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Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

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The startups changing healthcare through innovation

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Hospital negligence not the cause of baby's brain damage - court

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Professor Michael Marx, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg

#HASA2019: First do not harm limited by systems

30 Aug 2019

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South African taxpayers will bear the brunt of NHI

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#HASA2019: Collaboration - the art of possible

#HASA2019: Collaboration - the art of possible

Nicci Botha 29 Aug 2019

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#HASA2019: Keeping hackers out of healthcare

28 Aug 2019

Dr Tapiwa Chiwewe, research manager for IBM Research, South Africa

#HASA2019: AI is a game changer in attaining universal health coverage

28 Aug 2019

Dr Chris Archer, CEO of the South African Private Practitioners Forum; moderator, Tanya Cohen, former Business Unity South Africa CEO; Dr Guni Goolab, principal officer, Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS); Dr Terence Moodley, board member of Samed; Melanie da Costa, director of strategy and healthcare policy, Netcare; Dr Stavros Nicolaou, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Task Group Dr Anban Pillay, deputy director general, National Department of Health; and Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO, Discovery Health

After NHI - South Africans can still choose medical aids

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2019

Takeaways from the Limpopo medico-legal symposium

Takeaways from the Limpopo medico-legal symposium

Erwyn Durman 27 Aug 2019

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize

#HASA2019: NHI is a work in progress

Nicci Botha 26 Aug 2019

Deputy President David Mabuza

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23 Aug 2019

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Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Public urged to engage with NHI Bill

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22 Aug 2019

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How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

Abdhalah Ziraba 22 Aug 2019

Neil Kirby

No mandatory requirement for South Africans to join NHI

21 Aug 2019

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ER24 improves response times with what3words

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Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE Group Global.

#WomensMonth: Generic business lessons for the 21st Century from healthcare advertising

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Dr Brian Ruff, co-founder of PPO Serve

Reaction to the NHI is ill-informed: A constructive discussion is needed

Brian Ruff 20 Aug 2019

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

20 Aug 2019

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Why South Africa's plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky

Alex van den Heever 19 Aug 2019

Alana James, CEO of The Sunflower Fund and Pippa Hudson of Cape Talk.

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Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

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The startups changing healthcare through innovation

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A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

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