South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the ministry of health, had three phases, starting with the most vulnerable population...
World Breastfeeding Week runs from 1 to 7 August 2021, it is vital to remember that breastmilk is the optimum food for our babies...
Association for Dietetics in South Africa 13 hours ago
Cape-based startup InnoHealth recently secured seed capital for an AI-based digital healthcare platform that is set to disrupt the local healthtech space.
Johannes Masiteng 1 day ago
Covid-19 vaccines and other scheduled medicines have also been named as goods taken by looters in the recent unrest, which has a potential devastating impact on our already stretched health system...
Jan-Harm Swanepoel 1 day ago
Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, recently announced that the delta variant is no longer of concern because it now comprises 98% of new cases in the country and is therefore "the normal variant"...
Zania Stamataki 2 days ago
Africa's Covid-19 vaccine challenges have been a bitter pill for many governments to swallow as they watch developed countries race ahead with their vaccination programmes...
In 2016, the WHO set an ambitious target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030...
Pauline Bakibinga 3 days ago
The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against the Delta variant, which is currently dominant in the country...
The overall decline in new Covid-19 infections means that South Africa can move to Adjusted Alert Level 3 with the associated easing of restrictions on gatherings, movement and the sale of alcohol...
Dr John Baptist Mukasa, or JB Neuro, as his colleagues called him, "was always at the beck and call of everyone who needed neurosurgical care"...
Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021
One of the obstacles if you are trying to guide policy and protect people from Covid-19 is the bewildering amount of data available every day...
Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo 23 Jul 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic was a stark reminder of the role that global public health has for all aspects of our lives and livelihood...
Wafaie Fawzi, Tang Kun & Alex Taylor 22 Jul 2021
TB is one of the oldest infectious diseases in recorded history. Most of the people who are ill with TB live in low- and middle-income countries where this disease is one of the leading causes of death...
Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021
Non-profit organisation Smile Foundation has announced the appointment of Kim Robertson Smith as its new general manager, effective 1 August 2021...
Biovac, a Cape Town-based biopharmaceutical company, has signed a letter of intent with Pfizer and BioNTech to manufacture the latter two companies' Covid-19 vaccine for distribution within the African Union...
As thousands of devout Muslims flock to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage this week, scientists warn the sacred rite is under threat...
Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021
Imagine it's 2030 - and a typical day in a Nigerian healthcare setting. In earlier decades, when a patient walked in, they could see piles of folders and a clutter of pens scattered all over the office...
Busayo Ajuwon, Alice Richardson & Brett Lidbury 21 Jul 2021
Five years later, a formal inquest into the deaths of Life Esidimeni patients started in the Pretoria High Court on Monday...
A clinical review has shown that Covid-19 patients deficient in the powerful antioxidant, glutathione, are far more likely to experience severe symptoms of the disease...
Leap Communications 26 Jul 2021
Many South Africans across economic spectrums are thinking more about how and what we eat; and wondering if our eating habits can help to protect our health in the face of Covid...
Association for Dietetics in South Africa 26 Jul 2021
