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 | President Cyril Ramaphosa is receiving treatment for a 'mild' case of Covid-19 while South African cases reached a record high on Sunday, bolstered by a retrospective adjustment. read |
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 | | Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that their pre-trial therapy is effective against all mutations of Omicron...read |
|  | | The first plant-based coronavirus vaccine could be in the offing with clinical trials showing positive efficiency and safety results....read |
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 | TALITA LAUBSCHER AND ALEXIA KAPLAN The Consolidated Direction on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in Certain Workplaces entitles employers to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for certain categories of employees... Read |
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 | Old Mutual has teamed up with the Western Cape Government and Accelerate Cape Town to deliver a Covid-19 vaccination service on wheels, driving up vaccination uptake among the most vulnerable... Read |
 | Telehealth app uptake in Botswana delivers critical healthcare services to miners... Read |
 | Pfizer approves the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shot; says three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine neutralises the Omicron variant... Read |
 | The Competition Tribunal confirms agreements to reduce prices for Covid-19 PCR tests... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Booster jabs for SA babies and toddlers under discussion, as Pfizer clinical trial for this age group shows favourable results... Read |
 | Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Healthcare site over the past year below... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY COHSASA The following facilities have been accredited by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (Cohsasa) signifying that patients attending these facilities can expect to receive safe, quality care... Read |
| Malaria |
 | KATJA HAMILTON A new 2021 malaria report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that, between 2019 and 2020, the global malaria death rate increased for the first time since 2000 due to Covid-19 disruptions, and children in Africa were the hardest hit... Read |
 | FREDROS OKUMU AND DEUS ISHENGOMA Ina Skosana asked infectious diseases experts Deus Ishengoma and Fredros Okumu to explain why it is that there is resistance to modern malara drugs and what the implications are for the most vulnerable... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HIPPO.CO.ZA As medical scheme members prepare for 2022's annual rate increases, several factors are at play. What are those factors, and how will the increases affect the average South African family?... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA As our kids enter their school-going years their growth is steady, but slower and somewhat less dramatic when compared to the rapid baby-toddler-to-little-person transformation. It's an interesting time nutritionally... Read |
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 | Hundreds of older persons - mostly women - to be left without essential care, following DSD Social Services cuts and under-spending... Read |
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 | Watch and listen to how the 'Hold my Hunters' campaign came to be voted one of Kantar's Best Liked Ads of 2020. Read |
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 | ALEXANDER WINNING Eskom has applied for a 20.5% electricity tariff increase for the financial year that starts on 1 April 2022, it said on Wednesday, 8 December... Read |
 | Consumers are returning to in-store shopping in greater numbers, and out-of-home entertainment and travel are on the rise as three in five express optimism about the future... Read |
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