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Tom Osborn on youth leadership, mental well-being

Tom Osborn on youth leadership, mental well-being

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Funding crisis threatens progress in fight against HIV/Aids

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SA Health to fund HIV/Aids research to fill Pepfar void

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SA's health leaders are adopting AI at a rapid pace

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Local tech startup connects worldwide delegates to AIDS 2020: Virtual

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Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for Covid-19?

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Stadium provides innovative learning space for Irish medical students

Stadium provides innovative learning space for Irish medical students

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Gravediggers are exhuming old graves in Brazil to open new spaces. Brazil is currently second in the world for cases and deaths, and many consider it the new global epicentre. Sebastiao Moreira/EPA

In many countries the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, not slowing

Adam Kamradt-Scott 1 Jul 2020

Covid-19 cases shoot up, especially in Gauteng

Covid-19 cases shoot up, especially in Gauteng

30 Jun 2020

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South Africa sets aside more money for Covid-19 but lacks a spending strategy

Alex van den Heever 30 Jun 2020

Milton Segal, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants senior executive: corporate reporting.

How likely are medical schemes to catch the Covid-19 wave

Milton Segal 29 Jun 2020

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Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again

Reagan Mogire 29 Jun 2020

Covid-19 increases demand for healthcare industry professionals

Covid-19 increases demand for healthcare industry professionals

Regent Business School 29 Jun 2020

New healthbot launched for high-risk patients

New healthbot launched for high-risk patients

26 Jun 2020

Antibody tests may help detect Covid-19 infection - if used at right time

Antibody tests may help detect Covid-19 infection - if used at right time

26 Jun 2020

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Non-medical use of prescription drugs among skilled workers: a pilot study in Nigeria

Samson Femi Agberotimi 25 Jun 2020

The French mobile phone application StopCovid, developed to trace people who test positive with Covid-19. Chesnot/Getty Images

Balancing privacy with public health: how well is South Africa doing?

Michael Sean Pepper & Marietjie Botes 25 Jun 2020

Study on Covid-19 antibodies in children

Study on Covid-19 antibodies in children

24 Jun 2020

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How Covid-19 is fast-tracking progress in air freight supply chains

24 Jun 2020

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane, Rev. Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni, Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize, VWSA Chairman and Managing Director Thomas Schaefer, Eastern Cape MEC of Health Sindiswa Gomba, and Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO Nomkhita Mona.

Eastern Cape field hospital to boost Covid-19 fight

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SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial starts

23 Jun 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

NWU engineers walk away with international award for tackling Covid-19

NWU engineers walk away with international award for tackling Covid-19

North-West University (NWU) 23 Jun 2020

Nomzamo Mngupane has been a nurse for six years. She said there have been staff shortages since 2018 and it has got worse since the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Nurses picket over staff shortages at False Bay Hospital

Ashraf Hendricks 22 Jun 2020

'A food safety crisis now would bring SA's medical sector to its knees'

'A food safety crisis now would bring SA's medical sector to its knees'

22 Jun 2020

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize

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22 Jun 2020

Pharma Dynamics CEO kicks off Tutudesk Covid-19 Challenge with R1.2m pledge

Pharma Dynamics CEO kicks off Tutudesk Covid-19 Challenge with R1.2m pledge

22 Jun 2020

How is Covid-19 boosting SA's cough, cold and flu remedies market?

How is Covid-19 boosting SA's cough, cold and flu remedies market?

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Counselling Hub boosts mental healthcare response during Covid-19 crisis

Counselling Hub boosts mental healthcare response during Covid-19 crisis

19 Jun 2020

Poor mental health is as big a threat as poor physical health in the time of corona

Poor mental health is as big a threat as poor physical health in the time of corona

19 Jun 2020

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How deadly is Covid-19?

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SA youth exhibiting strain amidst surging Covid-19 cases

SA youth exhibiting strain amidst surging Covid-19 cases

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Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

A researcher holds a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine at the National Primate Research Center of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Africa waited for solutions to past health crises: will it be different for Covid-19?

Hailay Gesesew 2 Jul 2020

A pharmacy store in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei /AFP via Getty Images

Non-medical use of prescription drugs among skilled workers: a pilot study in Nigeria

Samson Femi Agberotimi 25 Jun 2020

A child receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse in Goma on August 7, 2019. AUGUSTIN WAMENYA/AFP via Getty Images

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Yap Boum 23 Jun 2020

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