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How pharmacists are shaping the future of South African healthcareSello Malete

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Weight loss drug semaglutide shown to be safe and potentially more effective at higher dose – new findingsMartin Whyte

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How training and recruitment can transform patient safety in South Africa

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Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

20 Jul 2022

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Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Byron Horn-Botha, business unit head at Arcserve Southern Africa.

Healthcare is now the industry most targeted by hackers

Byron Horn-Botha 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Firoze Bhorat, CMO at The Discovery Group is named the MAA 2022 Marketer of the Year Award

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14 Jul 2022

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2022

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SA companies begin scrapping their Covid vaccine mandates

Ray Mahlaka 13 Jul 2022

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Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

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Brain fog fatigue most prevalent among people with long Covid, study finds

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

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South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians. A production scientist works with samples at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town.

SA's Afrigen partners with US on mRNA vaccine research

Bhargav Acharya, Nellie Peyton and Josie Kao 12 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

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Roche Pharma South Africa announces new partnership

11 Jul 2022

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Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

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African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

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Caring for our young doctors is good medicine

Dr Brenda Kubheka 8 Jul 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

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Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Is it the end of the road for private medical aids?

Katja Hamilton 7 Jul 2022

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Reimagining SA's healthcare

6 Jul 2022

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MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Are South Africa's pesticide rules outdated?

Liezl Human 5 Jul 2022

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DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

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New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

Why should youth have medical aid?

Why should youth have medical aid?

Stone 4 Jul 2022

APCA and WHPCA set to host the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference this August

APCA and WHPCA set to host the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference this August

MANGO-OMC 4 Jul 2022

Healthy eating as the costs of living rise

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Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Jul 2022

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Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

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African Development Bank extends €121m food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine

11 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

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