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Source: Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital CEO, Anita Parbhoo, is the 2024 recipient of the Jakes Gerwel Award in Public Health. Photo supplied by Jeffrey Abrahams.

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Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

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Source: Reuters. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Ramaphosa to oversee signing of Presidential Health Compact

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