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An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

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Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

Dedicated website set up to address Listeriosis questions and concerns

7 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Spanish Olympic Athlete, Maria Azucena Diaz, tests the body sensors. Credit: ElPais

Top devices at Mobile World Congress

28 Feb 2018

Entrepreneur brothers look to harness AI for greater good

Entrepreneur brothers look to harness AI for greater good

26 Feb 2018

Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

20 Feb 2018

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

14 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

Tony Wood, MD, MyDawa

E-health platform MyDawa disrupting Kenya's healthcare industry

26 Jan 2018

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

Bizcommunity.com 25 Jan 2018

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

24 Jan 2018

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

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

Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

Samples of the motorcycles donated by WHO. Image: Ayodamola Owoseye. Source:

WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigeria

Ayodamola Owoseye 23 Jan 2018

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

5 Jan 2018

Antiretroviral treatment prevents the virus from multiplying and prolongs the lives of HIV positive people. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Kenya's HIV progress report: good progress, but also big gaps

Griffins Manguro 3 Jan 2018

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Eddie Nsabimana 25 Dec 2017

Oprah Winfrey. ©Sam Aronov

When science and fiction collide

15 Dec 2017

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Joon Chong and Wesley Grimm 15 Dec 2017

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Bizcommunity.com 13 Dec 2017

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

12 Dec 2017

East African pharmaceutical market set to boom

East African pharmaceutical market set to boom

4 Dec 2017

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

Photo: 10:23 campaign

Challenging bad medicine: How to use the media effectively

Nicci Botha 30 Nov 2017

Photo: New Vision

Commitment to a malaria-free Africa can't wane

29 Nov 2017

Fastjet, (Red) and Oliver Mtukudzi team up in the fight for an Aids-free generation

28 Nov 2017

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

23 Nov 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

Meet Africa's startup stars

Meet Africa's startup stars

20 Nov 2017

Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office

Bayer opens local office in Mozambique, cements presence in Africa

3 Nov 2017

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Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Spanish Olympic Athlete, Maria Azucena Diaz, tests the body sensors. Credit: ElPais

Top devices at Mobile World Congress

28 Feb 2018

Entrepreneur brothers look to harness AI for greater good

Entrepreneur brothers look to harness AI for greater good

26 Feb 2018

Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

UN warns of rising food insecurity across Africa

20 Feb 2018

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

Release of sterile mosquitoes a "publicity stunt"

14 Feb 2018

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

Solar project helps resolve power outages in Malawi hospitals

26 Jan 2018

Tony Wood, MD, MyDawa

E-health platform MyDawa disrupting Kenya's healthcare industry

26 Jan 2018

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

BizFin Focus 2018 - Attract more interest

Bizcommunity.com 25 Jan 2018

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

Journalists trained in health reporting in Sierra Leone

24 Jan 2018

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

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

Jónas Oddur Jónasson 23 Jan 2018

Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger

Heather Ohly, Nicola Lowe 23 Jan 2018

Samples of the motorcycles donated by WHO. Image: Ayodamola Owoseye. Source:

WHO donates 853 motorcycles to Nigeria

Ayodamola Owoseye 23 Jan 2018

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

Study: African surgical patients twice as likely to die

5 Jan 2018

Antiretroviral treatment prevents the virus from multiplying and prolongs the lives of HIV positive people. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Kenya's HIV progress report: good progress, but also big gaps

Griffins Manguro 3 Jan 2018

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Government bans livestock, agriculture imports from South Africa over Listeriosis

Eddie Nsabimana 25 Dec 2017

Oprah Winfrey. ©Sam Aronov

When science and fiction collide

15 Dec 2017

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Joon Chong and Wesley Grimm 15 Dec 2017

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Own space on the biggest multi-industry B2B news site in Africa?

Bizcommunity.com 13 Dec 2017

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

12 Dec 2017

East African pharmaceutical market set to boom

East African pharmaceutical market set to boom

4 Dec 2017

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide - and that's not good

Karl Zimmerer 1 Dec 2017

Photo: 10:23 campaign

Challenging bad medicine: How to use the media effectively

Nicci Botha 30 Nov 2017

Photo: New Vision

Commitment to a malaria-free Africa can't wane

29 Nov 2017

Fastjet, (Red) and Oliver Mtukudzi team up in the fight for an Aids-free generation

28 Nov 2017

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

23 Nov 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

Meet Africa's startup stars

Meet Africa's startup stars

20 Nov 2017

Dr Klaus Eckstein, CEO and Country Divisional Head of the Crop Science Division for Bayer Southern Africa at the opening of the Mozambique office

Bayer opens local office in Mozambique, cements presence in Africa

3 Nov 2017

Dr Simon Antindi. Photo: Ryan Lenora Brown

Meet the doctors: Take a look at this country's first crop of homegrown physicians

Ryan Lenora Brown 1 Nov 2017

Africa has focused on tackling undernutrition caused by low calorie diets. IFPRI

Seven African countries show how the battle against malnutrition can be won

Sheryl L Hendriks, Katrin Glatzel, Ousmane Badiane 27 Oct 2017

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

24 Oct 2017

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

The traditional vegetable and sweet potato research that's revolutionising the way we build food and nutrition security in Africa

Millie Phiri, Sonia Naidoo, Nadia Ibraimo 17 Oct 2017

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Organisations join forces, launches roadmap to combat zoonotic TB

13 Oct 2017

'Bogus' online doctor to be probed

'Bogus' online doctor to be probed

Katharine Child 9 Oct 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs

#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2017

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What if analytics and machine learning could save lives?

Aneshan Ramaloo 29 Sep 2017

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

The fight against antimicrobial resistance depends on good agricultural practices

26 Sep 2017

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao 19 Sep 2017