Food poisoning crisis hits Gauteng's most vulnerableSource: 123RF | |
Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoringSource: National Institute for Communicable Diseases. | |
Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping pointSource: 123RF | |
South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratioSource: 123RF/svershinsky | |
#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in GazaSource: Unicef. | |
SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwideSource: Reuters. | |
Violence escalates amid ongoing Cape Metropole taxi strike, affecting emergency responseSource: Twitter/@i_likebrandon | |
Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SASource: Pexels | |
SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwideSource: DynaMedex. | |
Is Big Tobacco misleading consumers and policymakers on heated tobacco products?Source: Pixabay | |
Will the National State of Disaster be renewed at the eleventh hour?Source: Pexels | |
Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...Source: Shutterstock | |
Technology: healthcare enabler or disrupter?Source: © pandpstock001 123rf | |
Technology and the three pillars of healthcareVukani Mngxati, managing director for healthcare and public sector practice, Accenture South Africa | |
Maroefah Smith | [Public Health] Doctor Liana Roodt found her calling in changing the lives of breast cancer patients. After witnessing the saddening, stretched out and complicated hoops cancer patients in the public health sector had to jump through for treatment, Dr Roodt felt that something needed to be done to help these patients. This is when she founded the NGO Project Flamingo as a means to alleviate the waiting time and trauma of seeking cancer treatment in the public health sector. She aims to not only reduce the surgical waiting time for patients but also offer them psychological support during the treatment process. |
#bhf2019conference: Healthcare as a key driver for economic growthSource image: Getty/Gallo | |
Is Motsoaledi fiddling while healthcare is burning?Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: South Africa Today |