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Source: Unicef.

Healthcare

#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2024

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

ESG & Sustainability

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

Mtchera Chirwa 25 Oct 2023

Bonitas balancing increases with value and sustainability

Healthcare

Bonitas balancing increases with value and sustainability

Issued by Bonitas 11 Oct 2023

How to feel good with food

Healthcare

How to feel good with food

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Healthcare

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

Bonitas 2022: Annual results show steady growth and industry-leading financials

Healthcare

Bonitas 2022: Annual results show steady growth and industry-leading financials

Issued by Bonitas 24 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Healthcare

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Integrated chronic care actively reducing the burden of chronic disease

14 Feb 2023

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Healthcare

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Tom Nyirenda 20 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Patient malnutrition on the rise in SA's hospitals - health sector players urged to act

12 Oct 2022

Source: FreePik.

Healthcare

Council for Medical Schemes recommends capping 2023 medical aid increases

Paresh Prema 10 Aug 2022

Finance

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Healthcare Management Masterclass Series 2022

Education

Healthcare Management Masterclass Series 2022

Issued by Regent Business School 13 May 2022

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Healthcare

Medical scheme consolidation a notable trend

29 Oct 2021

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Healthcare

Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

27 Oct 2021

Healthcare

#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

Healthcare

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

People wait for care at a Kenyan clinic. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

Healthcare

Why Kenya's pro-poor health financing reforms miss their mark

Edwine Barasa & Evelyn Kabia 23 Oct 2020

Scientists around Africa are working at the cutting edge of research and their work is relevant beyond the continent. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world

Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020

Older people in urban informal settlements live in poor socioeconomic conditions. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Healthcare

Combating lifestyle diseases can make a big difference in the lives of older people

Razak M Gyasi 12 Oct 2020

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

ESG & Sustainability

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 23 Sep 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone. Steven Rubin

Healthcare

Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health

Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020

Healthcare

SAHPRA extends Keytruda approval to lung and bladder cancer treatment

2 Sep 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

People observing social distancing as they queue for mass testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus in a Nairobi suburb. (Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images)

Healthcare

What Kenya must look out for before easing Covid-19 restrictions

Mark Nanyingi 2 Jun 2020

Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images

Energy & Mining

Health and safety in the spotlight as South Africa's miners go back to work

Nancy Coulson & Nicola Christofides 7 May 2020

Futurist, Marius Oosthuizen

Finance

The economic impacts and prospects of Covid-19

25 Mar 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Healthcare

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

#BizTrends2020: Where tech will take healthcare

Nicci Botha 8 Jan 2020

Healthcare

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

HIV-infected and exposed children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Children and HIV: what we found about vaccine-preventable diseases

Olatunji Adetokunboh 9 Dec 2019

Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

Healthcare

Ebola one year on: the wins, the setbacks, and the way forward

Shirin Ashraf & Emma Thomson 30 Sep 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Dr Anchen Laubscher, group medical director of Netcare

Healthcare

Keeping the patient at the centre of care

3 Sep 2019

Women and girls on the move are often framed as victims. Shutterstock

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Southern Africa needs better healthcare for women and girls on the move

Rebecca Walker and Jo Vearey 5 Aug 2019

Southern Africa needs better health care for women and girls on the move

ESG & Sustainability

Southern Africa needs better health care for women and girls on the move

Rebecca Walker and Jo Vearey 2 Aug 2019

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Agriculture

Why food safety in Africa's informal markets must be driven by consumers

Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Healthcare

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019