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From hosting the world's first human heart transplant to launching Africa's first public-sector robotic surgery programme, the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town is a testament to South Africa's pioneering medical advancements. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

#SAPHEX2026: Insights into South Africa’s evolving healthcare landscapeChristopher Perumal

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From hosting the world's first human heart transplant to launching Africa's first public-sector robotic surgery programme, the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town is a testament to South Africa's pioneering medical advancements. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

#SAPHEX2026: Insights into South Africa’s evolving healthcare landscape

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#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

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SA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

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Study to unlock answers to diseases with unknown causes

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Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

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Hospitals buckling under pressure

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Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

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Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

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Are we about to see SA's tobacco bill go up in flames?

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Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

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Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

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The Institut Pasteur de Dakar's new alliance bolsters West Africa's epidemic preparedness

7 Sep 2022

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Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute nears completion

6 Sep 2022

World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day

COHSASA 5 Sep 2022

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SA's Aspen, India's Serum Institute sign vaccines deal for Africa

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Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

Latest accreditations awarded by The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa Cohsasa (NPC)

COHSASA 25 Aug 2022

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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

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