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TB is like “devastating slavery” - Health Minister

Nonkolelo Jijingubo’s husband died of TB in 2009 while working at Beatrix Gold Mine in the Free State. Despite lodging her claim in 2021, she is yet to receive payment. Photo supplied

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DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

12 Jun 2019

South Africa has the world’s highest AIDS burden. Shutterstock

Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What's needed to break the cycle

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 11 Jun 2019

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Hospital-acquired infections in SA hospitals are on the rise, especially in children

11 Jun 2019

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

New Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize (David Harrison)

Politics & power: Why Zweli Mkhize may be a new dawn for health in SA - or not?

Mia Malan & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 31 May 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Re-envisioning Africa's healthcare system

31 May 2019

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GBS rapid test improves maternal health in the developing world

29 May 2019

The bushes surrounding the clinic in Buntingville are so overgrown that the clinic looks disused. But it is used, and it’s badly under-resourced. Photo: Yamkela Ntshongwana

Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money

Yamkela Ntshongwana 29 May 2019

Former head of the Gauteng department of health Barney Selebano (pictured) may lose his license to practise medicine after an inqury into his involvement in the Life Esidimeni deaths in September. (Joyrene Kramer, Section27)

Whatever happened to the doctors & nurses involved in the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy

Nelisiwe Msomi 27 May 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Lloyd Minor 23 May 2019

Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

Mosoka Fallah 23 May 2019

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4 new WHO goodwill ambassadors appointed

21 May 2019

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Nelisiwe Msomi 17 May 2019

Sapics 2019 puts the spotlight on healthcare supply chain challenges

Sapics 2019 puts the spotlight on healthcare supply chain challenges

10 May 2019

Comprehensive overview of medical malpractice insurance in SA

Comprehensive overview of medical malpractice insurance in SA

Donald Dinnie 3 May 2019

A University of Cape Town medical student doing yoga for a project that draws on ideas from medical and health humanities. Third Year Yoga SSM

New ways of thinking on health, arts and humanities are emerging in Africa

Carla Tsampiras & Nolwazi Mkhwanazi 3 May 2019

A South African study found that most doctors and nurses prescribed antibiotics for a viral infection even when patients discouraged them from doing so. Photo via Flickr by Chilanga Cement (CC BY 2.0)

UN report warns of disastrous consequences of antibiotic resistance

30 Apr 2019

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Vaccine drone delivery service takes off in Ghana

29 Apr 2019

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Barcoding the healthcare world

Neil Gouveia 26 Apr 2019

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South Africa, a medical tourism destination not fully realised

23 Apr 2019

Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock

Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank - a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 23 Apr 2019

Cholera vaccines have been given to people in Beira after an outbreak following Cyclone Idai. EPA-EFE/Celeste Mac-Arthur

Southern African countries won't manage disasters unless they work together

Chris Changwe 18 Apr 2019

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Irish study: Why fewer female medical students choose surgery

18 Apr 2019

Health professionals must work effectively in a team. Shutterstock

Collaboration and teamwork could improve South Africa's health system

17 Apr 2019

A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

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Austerity is hurting rural health, says report

Kimberly Mutandiro & Kristine Liao 12 Apr 2019

World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa

World Bank unveils plan to strengthen human capital in Africa

12 Apr 2019

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