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Hewatele breathes easy, delivering medical oxygen across Africa

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#WorldStrokeDay: Occupational therapists' key role in rehabilitation of stroke survivors

Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

Community health workers picket outside Labour Court

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Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

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SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

20 Jul 2022

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

Discovery Group & CMO win top leadership awards at 2022 MAA

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

Source: BioNTech.

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

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, and nutritional consultant Vanessa Ascencao.

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

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

Bonitas 13 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

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

Roche Pharma South Africa announces new partnership

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

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

11 Jul 2022

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

8 Jul 2022

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

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

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

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

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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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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

Discovery Group & CMO win top leadership awards at 2022 MAA

14 Jul 2022

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

SA companies begin scrapping their Covid vaccine mandates

Ray Mahlaka 13 Jul 2022

Source: BioNTech.

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

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, and nutritional consultant Vanessa Ascencao.

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

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

A partnership to bring help to those who need it most

Bonitas 13 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

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

Roche Pharma South Africa announces new partnership

11 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 Jul 2022

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

8 Jul 2022

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

Reimagining SA's healthcare

6 Jul 2022

Image source: kozorog from

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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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

Healthy eating as the costs of living rise

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Jul 2022

Medshield highlights successes and strong financial position at the 2022 Annual General Meeting

Medshield highlights successes and strong financial position at the 2022 Annual General Meeting

Stone 1 Jul 2022

Ayanda Swana, South Africa zone country head, Siemens Healthineers

Applications open for Innovative Think Tank Certification Programme

1 Jul 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners June 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jul 2022

Coping with depression at work

Coping with depression at work

Intercare 1 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Damian McHugh, an executive at Momentum Health Solutions.

The future of healthcare: medical schemes need to do more to provide affordable cover

Damian McHugh 30 Jun 2022

Source: Mkhuseli Sizani. Nurses and nursing assistants at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba local municipality, Eastern Cape protesting, demanding to be paid a R1,200 rural allowance.

Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools

Mkhuseli Sizani 29 Jun 2022

Alexforbes sustainability index shows SA medical schemes are robust with health reserves

Paresh Prema 28 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. A2X chief executive officer, Kevin Brady.

Discovery gets green light to trade on A2X

28 Jun 2022

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New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

'I Am' movement of SA health workers throws down the gauntlet to health minister and Gauteng premier

24 Jun 2022

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South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

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