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Eastern Cape floods cause R5bn in damage – health facilities among worst hit

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Govt launches Mpox vaccination drive following more cases

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Mandela Day challenge: Ensure healthcare dignity for allTania Joffe

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Govt launches Mpox vaccination drive following more cases

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Long waiting list to receive organs in South Africa

18 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

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Zimbabwe measles outbreak blamed on sect gatherings kills 157 children

Nyasha Chingono 17 Aug 2022

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Child pregnancies reach crisis point in South Africa

17 Aug 2022

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Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

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Foreign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 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

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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Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

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Kenyan healthtech launches universal patient portal

11 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

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MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

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New Covid-19 code: What has changed?

Anastasia Vatalidis and Sandile Tom 4 Jul 2022

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Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

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'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

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

Red Cross Children's Hospital launches project to help families with emergency relief

23 Jun 2022

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Remaining Covid-19 regulations cancelled

23 Jun 2022

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Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

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Cipla voluntarily recalls batches of Coryx throat spray

21 Jun 2022

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WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

P&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

P&G's Always Keeping Girls in School programme makes an important intervention in the lives of South Africa's schoolgirls

Procter & Gamble 13 Jun 2022

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Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

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Africa Day: Driving healthcare access across borders

25 May 2022

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WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe

23 May 2022

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Extension on Covid-19 regulation public comments

5 May 2022

Jenna Lowe's powerful legacy for South Africans lives on

Jenna Lowe's powerful legacy for South Africans lives on

3 May 2022

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

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