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Healthcare

Budget cuts loom: Can the private sector save SA's public health system?

1 day

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

USAID workforce reduced by 97%

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2025

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Health & Welfare

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

Patients' lives at risk as doctors refuse to work extra overtime without pay

Healthcare

Patients' lives at risk as doctors refuse to work extra overtime without pay

Yoliswa Sobuwa 28 Jan 2025

World Cancer Day campaign ‘United by Unique’

Oncology

World Cancer Day campaign ‘United by Unique’

Issued by CANSA 24 Jan 2025

In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

CSI & Philanthropy

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

Public Health

CDC, FDA, NIH face communication lockdown under Trump

22 Jan 2025

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

21 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Samatu condemns government inaction on unemployed doctors, warns of public healthcare crisis

Dr Cedric Sihlangu 8 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Continuing education transforms careers

Higher Education

Continuing education transforms careers

Dr Rowen Govender 3 Jan 2025

Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

John Legend to headline Global Citizen Move Afrika in February 2025

Music

John Legend to headline Global Citizen Move Afrika in February 2025

Issued by OnPoint PR 20 Dec 2024

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Food, Water & Energy Security

Safe and nutritious food – healthy communities

Namhla Skweyiya, Issued by FoodForward SA 19 Dec 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO sends experts to help Congo diagnose mystery disease

9 Dec 2024

How excessive government controls harm employees and processes

Accounting & Auditing

How excessive government controls harm employees and processes

Walter Bhengu, Issued by SAICA 6 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Robert Erasmus, managing director of Sanitech.

Healthcare

ISO 22000 accreditation enhances Sanitech's reputation in food safety

6 Dec 2024

Advertising

ARB releases simplified appendix as it aims to clean up gambling ads

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Dec 2024

Agriculture

South Africa Wine urges government to reconsider excise tax increase

29 Nov 2024

Healthcare

Tragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

Source: Sanofi.

Pharmaceuticals

From Singapore to the world: Sanofi's new plant eyes global vaccine challenges

Katja Hamilton 27 Nov 2024

4th Industrial Revolution

Orange calls on Meta and OpenAI for African language models

Gianluca Lo Nostro and Mathias de Rozario 27 Nov 2024

NHI

NHTKL calls for swift implementation of NHI

26 Nov 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

African drug supply chain gets smarter with IBM-powered AI platform

14 Nov 2024

Retailers

Crack the code: Understanding — Use By, Sell By, and Best Before dates

12 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Urgent warning as fake Ozempic infiltrates South African market

11 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Africa health body calls on Trump to honour US vaccine pledges

Anait Miridzhanian 8 Nov 2024

CapeTalk podcast series achieves double distinction at the South African Podcast Awards

Radio & Audio

CapeTalk podcast series achieves double distinction at the South African Podcast Awards

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 7 Nov 2024

Climate Change

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes 6 Nov 2024

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

SMEs

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

4 Nov 2024

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Medical Research

#WorldStrokeDay: Occupational therapists' key role in rehabilitation of stroke survivors

29 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Another busy day for Africa Health

23 Oct 2024

‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Medical Research

‘Endgame’ youth cigarette sale ban could prevent 10,000 lung cancer deaths in SA over 70 years – UP researcher

Issued by University of Pretoria 24 Oct 2024

Advancing healthcare: African solutions headline Africa’s largest medical conference in October

Medtech

Advancing healthcare: African solutions headline Africa’s largest medical conference in October

Issued by Informa Markets 21 Oct 2024

Healthcare

Is the sugar industry lying to us?

16 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Orlando Scott-Cowley, public sector tech and business development manager at AWS.

Medtech

Looking to enhance cybersecurity? Five top tips for leaders in healthcare

11 Oct 2024

Healthcare

Africa Health Congress tackles mental health crisis among healthcare workers

11 Oct 2024

Law enforcement urged to act on shops selling expired food

Regulatory

Law enforcement urged to act on shops selling expired food

10 Oct 2024

How to eat right for a better life

Nutrition

How to eat right for a better life

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Congo launches its first mpox vaccination campaign

Djaffar Al Katanty 8 Oct 2024

Unpacking the NHI Act: Medshield’s Kevin Aron explains the changing healthcare landscape

NHI

Unpacking the NHI Act: Medshield’s Kevin Aron explains the changing healthcare landscape

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 20 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Gavi to buy 500,000 mpox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

Jennifer Rigby 19 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Congo brings forward launch of mpox vaccine drive

Sonia Rolley 17 Sep 2024

PR & Communications

Vaping, smoking, and PR: When marketing fuels harmful addictions

Sasha Kupritz 17 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic's vaccine for mpox, sets up access scheme

Manas Mishra and Mrinmay Dey 16 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Morocco reports first Mpox case

13 Sep 2024