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Tom Osborn on youth leadership, mental well-being

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The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

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#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

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Cohsasa CEO elected to ISQua Academy of Quality and Safety

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The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

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DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

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Hospital-acquired infections in SA hospitals are on the rise, especially in children

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New research could help predict seizures

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Decolonising healthcare

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

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A journey continued: How Reach for Recovery and Dr Justus Apffelstaedt are supporting breast cancer patients

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Dietitians do much more than you think

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New Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize (David Harrison)

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Killing mosquito larvae can contribute towards malaria elimination

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We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

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Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money

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UCT spearheads new technologies for life-saving cancer treatment

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Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA

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