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Breaking the silence on vulval cancer

Oncology

Breaking the silence on vulval cancer

Issued by CANSA 18 Aug 2026

Women's Health

#WomensMonth | A little reminder to book that Pap smear this Women’s Month

Chloe Posthumus 18 Aug 2026

South African cancer researchers unite to turn knowledge into impact

Medical Research

South African cancer researchers unite to turn knowledge into impact

Issued by CANSA 17 Aug 2026

Preventing cervical cancer starts early

Oncology

Preventing cervical cancer starts early

Issued by CANSA 27 Feb 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Oncology

Why SA needs an HIV-responsive, equity-centred cervical cancer elimination strategy

Zwelethu Bashman and Dr Ntombi Sigwebela 26 Jan 2026

Merilynn Steenkamp, Roche Diagnostics. Image supplied.

Oncology

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month | Roche’s Merilynn Steenkamp: Screening key to elimination

Merilynn Steenkamp 22 Jan 2026

“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 13 Oct 2025

Healthcare

Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Public Health

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Issued by CANSA 4 Mar 2025

Source: Roche Diagnostics Group site in South Africa.

Healthcare

Roche champions equitable healthcare across Africa

Katja Hamilton 27 Aug 2024

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Women's Health

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Issued by CANSA 15 Aug 2024

Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Public Health

Fatal diphtheria outbreak claims inmate's life in Western Cape prison

10 Nov 2023

Public Health

Cervical cancer screening tools reach low and lower-middle income countries

19 Jun 2023

Public Health

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

Lynette Denny 11 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Condoms ineffective against preventing STDs, research shows

21 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Early cervical cancer detection is saving lives

22 Sep 2022

Source: ©supplied. Prof Lynette Denny

Women's Health

UCT Prof receives Order of the Baobab (Silver) for cervical cancer work in SA

22 Nov 2021

Source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

Primary & Secondary Education

Amended 2021 school calendar will be retained

30 Aug 2021

A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: the gaps, and how to fix them

Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021

Kenya’s health minister Mutahi Kagwe next to the country’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/Daniel Irungu

Covid-19

The ins and outs of Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan

Catherine Kyobutungi 8 Mar 2021

Muizenberg beach is eerily quiet on a hot summer’s day, 29 December 2020. If we want to save lives and life to go back to normal we need to embrace vaccines.

Covid-19

Here's how to fight anti-vaccine propaganda

GroundUp Editors 13 Jan 2021

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Covid-19

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

Cancer cases are on the rise in many parts of the continent. CI concept/Shutterstock

Oncology

What needs to happen for better cancer prevention and control in Kenya

Gershim Asiki 3 Feb 2020

Kenya launched HPV immunisation programme

Oncology

Kenya launched HPV immunisation programme

24 Oct 2019

Billion Photos/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles epidemic: parents reluctant to vaccinate their children need to hear of the horrors of forgotten diseases

Sarah Pitt 2 Sep 2019

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Public Health

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

Cervical cancer is third-biggest killer among young women. Pittawut

Women's Health

Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began - first findings

Kevin Pollock 9 Apr 2019

Photo: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Medical Research

Study: Vaccines prevent death and alleviate poverty

19 Feb 2018

IUDs lower risk of getting cervical cancer

Medical Research

IUDs lower risk of getting cervical cancer

10 Nov 2017

Immunisation and saving lives

Infectious Diseases

Immunisation and saving lives

26 Oct 2017

Photo: PRI/Stephane de Sakutin

HIV/AIDS

KZN kicks off chronic care programme for HIV patients

9 Oct 2017

Paediatricians back HPV vaccine

Oncology

Paediatricians back HPV vaccine

29 May 2017

Source: Bhekisisa/Marina Bazo

Public Health

Is 'all-in-one healthcare' a dream?

Mia Malan 16 May 2017

(L-R): Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, Medical Director, Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology,Heidelberg University Hospital; Elkanah Omenge Orang'o of Moi University, Nairobi; and Hermann Bussmann, Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Design

How design thinking can save lives

30 Mar 2017

HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

Paediatrics

HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex

Nicci Botha 13 Mar 2017

Vaccine 90-100% effective against HPV

Medical Research

Vaccine 90-100% effective against HPV

1 Mar 2017

Africa 'Polio Free' campaign gains momentum

Advertising

Africa 'Polio Free' campaign gains momentum

29 Apr 2016

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

Public Health

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Fighting HPV and cervical cancer in Africa

28 Apr 2016

Pap smear overtaken by HPV screening

Women's Health

Pap smear overtaken by HPV screening

12 Jan 2016

September is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month - take that test

Oncology

September is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month - take that test

10 Sep 2015

HPV as common in men as women

Infectious Diseases

HPV as common in men as women

28 Jul 2015

Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers

Medical Research

Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers

25 Jun 2015

Single dose of vaccine may prevent cervical cancer

Women's Health

Single dose of vaccine may prevent cervical cancer

17 Jun 2015

Multi-strain vaccine for HPV, suitable for girls, boys, women, men

Infectious Diseases

Multi-strain vaccine for HPV, suitable for girls, boys, women, men

28 Jul 2014

Women's Health

GSK, GAVI Alliance to supply HPV vaccine to poor countries

9 May 2013

Oncology

Foundation launches CSI programmes to support cancer facilities

11 Feb 2013

Women's Health

Cost of cervical cancer vaccinations must come down in SA

4 Feb 2013