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H3D makes second malaria drug breakthrough
[Kim Cloete] A new potent antimalarial development candidate with the potential to both treat and prevent of malaria has been identified by UCT's H3D... read



Mandela Month
Mandela Month
#MandelaMonth: Ronald McDonald House to open at local hospital, a first for Africa
#MandelaMonth: Ronald McDonald House to open at local hospital, a first for Africa

Jessica Tennant

On Mandela Day, Ronald McDonald House Charities South Africa hosted media and investors at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Parktown for a hard hat tour of the development. The house is scheduled to open in December 2016... read
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HIV/AIDS
SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission
SA makes great strides in eliminating mother-to-child transmission
The health department's recent test-and-treat decision will impact very positively on the country's fight against Aids, and also contribute to reducing mother-to-child transmission... read
Healthcare
Genetic counselling: Helping patients assess the risk of familial disease
Genetic counselling: Helping patients assess the risk of familial disease

Nicci Botha

With rapidly advancing science, many hereditary conditions can be pre-empted, and if not averted at least managed appropriately, and that's where genetic counselling comes in... read
Duncan Thela
Mandatory medical cover discriminates against foreign students
South African universities are demanding medical cover from SADC students before registering them, even when they belong to a medical scheme in their own countries... read

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Higher Education
NMMU could offer pre-medical training courses next year
NMMU could offer pre-medical training courses next year
Students could be able to enrol for pre-medical training courses as early as next year at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, as it forges ahead with plans to open the doors to its medical school in 2020. read
Nutrition
Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children
Spur Foundation is on a mission to nourish SA children
Experts and academia continue to question whether current efforts in early childhood development are enough, especially when it comes to nutrition... read
Pharmaceuticals
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Dischem gets RAC nod for likely listing

Marc Hasenfuss

Investment firm RECM and Calibre (RAC) - headed by investment personalities Piet Viljoen, Jan van Niekerk and Theuns de Bruyn - has made rosy returns on its holding in healthcare retailer Dischem, which is reportedly being prepped for a JSE listing... read
Public Health
Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis
Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis
The first-ever strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis hopes to reduce the number of new viral hepatitis infections by 90%... read
Business
Rising Star Award winners announced
Rising Star Award winners announced
The winners of the 5th Annual Standard Bank Rising Star Awards were announced at Sandton Hilton on 22 July. The Rising Star Programme - operated by BlackBark Productions... read
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Dim Mak [Pressure Point] workshop
Dim Mak Combatives - 6 Aug 2016, Pretoria


Upcoming events
Ninth International Clinicians TB/HIV course in South Africa
Enterprises Univeristy of Pretoria - 4 Aug 2016 to 7 Aug 2016, Pretoria


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