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Education & Training

How training and recruitment can transform patient safety in South Africa

2 days

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Women's Health

Gates Foundation leads charge into women’s health with unprecedented $2.5bn fund

8 Aug 2025

Dihlabeng Mall’s community campaign attracts global recognition

Retailers

Dihlabeng Mall’s community campaign attracts global recognition

Issued by Taryn Louch Creative 9 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 2025

Tamsyn Lunt, director of Product Growth at Plentify

Employee Wellness

Unpacking progressive parental leave policies with Plentify's Tamsyn Lunt

Shan Radcliffe 28 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO: HealthAI.

Healthcare

The rise of AI in LMICs: A new era for global healthcare

Ricardo Baptista Leite 17 Mar 2025

JTI South Africa wins Top Employer award for 2025

Recruitment

JTI South Africa wins Top Employer award for 2025

Issued by JTI 29 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Head of the Cape Town Infusion Centre, Sister Karin Davidson.

Public Health

The global burden of anaemia

10 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

New partnership allows parents to keep their child’s health data from birth

1 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

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

17 Oct 2024

Dihlabeng Mall launches Your Story is Our Story campaign; celebrating community unity

Retail Marketing

Dihlabeng Mall launches Your Story is Our Story campaign; celebrating community unity

17 Oct 2024

What every expectant parent needs to know about maternity and newborn care cover, Medshield

Medical Aid

What every expectant parent needs to know about maternity and newborn care cover, Medshield

Issued by Stone 6 Sep 2024

Infectious Diseases

WHO: Governments urged to prioritise hepatitis testing, treatment

30 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

Game and Makro launch ‘Little One’ nappies

FMCG

Game and Makro launch ‘Little One’ nappies

1 Mar 2024

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Summer holiday planning tips

Travel

Summer holiday planning tips

Issued by Irvine Partners 10 Aug 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

Women's Health

World Patient Day focuses on safe and respectful childbirth

17 Sep 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

#MusicExchange: Sasha-Lee Davids returns to the spotlight with new single, online concert

Music

#MusicExchange: Sasha-Lee Davids returns to the spotlight with new single, online concert

Martin Myers 23 Feb 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

FMCG

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

Professor Adrie Bekker

HIV/AIDS

Study investigates best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV

27 Nov 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Medical Research

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Exposure to sunshine for a few minutes is enough to provide sufficient vitamin D. GettyImages

Medical Research

Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again

Reagan Mogire 29 Jun 2020

#StartupStory: Create memories forever with ForKeeps

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Create memories forever with ForKeeps

Evan-Lee Courie 15 Apr 2020

Paediatrics

Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria

19 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Infectious Diseases

Health implements plan to contain CRE outbreak

23 Jan 2020

Giving pregnant women antibiotics could harm the lungs of preemies, according to study in mice

Medical Research

Giving pregnant women antibiotics could harm the lungs of preemies, according to study in mice

Kent Willis 23 Dec 2019

Only one third of women in Madagascar get prenatal care in the first trimester. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Madagascar trial: how a simple pregnancy test can change lives

Alison B Comfort 3 Oct 2019

International migrants often struggle to access healthcare. Shutterstock

Public Health

Migrants must be part of South Africa's universal health plan. Here's why

Sasha Frade & Jo Vearey 30 Jul 2019

Marketing

One-on-one coaching - Marketing, advertising, PR, boards

Chris Moerdyk 25 Apr 2019

Human milk banks collect, pasteurise, test, store, and distribute donated breastmilk. NataBU/Shutterstock

Public Health

Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank - a rarity in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 23 Apr 2019

Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Infectious Diseases

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

Christine Stabell Benn 15 Jan 2019

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki eyes growth in South Africa

Retailers

Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki eyes growth in South Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 20 Dec 2018

Human touch is the strongest element in AI

Technology

Human touch is the strongest element in AI

9 Nov 2018

2018 MMA SA Smarties Marketer of the Year award went to Unilever. Image supplied.

Digital

2018 MMA SA Smarties winners announced

5 Nov 2018

HIV/AIDS

ARVs and children: new research shows the devastating impact of a late start

Mary-Ann Davies and Amy Slogrove 1 Aug 2018

SA must focus on its kids to meet UNSDG targets

Health & Social Welfare

SA must focus on its kids to meet UNSDG targets

Winnie Sambu and Lucy Jamieson 27 Jun 2018

Why manufacturing a key vaccine in South Africa is so important

Infectious Diseases

Why manufacturing a key vaccine in South Africa is so important

David Walwyn 19 Apr 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Health & Safety

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak reveals SA's need for a designated food control agency

Health & Safety

Listeriosis outbreak reveals SA's need for a designated food control agency

31 Jan 2018

We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

HIV/AIDS

We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV

Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Agriculture

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Eddie Nsabimana 25 Dec 2017

Photo: Foodessence

Healthcare

Listeriosis outbreak: What you need to know

13 Dec 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

Public Health

Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

27 Feb 2017