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Cohsasa’s Conference at Hospital Show a great success!

Cohsasa’s Conference at Hospital Show a great success!

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Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Source: ; . Graphics by Insight Survey

Is SA's healthcare getting better?

Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

23 Aug 2017

Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth. Photo: Bhekisisa/Oupa Nkosi

Tax snag leaves cancer patients in the lurch

15 Aug 2017

Cecilia Makhiwane Hospital. Picture: Daily Dispatch

Attack on doctor sparks security concerns

14 Aug 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Guang Zeng and Jason West 1 Aug 2017

Dr Rufaro Chatora, WHO country representative

How will private healthcare evolve under UHC?

Nicci Botha 27 Jul 2017

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

26 Jul 2017

UHC lessons from Obamacare

UHC lessons from Obamacare

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2017

FMF questions NHI financing model

FMF questions NHI financing model

20 Jul 2017

Pre-NHI forum to take on medical aid graft

Pre-NHI forum to take on medical aid graft

19 Jul 2017

Dr Precious Matsoso, director general, South African National Department of Health

NHI starts with the children

18 Jul 2017

Photo: Africa Health Placements

Thousands of foreign doctors working in rural SA

18 Jul 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general: World Health Organisation

Funding and security are key to global health

11 Jul 2017

Experts say bird flu not a threat to humans

Kgaugelo Masweneng 7 Jul 2017

'Fire thousands of nurses who cheated'

'Fire thousands of nurses who cheated'

6 Jul 2017

Photo: Health News NG

Will you have a medical aid under NHI?

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 5 Jul 2017

Entrepreneurs challenge transferable human disease with innovative water and sanitation solution

Entrepreneurs challenge transferable human disease with innovative water and sanitation solution

Godfrey Sono 12 Jun 2017

Photo: Red Cross Children's Trust

NHI should focus on the poor

12 Jun 2017

Probe into attempted sale of med school spaces

Probe into attempted sale of med school spaces

5 Jun 2017

Tobacco kills 7-million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

31 May 2017

Reviewing freedom of choice, as plain packaging tobacco rules considered

Reviewing freedom of choice, as plain packaging tobacco rules considered

Martin van Staden 31 May 2017

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

26 May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

David Sanders 26 May 2017

Gauteng health warns of bogus job adverts

Gauteng health warns of bogus job adverts

23 May 2017

Motsoaledi, Cosatu head for NHI clash

Motsoaledi, Cosatu head for NHI clash

22 May 2017

Medici medical app launches in South Africa

Medici medical app launches in South Africa

20 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

Cape Town joins effort to build healthier cities

Cape Town joins effort to build healthier cities

17 May 2017

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Source: ; . Graphics by Insight Survey

Is SA's healthcare getting better?

Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

23 Aug 2017

Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth. Photo: Bhekisisa/Oupa Nkosi

Tax snag leaves cancer patients in the lurch

15 Aug 2017

Cecilia Makhiwane Hospital. Picture: Daily Dispatch

Attack on doctor sparks security concerns

14 Aug 2017

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

Legal barriers to fast tracking HIV/TB response in Africa

4 Aug 2017

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100

Guang Zeng and Jason West 1 Aug 2017

Dr Rufaro Chatora, WHO country representative

How will private healthcare evolve under UHC?

Nicci Botha 27 Jul 2017

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

26 Jul 2017

UHC lessons from Obamacare

UHC lessons from Obamacare

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2017

FMF questions NHI financing model

FMF questions NHI financing model

20 Jul 2017

Pre-NHI forum to take on medical aid graft

Pre-NHI forum to take on medical aid graft

19 Jul 2017

Dr Precious Matsoso, director general, South African National Department of Health

NHI starts with the children

18 Jul 2017

Photo: Africa Health Placements

Thousands of foreign doctors working in rural SA

18 Jul 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general: World Health Organisation

Funding and security are key to global health

11 Jul 2017

Experts say bird flu not a threat to humans

Kgaugelo Masweneng 7 Jul 2017

'Fire thousands of nurses who cheated'

'Fire thousands of nurses who cheated'

6 Jul 2017

Photo: Health News NG

Will you have a medical aid under NHI?

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 5 Jul 2017

Entrepreneurs challenge transferable human disease with innovative water and sanitation solution

Entrepreneurs challenge transferable human disease with innovative water and sanitation solution

Godfrey Sono 12 Jun 2017

Photo: Red Cross Children's Trust

NHI should focus on the poor

12 Jun 2017

Probe into attempted sale of med school spaces

Probe into attempted sale of med school spaces

5 Jun 2017

Tobacco kills 7-million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

31 May 2017

Reviewing freedom of choice, as plain packaging tobacco rules considered

Reviewing freedom of choice, as plain packaging tobacco rules considered

Martin van Staden 31 May 2017

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

Universal healthcare is more than just funding

26 May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

David Sanders 26 May 2017

Gauteng health warns of bogus job adverts

Gauteng health warns of bogus job adverts

23 May 2017

Motsoaledi, Cosatu head for NHI clash

Motsoaledi, Cosatu head for NHI clash

22 May 2017

Medici medical app launches in South Africa

Medici medical app launches in South Africa

20 May 2017

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

Drought affects 1.4-million in Angola: UNICEF

19 May 2017

Cape Town joins effort to build healthier cities

Cape Town joins effort to build healthier cities

17 May 2017

Source: Bhekisisa/Marina Bazo

Is 'all-in-one healthcare' a dream?

Mia Malan 16 May 2017

UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases

UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases

11 May 2017

Keeping the dreaded flu at bay

Keeping the dreaded flu at bay

11 May 2017

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New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Kagiso Modupe meets a circumcision doctor

Over 5,000 men respond to #ZwakalaSkeem medical circumcision campaign

10 May 2017

National laboratory service suspends yet another official

National laboratory service suspends yet another official

Tamar Kahn 4 May 2017

Funding stymies placement of medical interns

Funding stymies placement of medical interns

3 May 2017

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

3 May 2017

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Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Inspiration for South Africa at Festival of Learning

Inspiration for South Africa at Festival of Learning

SACAP 24 Apr 2017

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

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