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Africa innovates medical diagnostic solutions
[Ilk-nür Hendricks] Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears 25% of the world's disease burden, yet has only 3% of the world's doctors... read


Medical
Radiation therapy training centre ready for African continent
In collaboration between Elekta and Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), a new radiation therapy training centre has been opened... read
Cardiology
Strong relationship between mental illness, cardiovascular disease
Mental illness and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are major causes of health problems worldwide and locally... read
CSI
Kidzpositive receives support from Rebosis Property Fund
Western Cape-based non-profit organisation, Kidzpositive, says the growing misconception that South Africa's HIV/Aids pandemic is under control amid a national roll-out of anti-retroviral drugs is leading to a worrying decrease in aid funding from abroad... read
AfroCentric Health supports black-owned enterprises
AfroCentric Health, the supplier of sustainable health solutions, recently announced its support of a number of black-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating within the healthcare sector... read
Oncology
Not everything gives you cancer, but eating too much processed meat certainly can

Bernard Stewart

On Monday, 26 October, the cancer arm of the The World Health Organization released its evaluation on how likely red and processed meats are to cause cancer. read
Pharmaceuticals
IP abuse threatens access to affordable medicines
The vital role that generic medicines play in controlling costs and enabling access to affordable, life-saving medicines is being threatened by big pharmaceutical companies' abuse of intellectual property rights... read
Public Health
Clinic-in-a-Box wins MyWorld of Tomorrow innovation award
Resolve Capacity has won the Corporate Innovation Award at the 2015 MyWorld of Tomorrow SA Innovation Awards for its Clinic-in-a-Box... read
Universal health care is a tall order given southern Africa's poor finances

Erica Penfold

Creating universal health care will have different challenges for each country depending on their economic strength, relationships with donors, and their government's investment into the health sector... read
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