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“Early cervical cancer detection enables women to receive appropriate medical care, leading to better survival rates," says Profmed’s Dr Moratwe Masima. Image supplied.

Oncology

Cervical cancer | Profmed’s Dr Moratwe Masima on prioritising prevention

Maroefah Smith 1 day

Image credit: Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition on Unsplash

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Birth control in Africa: study tracks the use of long-acting contraception in 26 countries

Obasanjo Bolarinwa 4 Sep 2025

Medtech

Empowering youth: New B-Wise app takes health services to your fingertips

29 Nov 2024

Healthcare

The key role of pharmacy clinics in South Africa's evolving healthcare system

7 Nov 2024

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Healthcare

MomConnect celebrates 10 years of transforming maternal and child health in SA

17 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Alucia Mabunda, campus head at IIE Rosebank College Nelson Mandela Bay.

Healthcare

Infertility in the workplace: Navigating challenges, staying the course

6 Aug 2024

SA parents embrace global opportunities with new education trend

Distance Learning

SA parents embrace global opportunities with new education trend

10 Jul 2024

Howard Audio teams with In Bloom to bring awareness on gender issues

Production

Howard Audio teams with In Bloom to bring awareness on gender issues

Issued by Howard Audio 13 Mar 2024

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Property

The global rise of female property investors

21 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Pfizer and Unjani team with Sister Happiness.

Facilities & Property Management

Pfizer and Unjani open Daggafontein clinic

5 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Seithati Molefi, deputy chief-of-party at Right to Care.

Women's Health

Let's talk about sex that is safe and satisfying

Seithati Molefi 16 Aug 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms Lauryn Hill to headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival

Events

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms Lauryn Hill to headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Jul 2023

#BehindtheSelfie: Alexander Leibner, founder of Sandton Media Group

Media

#BehindtheSelfie: Alexander Leibner, founder of Sandton Media Group

15 Jun 2023

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Marketing

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

HIV/AIDS

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

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

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Healthcare

Shifting power and advancing equity in global reproductive health and development

Katja Hamilton 24 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Modern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

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Labour Law

How to respond to unfair discrimination based on pregnancy

Nivaani Moodley, Joani van Vuuren and Jamie Jacobs 1 Nov 2022

Making a real difference in the lives of South African working women this Women's Month

Wellness

Making a real difference in the lives of South African working women this Women's Month

Issued by JNPR 14 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Thato Mabudusha Schermer, co-founder and chief executive officer at Zoie Health.

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Digital women's health and wellness clinic - created by women, for women of Africa

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2022

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

Health & Social Welfare

Rhiza Babuyile opens R5m community clinic in Diepsloot

8 Jul 2022

New app brings quality affordable healthcare to the nation

Medtech

New app brings quality affordable healthcare to the nation

3 May 2022

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Unintended pregnancy rates are highest in Africa: a look at the complex reasons

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Apr 2022

Public Health

Family Planning 2030 announces new regional-hub nerve centre

30 Mar 2022

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2022

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Women's Health

Innovative programmes needed to address women's healthcare in Africa

19 Oct 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gates Foundation makes $2.1bn commitment at Generation Equality Forum

1 Jul 2021

Covid third wave concerns - Sapics highlights medical oxygen supply chain challenges

Supply Chain

Covid third wave concerns - Sapics highlights medical oxygen supply chain challenges

17 May 2021

A tribute to a giant in the palliative care community

Palliative care

A tribute to a giant in the palliative care community

Issued by MANGO-OMC 19 Mar 2021

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

Awards

10th Annual Social Innovation Awards winners announced

10 Feb 2021

A woman gets her blood pressure checked at a camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images

Women's Health

How Nigeria can break the culture of silence around women's reproductive illnesses

Oludoyinmola Omobolade Ojifinni 31 Aug 2020

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Online Media

The 'new normal' of media spend in a Covid-19 world

Amanda Rogaly 18 May 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

NHI

What NHI might look like for the average South African

Brian Ruff 20 Feb 2020

HIV/AIDS

South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Ute Feuch & Jeannette Wessels 9 Jan 2020

Women and girls in Gayo village, Ehtiopia collect water from a rain water pool which is purified with tablets before use. Shutterstock

Public Health

Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

Alex Ezeh 12 Nov 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Medtech

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

Dr Tshepo Motsepe

Public Health

Africa-Asia partner to improve healthcare

20 Mar 2019

Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men. Shutterstock

Women's Health

Malawi's health system puts women first. This isn't always a good thing

Kathryn Dovel, Morna Cornell, Sara Yeatman & Steph 20 Feb 2019

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

Alex Ezeh 28 Sep 2018

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

Public Health

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

17 Jul 2018

Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Oprah to appear at Global Citizen Festival in South Africa

Events

Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Oprah to appear at Global Citizen Festival in South Africa

9 Jul 2018

ESG & Sustainability

How storytelling rocked behaviour change in Bali

Lynn Joffe 10 May 2018

20 out of 65 Seedstars Summit finalists from Africa

Tech Startups

20 out of 65 Seedstars Summit finalists from Africa

Ilse van den Berg 11 Apr 2018