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Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2025

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

CANSA 4 Mar 2025

Source: Global NCD Alliance Forum.

A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Plastic is good when we're good with plastic

Plastic is good when we're good with plastic

Safripol 25 Feb 2025

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

Source: ChatGPT.

US exits UN-HRC

5 Feb 2025

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Interim relief for listeriosis class action claimants with urgent medical needs

3 Feb 2025

Patients' lives at risk as doctors refuse to work extra overtime without pay

Patients' lives at risk as doctors refuse to work extra overtime without pay

Yoliswa Sobuwa 28 Jan 2025

Strategic cleaning: the secret to achieving cost efficiency in 2025

Strategic cleaning: the secret to achieving cost efficiency in 2025

28 Jan 2025

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How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment

Louise Baur, John B. Dixon, Priya Sumithran and Wendy A. Brown 23 Jan 2025

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CDC, FDA, NIH face communication lockdown under Trump

22 Jan 2025

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The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

21 Jan 2025

Source: UN Photo/Elma Okic. WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Trump orders US exit from WHO

Katja Hamilton 21 Jan 2025

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