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Are fungal infections the next superbugs?
Are fungal infections the next superbugs?
Like microbials, fungal infections seem to be reinventing themselves into deadly threats capable of outsmarting available modes of treatment... read


HIV/AIDS
Ethiopia aims to quell HIV/Aids in five years
Ethiopia aims to quell HIV/Aids in five years
Ethiopia plans to prevent more than half a million Aids-related deaths, as well as up to 80,000 new HIV infections by 2020... read
Healthcare
HPCSA's foreign credentials verification process goes digital
HPCSA's foreign credentials verification process goes digital
The HPCSA will be implementing a web-based system to verify the credentials of practitioners who obtained their basic medical qualification outside South Africa... read

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Hospital Groups
COHSASA-accredited hospital earns top award for health excellence in Nigeria
COHSASA-accredited hospital earns top award for health excellence in Nigeria

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Reddington Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria has won one of the country's most prestigious excellence awards for service delivery for the third year running... read
Nutrition
Tax is sweet news for boosting revenue
Tax is sweet news for boosting revenue

Hilary Joffe

SA's new sugar tax could add 20% to the price of a Coca-Cola, but would exempt Liquifruit and other 100% fruit juices, along with unsweetened milk and bottled water... read
Oncology
Merck is sponsoring an oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi
New fellowship to strengthen cancer care in Africa
A new oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi aims to improve access to cancer care and strengthen the healthcare system in emerging markets.. read
Upper limb function in breast cancer survivors
Upper limb function in breast cancer survivors
Podcast by Dr Delva Shamley on research into upper limb rehabilitation post breast cancer... read
Pharmaceutical Companies
Meshack Matswi, an owner driver, with Tobie Krige, Adcock Ingram's MD: distribution.
Adcock Ingram accelerates owner driver project
A number of owner drivers received the keys to their brand-new vehicles from Adcock Ingram Healthcare as part of an enterprise development project... read
Pharmaceuticals
Centurion facility
Imperial invests in state-of-the-art warehouse for healthcare sector
Imperial Health Sciences is expanding... read
Tuberculosis
Prisons benefit from mobile TB testing
Prisons benefit from mobile TB testing
South Africa has the third highest TB rate in the world, and the prevalence in prisons has been estimated as three to seven times higher... read
Business
Will AI disrupt business?
Will AI disrupt business?

Donald Brown

The once-futuristic predictions about how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the world are becoming reality... read
Multimedia
Function of the upper limb in breast cancer survivors
Function of the upper limb in breast cancer survivors
A podcast by Dr Delva Shamley of the Centre for Clinical Research at UCT on upper limb rehabilitation post breast cancer. - View/Rate
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