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Intercare Silver Lakes Medical and Dental Centre relocates to Linton's Corner

Healthcare

Intercare Silver Lakes Medical and Dental Centre relocates to Linton's Corner

Issued by Intercare 22 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Retail

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Logistics & Transport

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Amadou Diallo 19 Feb 2024

Latest staff appointments at City Lodge Hotels

Tourism & Travel

Latest staff appointments at City Lodge Hotels

Issued by City Lodge Hotel 12 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group chief technology director at Afrocentric Group.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: The only constant is change - healthcare technology trends

Avsharn Bachoo 16 Jan 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Healthcare

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

Healthcare

#HIVToday: Urgent action needed for high incidence among MSM

Hans Croukamp 20 Jul 2023

Healthcare

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Healthcare

Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Hans Croukamp, bioLytical Laboratories' chief operating officer.

Healthcare

#HIVToday: The company that's empowering South African youth with rapid HIV self testing

Katja Hamilton 21 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Surgeons must tackle three global health challenges to save lives

Tony Moran 6 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Cervical cancer can be beaten - the key is vaccinating young girls

Lynette Denny 11 Apr 2023

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Healthcare

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Issued by CANSA 3 Mar 2023

Healthcare

Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund

Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022

Healthcare

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

ESG & Sustainability

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Pivotal local research on antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals begins in earnest

22 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Experts pave the way for safer surgery to address global elective waiting lists

1 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Linda-Gail Bekker, professor of medicine and chief executive officer at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation.

Healthcare

Decades of research make PrEP against HIV a reality for South Africa

25 Oct 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Construction & Engineering

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Myrna Sachs, head of AlexForbes Health Management.

Finance

South Africa sees increase in insurance claims by incapacitated employees

6 Oct 2022

Intercare Linden Medical and Dental Centre now open

Healthcare

Intercare Linden Medical and Dental Centre now open

Issued by Intercare 6 Sep 2022

The shock of 134,500 Covid orphans in South Africa

Legal

The shock of 134,500 Covid orphans in South Africa

Issued by Capital Legacy 30 Mar 2022

Teens and Instagram: Practical steps parents can take to help teens navigate Instagram safely

Marketing & Media

Teens and Instagram: Practical steps parents can take to help teens navigate Instagram safely

Carey van Vlaanderen, Issued by ESET 17 Mar 2022

Image source: shutter_speed from

Legal

Rapid Antigen Testing price lowered following Competition Commission investigation

24 Dec 2021

Healthcare

HFA hits back amid PCR-test price storm

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2021

Healthcare

PCR test prices hit record-low reduction in South Africa

13 Dec 2021

Source: ©mark admas

Healthcare

Is the NHI Bill fit for purpose?

29 Sep 2021

Soource: ©Ratthaphon Bunmi

Healthcare

Investigating postoperative deaths in Africa

30 Aug 2021

Source: ©Franco Volpato

Finance

Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Healthcare

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Healthcare

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

Healthcare

Vaccinations will open up the country and our economy

4 Jun 2021

Youth to 'draw the line' against malaria

Marketing & Media

Youth to 'draw the line' against malaria

3 Jun 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Healthcare

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Futuristic computer game hopes to be tonic for climate change anxiety

ESG & Sustainability

Futuristic computer game hopes to be tonic for climate change anxiety

Kim Harrisberg 11 May 2021

Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth

Healthcare

Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth

Sonia Elks 6 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Mykola Samoilenko/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

Healthcare

New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression'

Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Healthcare

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Healthcare

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started Covid-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

Keymanthri Moodley & Theresa Rossouw 10 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Healthcare

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Agriculture

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021

Hand hygiene is important to fight Covid-19 but how can you do that without water. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Covid-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern African scientists

Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

Retail

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021