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The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Jun 2019

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

12 Jun 2019

South Africa has the world’s highest AIDS burden. Shutterstock

Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What's needed to break the cycle

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 11 Jun 2019

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Hospital-acquired infections in SA hospitals are on the rise, especially in children

11 Jun 2019

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

New Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize (David Harrison)

Politics & power: Why Zweli Mkhize may be a new dawn for health in SA - or not?

Mia Malan & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 31 May 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Re-envisioning Africa's healthcare system

31 May 2019

Meningitis virus

GBS rapid test improves maternal health in the developing world

29 May 2019

The bushes surrounding the clinic in Buntingville are so overgrown that the clinic looks disused. But it is used, and it’s badly under-resourced. Photo: Yamkela Ntshongwana

Nurses in village clinic buy medical essentials with their own money

Yamkela Ntshongwana 29 May 2019

Former head of the Gauteng department of health Barney Selebano (pictured) may lose his license to practise medicine after an inqury into his involvement in the Life Esidimeni deaths in September. (Joyrene Kramer, Section27)

Whatever happened to the doctors & nurses involved in the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy

Nelisiwe Msomi 27 May 2019

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#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Lloyd Minor 23 May 2019

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