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Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

Women's Health

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

Medtech

Telemedicine can help women get early abortions safely: South African study

22 Aug 2023

Mental health

#Budget2023: SA's mental health needs better funding

23 Feb 2023

#StartupStory

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

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Baby Abdullah born to Nastehoshuute at Heldeberg Hospital.

Public Health

New Year's Day welcomes in 175 bundles of joy

3 Jan 2022

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, South Africa, Pfizer

Nursing

#InternationalNursesDay: The backbone of SA's healthcare system

Bha Ndungane-Tlakula 12 May 2021

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth

Sonia Elks 6 May 2021

Nursing

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

14 Sep 2020

A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

10 ways South Africa can step up care for its healthcare workers

Kaymarlin Govender, Gavin George, Sean Beckett & Tim Quinlan 23 Jul 2020

A laboratory technician prepares a sample at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam. PHOTO Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Public Health

Tanzania study shows critical need to address infection control in health facilities

Jessica JC King 22 Jul 2020

Nurses attend the 2015 International Nurses’ Day celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Education & Training

Beyond Florence Nightingale: how African nurses have decolonised the profession

Timothy A Carey, Agnes Binagwaho & Judy Khanyola 10 Jul 2020

A community health worker carries a box of protection masks in Dakar on April 16, 2020. JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Community health workers are crucial to pandemic response. How to support them

Anatole Manzi 29 Apr 2020

Nurses and midwives can make a significant impact in managing and preventing the leading causes of death. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Africa can and must do more to support nurses and midwives

Pauline Bakibinga 16 Apr 2020

Paediatrics

Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria

19 Mar 2020

Awards

Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge announced

5 Sep 2019

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Sasog expands its women's health programme with BetterGyn

15 Aug 2019

Women's Health

Empowering parents to enable breastfeeding

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 6 Aug 2019

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

At about 21 million strong, nurses make up half of the world’s health workforce. SIM USA/Shutterstock

Public Health

To achieve universal healthcare, Kenya must invest more in its nurses

Sharon Brownie 11 Dec 2018

Former North West premier, Supra Mahumapelo. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Public Health

Supra Mahumapelo's legacy? Closed clinics, drug shortages and millions in debt

Nelisiwe Msomi 14 Aug 2018

Public Health

Corruption in the Nigerian health sector has many faces. How to fix it

11 Jul 2018

Dr Howard Manyonga, head of The Birthing Team

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Making obstetrics a team sport

Dr Howard Manyonga 9 Jan 2018

MICE

Durbanite one of the 25 most influential people in the international meetings industry

20 Jul 2017

Medical Research

Nursing profession driving change through research and technological developments

Dr Sharon Vasuthevan 8 May 2017

Public Health

#AfricaMonth: Task shifting antidote to health worker shortage

26 May 2016

Mobile

How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia

12 Nov 2015

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Paul Mensah 6 Jul 2015

Public Health

Nurses who moonlight strain the health system

Laetitia Rispel 2 Jul 2015

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Alarmingly high C-section rate causes concern

6 Mar 2015

Cardiology

Partnership to commercialise wind-up foetal heart rate monitor

6 Oct 2014

Events & Conferencing

Health Journalism Awards finalists announced

2 Apr 2014

Administration

Progress claimed to have been made towards strengthening effectiveness of health system

19 Sep 2013

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Africa: The most dangerous place to have a baby?

11 Jul 2013

Technology

Low-cost ultrasound for moms, babies

Wilma den Hartigh 26 Feb 2013

Mobile

Etisalat shortlisted for GSMA Global Mobile Awards

11 Feb 2013

Public Health

Improvement in registration of nurses

21 Jan 2013

Public Health

'More nurses' claim challenged

14 Nov 2012

Education

2012 Women for Education prize awarded to EAST

16 Oct 2012

Hospital Groups

'Huge problems' at Baragwanath Hospital

8 Feb 2012

Women's Health

Midwife burnout poses threat to reducing maternal mortality

22 Jun 2011

Public Health

Govt working around the clock on NHI

1 Jun 2011

Paediatrics

Philips research study reveals state of health and well-being of SA mothers and their children

24 May 2011

Paediatrics

Immunisation is critical to reduce child deaths

22 Sep 2010

Paediatrics

Protect your unborn child from second-hand smoke exposure

1 Jul 2010

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Now, what would mother suggest...

17 May 2010

Women's Health

World Bank announces plan to reduce maternity deaths; fertility rates

14 May 2010

Digital

[2010 trends] Digital coming up for air

Jarred Cinman 12 Jan 2010