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Rising economic burden: NHI funding plan unveiled

3 Jul 2023

Source: Elmar Gubisch [www.[123rf.com 123rf]] The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will declare Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, as a “possible carcinogenic to humans” this month

Aspartame under the spotlight as WHO declares it a "possible carcinogenic to humans"

Danette Breitenbach 3 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters. A woman walks with her child in the paediatric emergency unit at the Edward Francis Small teaching hospital in Banjul, Gambia, November 4, 2022.

Gambia families sue Indian drugmaker after cough syrup deaths

3 Jul 2023

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Mediclinic introduces non-invasive prenatal testing as part of basket of DNA-based diagnostic services

30 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Pushpender Singla, VZI executive director and chief financial officer.

Zinc mine injects R14.2m into Namakwa chemotherapy unit

30 Jun 2023

Source: © Michael Turner An estimated 30% of South African girls do not attend school while they are on their period because they do not have sanitary products.

Ackermans launches game changer in period poverty

30 Jun 2023

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Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

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AstraZeneca's global reforestation initiative expands

28 Jun 2023

How can we support our youth's mental health struggles? - Medshield

How can we support our youth's mental health struggles? - Medshield

Stone 28 Jun 2023

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

University of Pretoria 28 Jun 2023

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Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

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South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Melusi Dhlamini, clinical network lead at Healthforce and Kena Health.

#YouthMonth: Championing women's sexual and reproductive health rights at the forefront

Katja Hamilton 27 Jun 2023

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Covid-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $2.6bn left to spend as pandemic recedes

Jennifer Rigby 26 Jun 2023

Africa news

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Banks and WHO launch investment platform to strengthen primary healthcare services

26 Jun 2023

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Abbott's uninterrupted streak: 398th consecutive quarterly dividend declared

22 Jun 2023

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HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

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Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

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