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New ‘comprehensive’ 220-bed hospital opens in Mpumalanga

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Many elite athletes live with health impacts long after they retire. Should they carry all the costs?

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Pharmacists often first port of call

Pharmacists often first port of call

5 Oct 2016

Source: Paul Botes/M&G

Is the anti-sugar tax lobby taking a page from Big Tobacco's playbook?

Ina Skosana 26 Sep 2016

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

WHO fights battle against disease in war-torn South Sudan

WHO fights battle against disease in war-torn South Sudan

14 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

Malawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

L-R: Dr Khotso Mokhele, chancellor of the UFS, Rolene Strauss, Miss World 2014 and patron of the Mother and Child Academic Hospital, Prof André Venter, head of the department of paediatrics and child health, and Dr Riaan Els, CEO of the Fuchs Foundation South Africa. Photo: Charl Devenish

First specialist mother and child hospital launched in Free State

31 Aug 2016

New doccie features junior doctors' working conditions in SA

New doccie features junior doctors' working conditions in SA

30 Aug 2016

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals

19 Aug 2016

Junior docs get 26-hour shift

Junior docs get 26-hour shift

18 Aug 2016

Doctors Nomofrench Mbombo, WC health MEC, and Beth Robertson, DoH head at the launch of Operation Khuseleka.

WC plans to improve health worker safety

17 Aug 2016

Coke joins fray to oppose sugar tax

Coke joins fray to oppose sugar tax

17 Aug 2016

Margaret Kenyatta and Markus Gemuen

#WomensMonth: Partnership to improve breast cancer care in Kenya

16 Aug 2016

Photo: The Children's Hospital Trust

Final R10m mark reached for Red Cross' new ICU

2 Aug 2016

New salt regulation could pave way for sugar intervention

New salt regulation could pave way for sugar intervention

Dr Sundeep Ruder 2 Aug 2016

Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis

Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis

28 Jul 2016

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Dischem gets RAC nod for likely listing

Marc Hasenfuss 28 Jul 2016

CoCT takes mobile healthcare to the people

CoCT takes mobile healthcare to the people

22 Jul 2016

Vodacom Business chief executive, Vuyani Jarana, and health minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi

App to improve access and availability of essential medicines in SA

15 Jul 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right

Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right

13 Jul 2016

How Africa's poor laboratory services are hampering disease control

How Africa's poor laboratory services are hampering disease control

Glenda Mary Davison 27 Jun 2016

Roll out of e-records to benefit public health patients

Roll out of e-records to benefit public health patients

24 Jun 2016

If food labels aren't simple, consumers may ignore them

If food labels aren't simple, consumers may ignore them

Nelene Koen 24 Jun 2016

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Health projects help heal local economy

22 Jun 2016

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New atlas shows extent of light pollution - what does it mean for our health?

Richard G. 'Bugs' Stevens 15 Jun 2016

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

Access to quality healthcare must be improved in Africa

9 Jun 2016

The jury's out: Will plain packaging stop smoking?

The jury's out: Will plain packaging stop smoking?

8 Jun 2016

Health... a cornerstone to building a stronger SA

Health... a cornerstone to building a stronger SA

Topco Media 1 Jun 2016

#AfricaMonth: Task shifting antidote to health worker shortage

#AfricaMonth: Task shifting antidote to health worker shortage

26 May 2016

Source: Merck Group

Nigeria's fight against bilharzia gets a major boost

25 May 2016

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