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Surgical Procedures

Operation Smile to perform 25 surgeries in 2 days

42 minutes

Breaking the HIV bottleneck: Why sub-Saharan Africa must lead the way

HIV/AIDS

Breaking the HIV bottleneck: Why sub-Saharan Africa must lead the way

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Jun 2025

South African innovation in action: E Squared Investments backs medtech startup Impulse Biomedical

Medtech

South African innovation in action: E Squared Investments backs medtech startup Impulse Biomedical

Issued by JNPR 21 May 2025

Source: © UMK UMK in the Northern Cape

Sustainability

Compliance not enough, environmental regulations must be surpassed

Joe Mosupyoe, 27 Mar 2025

Source: Global NCD Alliance Forum.

Healthcare

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

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Sanofi.

Pharmaceuticals

From Singapore to the world: Sanofi's new plant eyes global vaccine challenges

Katja Hamilton 27 Nov 2024

While warmer weather might seem beneficial for crops like grapes, which can thrive in higher temperatures, the implications are more complex. Archive photo supplied.

Climate Change

How climate change threatens South Africa’s wine industry

Cole Potgieter, Aisling de Lange and Neil Thomas Stacey 2 Oct 2024

Ivory seized in the United States. Photo Credit: Gavin Shire / US Fish and Wildlife Service on Flickr ()

Environment & Natural Resources

Using carbon dating to stop elephant and rhino poaching

Cole Potgieter 25 Sep 2024

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Data & Analytics

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Finalists selected for inaugural Bio Centrifuge Africa competition

Higher Education

Finalists selected for inaugural Bio Centrifuge Africa competition

Issued by Eduvos 11 Jul 2024

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Higher Education

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Issued by Eduvos 21 May 2024

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Primary & Secondary Education

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Imran Salie 2 Apr 2024

6 UCT scholars secure Oxford University opportunity with Rhodes Scholarships

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

6 UCT scholars secure Oxford University opportunity with Rhodes Scholarships

23 Nov 2023

Source: Derrick Akpalu, co-founder and chief executive officer of Revna Biosciences.

Oncology

RevnaBio revolutionises cancer diagnostics in West Africa with advanced molecular testing

2 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Health workers conduct Hepatitis test during the celebration of World Hepatitis Day at Remera health centre

PR & Communications

#WPRD2023: Rwanda harnesses PR in the fight against NCD

17 Jul 2023

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced

Construction & Engineering

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced

12 Jun 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

Covid-19

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Environment & Natural Resources

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Issued by Stone 6 Apr 2023

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

4th Industrial Revolution

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

Jordan Richard Schoenherr< 6 Mar 2023

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Energy

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Neil Thomas Stacey 9 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Thumbi Ndung’u is the new co-chair of the International Aids Society's 'Towards an HIV Cure' advisory board.

HIV/AIDS

Towards an HIV cure: UKZN scientist takes on new role

2 Jun 2022

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

ICT

Government to look at 3D-printed houses and space as part of big tech revolution

24 Jan 2022

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Introducing age reversal as South Africa's new therapeutic frontier

Katja Hamilton 5 Jan 2022

Source: ©vivilweb

Medical Research

State-of-the-art facility for SA biomedical sector

Prof Petro Terblanche 7 Sep 2021

Source ©morganka

Public Health

Changing organ donation perceptions

3 Sep 2021

Some of the most vulnerable are yet to receive their first dose. Hanna Kuprevich/Alamy Stock Photo

Covid-19

Covid-19: WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots - is it justifiable?

Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson & Julian Savulescu 16 Aug 2021

Alexandra Miszewski

Social Entrepreneurship

#WomensMonth: Alexandra Miszewski's bold vision for business

Evan-Lee Courie 9 Aug 2021

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Design & Manufacturing

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

Source: ©:Puwadol Jaturawutthichai

Tuberculosis

TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 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

Covid-19

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

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Family members of Covid-19 infected patients stand in a queue with empty oxygen cylinders outside the oxygen filling centre in New Delhi, India. Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

It's possible to build stronger systems to deliver oxygen: here's what it takes

Hamish Graham & Adegoke Falade 10 May 2021

Ikateleng helping students get distinctions

Higher Education

Ikateleng helping students get distinctions

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 21 Apr 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Covid-19

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Covid-19

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Issued by Daikin 14 Dec 2020

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Hospital Groups

Top hospital in Rwanda accredited for 4 years

Issued by COHSASA 26 Nov 2020

Top SA environmental research centre faces funding crisis

Environment & Natural Resources

Top SA environmental research centre faces funding crisis

Sarah Wild 7 Oct 2020

Professor Gerhard Walzl. Image: Twitter

Tuberculosis

Study to evaluate new TB diagnostic tests and treatments

9 Sep 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

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Medical Research

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020