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Medtech

How AI, wearable tech and data are transforming health decisions

Justin Beswick 27 Aug 2025

Image credit: Cora Pursley on Dupe Photos

Nutrition

Veganism could tackle Africa's food, health challenges

14 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied.

Mental health

Mental health tips: Enhancing well-being for aspiring doctors

27 May 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

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Medtech

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Issued by Zebra Medical 23 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

How Afrocentric's Aid for Aids programme is transforming HIV care in South Africa

13 Dec 2024

Healthcare

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

7 Nov 2024

Healthcare

Africa Health Congress tackles mental health crisis among healthcare workers

11 Oct 2024

Source: © LIA Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai secured its third Bronze at the LIA. Pictured is its campaign ProtcTasbih for Saudi

Advertising

Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai adds to its tally at the LIA, MullenLowe Mena, Dubai also awarded

9 Oct 2024

Medtech

Technology - enabling a life of mobility, without limitations

15 Jul 2024

Source: GEHealthCare.

Pharmaceuticals

GE HealthCare and Daktari Africa collaborate to enhance cardiovascular care in Kenya

3 Jun 2024

Ogilvy launches pioneering health influencer offering in South Africa

Digital

Ogilvy launches pioneering health influencer offering in South Africa

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 13 May 2024

Source: Supplied.

Oncology

GE HealthCare and RSNA partner to combat breast cancer in Tanzania

29 Apr 2024

Source: Pexels.

Palliative care

Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA's public health system

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2024

Source: 123RF/svershinsky

Public Health

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Source: Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly: Inaugural US telehealth platform delivers weight-loss drugs

4 Jan 2024

Medtech

Revolutionising healthcare: Embracing AI for seamless patient recovery and business growth in the digital era

Deon Buhrs 1 Jan 2024

Medtech

AI's role in imaging and diagnostics: Insights abound as Africa Health Congress 2023 kicks off

17 Oct 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Exodus of SA doctors and nurses places more responsibility on pharmacists

29 Sep 2023

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Women's Health

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Issued by A Better World Network 15 Sep 2023

Medshield: Understanding different types of non-cancerous breast lumps

Women's Health

Medshield: Understanding different types of non-cancerous breast lumps

Issued by Stone 8 Aug 2023

Image source: tumsasedgars –

Labour Law

Too sick to work, but well enough to march? Not so fast...

Johan Botes 26 Jul 2023

Public Health

OHSC welcomes appointment of new health ombud

5 Jun 2023

#StartupStory: Eagle Intelligent Health, connecting patients with doctors virtually

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Eagle Intelligent Health, connecting patients with doctors virtually

Imran Salie 9 May 2023

Palliative care can extend life

Palliative care

Palliative care can extend life

Issued by Association of Palliative Care Centres (APCC) 5 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Akram Bouchenaki, chief executive officer of Abdul Latif Jameel Health; Maryam Ziaei, founder and chief executive officer of iSono Health, and Shadi Saberi at Arab Health.

Healthcare

World first | AI-driven 3D breast ultrasounds

3 Feb 2023

Source: iStock.

Healthcare

New World Economic Forum report addresses workforce shortages in the face of economic crises

10 Jan 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Advocating for medication safety

Bada Pharasi 16 Sep 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Hospital Groups

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Issued by COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Vuyane Mhlomi.

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Hospital teams to deliver remote, at-home, vital-sign monitoring

Dr Vuyane Mhlomi 7 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied

Hospital Groups

Alberton's new hospital taking shape

6 Dec 2021

Transform customer experience with AI-powered intelligent decision-making

Marketing

Transform customer experience with AI-powered intelligent decision-making

Issued by GfK South Africa 30 Nov 2021

The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?

4th Industrial Revolution

The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?

Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Paul Haskell-Dowland 24 Nov 2021

Source: supplied.

Noncommunicable diseases

Africa's first public health state-of-the-art diabetes centre opens

15 Nov 2021

Source: ©Shannon Fagan

Healthcare

Hospital-at-Home: the new heartbeat of healthcare

Dr Vuyane Mhlomi 8 Nov 2021

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Design & Manufacturing

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

Specialist cancer diagnosis and treatment centre opens in Lagos

Hospital Groups

Specialist cancer diagnosis and treatment centre opens in Lagos

4 May 2021

Wayne Miller, Zebra Technologies

Medtech

How the pandemic is transforming healthcare

Wayne Miller 15 Apr 2021

New scholarship to support doctors' certification in Lifestyle Medicine

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

New scholarship to support doctors' certification in Lifestyle Medicine

1 Apr 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

What does the proposed tobacco bill mean for vaping in SA?

Regulatory

What does the proposed tobacco bill mean for vaping in SA?

Asanda Gcoyi, Issued by Irvine Partners 22 Jan 2021

Over 1,700 health workers in the UK’s NHS said they were South African. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Education & Training

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

Rufaro Samanga 21 Jan 2021

Wildu du Plessis

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Key industry group trends in post-pandemic Africa

Wildu du Plessis 6 Jan 2021