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Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work insteadMarina Joubert

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Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

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Council for Medical Schemes recommends capping 2023 medical aid increases

Paresh Prema 10 Aug 2022

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#WomensMonth: We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

Katja Hamilton 9 Aug 2022

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Telemedicine: Modern marvel or indemnity headache?

Dr Elizabeth Meyer 8 Aug 2022

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How do healthcare managers lead to succeed?

Dr. Nivisha Parag 8 Aug 2022

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UCT opens cervical cancer screening site

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Source: Supplied. A woman walks past the entrance of Mediclinic in Sandton, South Africa.

Consortium to buy Mediclinic for $4.49bn

Promit Mukherjee and Sinchita Mitra 5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

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#WomensMonth: When it comes to breast cancer, ignorance is not bliss

Katja Hamilton 4 Aug 2022

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Predicting South Africa's healthcare of tomorrow against the backdrop of the NHI

Damian McHugh 2 Aug 2022

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

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Ramaphosa puts national and provincial health departments under SIU investigation

29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

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The importance of heart health in cancer care

26 Jul 2022

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New heart model to help treat patients with heart failure

26 Jul 2022

World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

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CapeBio Technologies scoops prestigious award

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. South African surgeons Dr Tim Forgan and Dr Imraan Mia use a robot called DaVinci to perform delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Wendell Roelf and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 21 Jul 2022

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SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

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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

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Marilyn Keegan, COHSASA 20 Jul 2022

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Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 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

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