and ADRI KOTZE 6 Apr 2017

Dr Margaret Chan, WHO director-general

WHO launches medication safety plan

6 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

4 Apr 2017

Satellifes at night.

Purposefully recolouring township satellites with Grey

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2017

Huge response to illegal advert

Huge response to illegal advert

Estelle Ellis 31 Mar 2017

Limpopo gets new medical school, hospital

Limpopo gets new medical school, hospital

31 Mar 2017

First free ADHD screening programme for underserved communities

First free ADHD screening programme for underserved communities

30 Mar 2017

CT water remains safe for drinking, says city

CT water remains safe for drinking, says city

30 Mar 2017

New Vodacom Siyakha mobile solution for pregnant women

New Vodacom Siyakha mobile solution for pregnant women

30 Mar 2017

US-funded public health training centre opens in Ethiopia

US-funded public health training centre opens in Ethiopia

29 Mar 2017

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

Sindy Peters 29 Mar 2017

Bogus pharmacist appears in court

Bogus pharmacist appears in court

23 Mar 2017

South Africa's healthcare system could be world class

South Africa's healthcare system could be world class

UCT Graduate School of Business 16 Mar 2017

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

14 Mar 2017

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

COHSASA 10 Mar 2017

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

7 Mar 2017

First hospital ceiling collapse happened last month

3 Mar 2017

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Renovations at Nigeria's largest hospital complete

3 Mar 2017

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

3 Mar 2017

Source: Rural Health Advocacy Group

Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas

Russell Rensburg and Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga 2 Mar 2017

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Dominic Haslam 1 Mar 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

R17m skills programme to empower youth

R17m skills programme to empower youth

24 Feb 2017

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

23 Feb 2017

Sugar tax must come with an education programme

Sugar tax must come with an education programme

21 Feb 2017

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Creatives: enter Cannes Lions 2017 Young Lions Health Award this week

Creatives: enter Cannes Lions 2017 Young Lions Health Award this week

20 Apr 2017

Sama KZN to protest the sorry state of healthcare in the province

Sama KZN to protest the sorry state of healthcare in the province

18 Apr 2017

Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food

Catastrophic antibiotic threat from food

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen 7 Apr 2017

How to fund a failing health system

How to fund a failing health system

TAWANDA KAROMBO and ADRI KOTZE 6 Apr 2017

Dr Margaret Chan, WHO director-general

WHO launches medication safety plan

6 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

BevSA wants more time on sugar tax

4 Apr 2017

Satellifes at night.

Purposefully recolouring township satellites with Grey

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2017

Huge response to illegal advert

Huge response to illegal advert

Estelle Ellis 31 Mar 2017

Limpopo gets new medical school, hospital

Limpopo gets new medical school, hospital

31 Mar 2017

First free ADHD screening programme for underserved communities

First free ADHD screening programme for underserved communities

30 Mar 2017

CT water remains safe for drinking, says city

CT water remains safe for drinking, says city

30 Mar 2017

New Vodacom Siyakha mobile solution for pregnant women

New Vodacom Siyakha mobile solution for pregnant women

30 Mar 2017

US-funded public health training centre opens in Ethiopia

US-funded public health training centre opens in Ethiopia

29 Mar 2017

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

#BrandManagerMonth: CANSA, spreading a message of hope

Sindy Peters 29 Mar 2017

Bogus pharmacist appears in court

Bogus pharmacist appears in court

23 Mar 2017

South Africa's healthcare system could be world class

South Africa's healthcare system could be world class

UCT Graduate School of Business 16 Mar 2017

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

14 Mar 2017

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

COHSASA 10 Mar 2017

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

7 Mar 2017

First hospital ceiling collapse happened last month

3 Mar 2017

Aliko Dangote Source:

Renovations at Nigeria's largest hospital complete

3 Mar 2017

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

3 Mar 2017

Source: Rural Health Advocacy Group

Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas

Russell Rensburg and Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga 2 Mar 2017

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Dominic Haslam 1 Mar 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

R17m skills programme to empower youth

R17m skills programme to empower youth

24 Feb 2017

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

23 Feb 2017

Sugar tax must come with an education programme

Sugar tax must come with an education programme

21 Feb 2017

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

South Africa isn't budgeting for its care economy. What can be done about it

Lisa Vetten 17 Feb 2017

Health & Pharma added to LIA competition for 2017

15 Feb 2017

Less than 7% of health facilities nationwide offer abortions - Amnesty International

Less than 7% of health facilities nationwide offer abortions - Amnesty International

Ina Skosana 14 Feb 2017

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

13 Feb 2017

Wanted: affordable medicines for all

Wanted: affordable medicines for all

Franck Kuwonu 13 Feb 2017

The Esidimeni 94

The Esidimeni 94

COHSASA 13 Feb 2017

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

#UrbanHealth: Collaboration key in achieving SDGs, New Urban Agenda

Sindy Peters 10 Feb 2017

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

CT commits to improved environmental health through technology

10 Feb 2017

Gauteng Health HOD suspended

Gauteng Health HOD suspended

9 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

WPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

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