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First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners

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HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

Nicci Botha 13 Mar 2017

Nursing manager Mercia Rix (left) received the award on behalf of Mediclinic Durbanville management from COHSASA CEO Jacqui Stewart. With them is the General Manager of the hospital, Christine Taylor.

Management of Mediclinic Durbanville receives Quality Award

COHSASA 13 Mar 2017

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SA cold and flu industry: In sickness and in health...

Insight Survey 13 Mar 2017

South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration

South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration

10 Mar 2017

Climate change could enlarge malaria areas in SA

Climate change could enlarge malaria areas in SA

10 Mar 2017

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

COHSASA 10 Mar 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

HPCSA on psych scope of practice

HPCSA on psych scope of practice

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The Sugar Tax: implications for the cane industry, obesity and consumer behaviour

Hamlet Hlomendlini 8 Mar 2017

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Gauteng increases mental health spending after Esidimeni crisis

Genevieve Quintal 8 Mar 2017

Health insurance gets a two-year breather

Health insurance gets a two-year breather

7 Mar 2017

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

Environmental risks kill 1.7-million kids under five a year: WHO

7 Mar 2017

Breast cancer specialist adds thyroid treatment to services

Breast cancer specialist adds thyroid treatment to services

6 Mar 2017

Cipla to sell its 100% stake in SA agri and vet businesses

Cipla to sell its 100% stake in SA agri and vet businesses

6 Mar 2017

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First hospital ceiling collapse happened last month

3 Mar 2017

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Renovations at Nigeria's largest hospital complete

3 Mar 2017

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

Using mobile to boost access to safe, legal abortion services

3 Mar 2017

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Radical transformation begins with fixing how we fund healthcare in remote areas

Russell Rensburg and Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga 2 Mar 2017

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

New drug option for Aids patients with TB

Ashleigh Furlong 2 Mar 2017

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Service delivery starts with data. See who's been missing from the spreadsheets

Dominic Haslam 1 Mar 2017

Is medical tourism on its own enough?

Is medical tourism on its own enough?

Constantine Constantinides 1 Mar 2017

Vaccine 90-100% effective against HPV

Vaccine 90-100% effective against HPV

1 Mar 2017

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How will Uganda drive more cancer patients to hospital?

Flavia Nassaka 28 Feb 2017

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Superbug is sneakier than ever

27 Feb 2017

HPCSA renewal goes live

HPCSA renewal goes live

27 Feb 2017

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First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

R17m skills programme to empower youth

R17m skills programme to empower youth

24 Feb 2017

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

New FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme to boost women in biosciences

23 Feb 2017

Budget speech announces further consultations on sugar tax, welcomed by industry

Budget speech announces further consultations on sugar tax, welcomed by industry

23 Feb 2017

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First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

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7 Feb 2017

UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- ‘Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; ‘Best Young Researcher Award’ 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.

'Best African Women Researchers' announced

21 Dec 2016

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