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Source: © 123rf Nivea has launched Nivea Connect, a global social mission to combat social isolation and promote meaningful connections

Nivea Connect combats growing social isolation, promotes meaningful connections

(Image supplied) Virgin Active's global Leave the cult, Join the club campaign has premiered this September

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Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

Why over 350 organisations share their news via a Biz Press Office

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Natalie Grover 28 Dec 2022

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African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

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Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

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BioNTech ready to ship first mRNA vaccine factory kit to Africa

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Source: Pixabay.

Injectable HIV treatment offers hope to Ugandan patients

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TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa - what went wrong?

Tom Nyirenda 20 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Spread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

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Source: Supplied.

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Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2022

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AstraZeneca and partners act for equitable cancer care across Africa

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Prudential appoints new chief executive officer for Africa

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PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

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Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

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What exactly is the mental health index for adolescents in French-speaking Africa?

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

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

28 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Quro's Sister Vuyelwa is seen here with patient 'Ramasela' who received a knee replacement and hospital-at-home care thanks to Quro's new social-development partnership with Operation Healing Hands.

Quro Medical joins forces with Operation Healing Hands to bring public-sector relief

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The challenges and possibilities inherent in turning Africa into a research and development hub

Dr Tadesse T Mekonen 17 Oct 2022

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

Exeo Capital acquires Vital Health Foods

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ePharmacy users to reach 1bn globally by 2027

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Source: Reuters. Packages of Bio Farma's Covid-19 vaccine are seen at Command Center and Vaccine Distribution Management System of Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia.

Indonesia in talks with African countries to export its homemade Covid shot

10 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Jabulile Nhlapo.

Putting sustainability at the core of Africa's health

Jabulile Nhlapo 5 Oct 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

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Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Patrick Aryee is presenting Evolve

Patrick Aryee sets out to discover our world through biomimicry

Emily Stander 29 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

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Natalie Grover 28 Dec 2022

Source: Pixabay.

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

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Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

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Source: Reuters.

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What exactly is the mental health index for adolescents in French-speaking Africa?

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

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28 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Quro's Sister Vuyelwa is seen here with patient 'Ramasela' who received a knee replacement and hospital-at-home care thanks to Quro's new social-development partnership with Operation Healing Hands.

Quro Medical joins forces with Operation Healing Hands to bring public-sector relief

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The challenges and possibilities inherent in turning Africa into a research and development hub

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Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

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Exeo Capital acquires Vital Health Foods

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ePharmacy users to reach 1bn globally by 2027

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Source: Reuters. Packages of Bio Farma's Covid-19 vaccine are seen at Command Center and Vaccine Distribution Management System of Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia.

Indonesia in talks with African countries to export its homemade Covid shot

10 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Jabulile Nhlapo.

Putting sustainability at the core of Africa's health

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Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

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Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

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Image supplied: Patrick Aryee is presenting Evolve

Patrick Aryee sets out to discover our world through biomimicry

Emily Stander 29 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

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Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

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22 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

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Source: Supplied. African scientists receiving training in genomics surveillance at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), South Africa.

Covid-19 variants in Africa were introduced from abroad, study finds

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Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

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August 2022 marks 21 years of Bizcommunity!

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SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

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Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

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