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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

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TBSipokazi Fokazi

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Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

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Investigating postoperative deaths in Africa

30 Aug 2021

A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

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Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Some of the most vulnerable are yet to receive their first dose. Hanna Kuprevich/Alamy Stock Photo

Covid-19: WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots - is it justifiable?

Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu 16 Aug 2021

Dr Susan Vosloo. Source: Facebook

Medical community slams top heart surgeon's anti-vaxx comments

16 Aug 2021

Dr Ntuthuko Bhengu, former HMI panel member

How private healthcare reform can smooth the transition to NHI

13 Aug 2021

Thembe Mahlaba, content creator for Eclipse Communications

#WomensMonth: Thembe Mahlaba on winning a Daytime Emmy and doing it scared

Emily Stander 12 Aug 2021

Mariam Anthony and colleagues from the engineering department at Groote Schuur Hospital

#WomensMonth: Engineering is vital to deliver quality care, says Mariam Anthony

11 Aug 2021

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Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Nathan Geffen and Mia Malan 10 Aug 2021

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Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

10 Aug 2021

Minister of health, Joe Phaahla

Phaahla named minister of health in cabinet reshuffle

6 Aug 2021

Dr David Motau, CEO, HPCSA. Source: Free State Department of Health/Facebook

HPCSA head on suspension after fraud charges

5 Aug 2021

If South Africa continues vaccinating at current rates, it would take over two years to reach the targeted coverage of 67% of the population. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

How the private sector can support South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Carmen S Christian 5 Aug 2021

PinkDrive, corporate SA join hands to roll out vaccination programme to rural communities

PinkDrive, corporate SA join hands to roll out vaccination programme to rural communities

4 Aug 2021

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The race is on to recover looted vaccines and medicine

Jan-Harm Swanepoel 29 Jul 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021

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Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

Wafaie Fawzi, Tang Kun & Alex Taylor 22 Jul 2021

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021

Dr Thulani Mhlanga, medical manager for vaccines at Pfizer South Africa

Adult vaccination could stop unnecessary deaths

20 Jul 2021

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Violent riots affect vaccine rollout, distribution of chronic meds

14 Jul 2021

Widespread unrest and looting of shops in KwaZulu-Natal, like these at KwaMashu shopping centre, has badly impacted health services in the province from hospitals trying to function, with skeleton staff to the Covid-19 vaccination programme halting. Photo: Nokulunga Majola

Health services in KZN struggle to function amidst looting and violent unrest

Nokulunga Majola 13 Jul 2021

A healthcare worker assists a patient being treated at a makeshift hospital run by charity organisation The Gift of the Givers, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham

In South African Covid-19 ward, medics battle worst infection wave yet

Sisipho Skweyiya 13 Jul 2021

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Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

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Healthcare in South Africa: how inequity is contributing to inefficiency

Russell Rensburg 7 Jul 2021

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Sama threatens DoH with legal action over unplaced interns

5 Jul 2021

The Gauteng government has been taking over the provision of ambulance services from metros. The City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni have handed over their ambulance fleets. Source: Supplied

Mixed reactions to Gauteng government's ambulance takeover

Masego Mafata 2 Jul 2021

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Technology in hospitals can delay care: What doctors and nurses in South Africa told us

Oluwamayowa O Ogundaini 29 Jun 2021

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Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

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