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EDWARD PARKER
In the final weeks of 2019, a virus slipped furtively from animal to human somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This inauspicious moment marked the sounding of a starting pistol, unheard at first but now echoing deafeningly across the globe. The race to stop a pandemic had begun... read
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The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa's most populous nation to be declared a national health emergency because of its severity...read
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REBECCA HODES
Much of what we know about human history comes from studying things that have been discarded. The archaeology of dumpsites and middens has long informed us about societies and their pasts...read
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HIV/AIDS
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An HIV vaccine trial that started in 2016 in South Africa was halted in February 2020. The study sponsors made the call after interim results showed that the vaccine, known as HVTN 702, did not prevent HIV... Read
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Chronic Diseases
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MARTIN HEINE
The burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan African is growing because of factors such as demographic changes and increases in life expectancy... Read
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Dentistry
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MANOGARI CHETTY
Genetic and genomic research has improved our understanding of the genetic origin of growth, development and disease and affects all areas of healthcare... Read
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Medical Aid
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A ruling by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) opens up the potential for members to demand that their medical aid pays for any drug or medical care deemed necessary by a doctor to treat any disease that falls under PMB basket of care... Read
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Mental health
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ISSUED BY CIPLA
Cipla Medpro South Africa recently concluded an exclusive agreement securing originator and authorised generic brands of an atypical antipsychotic drug, Quetiapine... Read
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RUTH COOPER
The eighth instalment of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair recently ran at the CTICC. We got in touch with Investec Cape Town Art Fair art fair director Laura Vincenti to find out what goes into putting on an event of this scale, cultivating a Pan-African dialogue and art trends for the year ahead... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa... Read
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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, offers insight into how technology and education can help economic growth in Africa... Read
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Google announced a $1m pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy and launched a child online safety programme, Be Internet Awesome... Read
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South Africa's retail trade sales dropped by 0,4% year-on-year in December 2019, according to Statistics South Africa. Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Cape Town-based startup, Creative Crafting Club is the brainchild of sisters, Christelle Janse van Rensburg and Stefanie de Wet... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Imagine this...you're 16 years old, you're in Grade 10 and you're sitting in a classroom and all of a sudden an idea comes to mind... Read
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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, elaborates on HP's efforts in cultivating entrepreneurship and women empowerment through technology... Read
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