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Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Jia B. Kangbai 2 days

A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, at the border crossing point between Congo and Rwanda, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

Infectious Diseases

Cross-border Ebola threat sparks Africa CDC alert as SA urged vigilance

19 May 2026

Leadership, transparency and culture shifts are key to improving public sector healthcare quality

Public Health

Leadership, transparency and culture shifts are key to improving public sector healthcare quality

Issued by COHSASA 23 Apr 2026

Healthcare

CSSD: No margin for error in today's health facilities

29 Sep 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Hospital Groups

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Issued by COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

New training manual emphasises importance of cleaning to fight infection in healthcare facilities

Education & Training

New training manual emphasises importance of cleaning to fight infection in healthcare facilities

7 May 2021

How Covid-19 has changed our thinking

Covid-19

How Covid-19 has changed our thinking

Issued by Strategic Business Services 19 Mar 2021

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Hospital Groups

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Issued by COHSASA 26 Nov 2020

Worried about Covid risk on a flight? Here's what you can do to protect yourself - and how airlines can step up

Travel

Worried about Covid risk on a flight? Here's what you can do to protect yourself - and how airlines can step up

Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castill 24 Nov 2020

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, Pfizer South Africa

Public Health

Antimicrobial resistance - a threat to modern health

20 Nov 2020

A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Public Health

Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health facilities

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

Evidence that Covid-19 may be airborne

Covid-19

Evidence that Covid-19 may be airborne

8 Jul 2020

Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes

Jako Nice 15 Jun 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

Covid-19

Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

Community members wearing protective face masks as they queue for aid in Zandspruit informal settlement, north of Johannesburg. Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

African countries are moving to make masks mandatory: key questions answered

Shaheen Mehtar, Lucille Blumberg, Marc Mendelson 6 May 2020

Pop-up pediatric Covid-19 unit opens in Paarl

Covid-19

Pop-up pediatric Covid-19 unit opens in Paarl

Issued by Jenny Griesel Communications 5 May 2020

Nurses and midwives can make a significant impact in managing and preventing the leading causes of death. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Africa can and must do more to support nurses and midwives

Pauline Bakibinga 16 Apr 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Public Health

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Pharmaceuticals

Antibiotics: interplay between humans, animals and the environment is key

Sabiha Essack 28 Nov 2019

Infectious Diseases

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Vosloorus hospital confirms Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak

Infectious Diseases

Vosloorus hospital confirms Klebsiella pneumonia outbreak

23 Aug 2018

Botswana: Jwaneng Mine Hospital celebrates special quality improvement milestone

Hospital Groups

Botswana: Jwaneng Mine Hospital celebrates special quality improvement milestone

Issued by COHSASA 3 Jul 2018

Improving practices and reducing the risk of SSIs in African hospitals

Medical Research

Improving practices and reducing the risk of SSIs in African hospitals

7 Mar 2018

Dr Justin Gavanescu, general manager of Netcare Milpark Hospital, and Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana, president and CEO of Kiara Health, distributors of the Xenex

Hospital Groups

Netcare employs bots in war against superbugs

5 Dec 2017

#AntibioticAwareness: Misuse threatens antimicrobial effectiveness

Hospital Groups

#AntibioticAwareness: Misuse threatens antimicrobial effectiveness

13 Nov 2017

Source: Medihow

Healthcare

Hand hygiene helps prevent antimicrobial-resistant infections

5 May 2017

Infection prevention and control management of Mediclinic Cape Town receives Quality Award

Hospital Groups

Infection prevention and control management of Mediclinic Cape Town receives Quality Award

Issued by COHSASA 20 Apr 2017

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

HIV/AIDS

Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme

9 Mar 2017

New hospital at the heart of future medical precinct

Hospital Groups

New hospital at the heart of future medical precinct

24 Nov 2016

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

Hospital Groups

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

15 Nov 2016

[#WomenInBiz] Physician heal thyself, Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

Tuberculosis

[#WomenInBiz] Physician heal thyself, Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

Nicci Botha 17 Aug 2015

Infectious Diseases

New self-study book emphasises the importance of disease control

4 Nov 2014

False alarm of Ebola virus in SA

Administration

False alarm of Ebola virus in SA

15 Aug 2014

Public Health

Superbugs on the rise in Canadian hospitals

11 Nov 2008