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Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

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Medical Aid

A new low-cost medical scheme is here from Discovery Health

13 Nov 2024

Dealing with ADHD: Insights from Dr. David Rex Orgen

Mental health

Dealing with ADHD: Insights from Dr. David Rex Orgen

Issued by Profaster Media 6 Nov 2024

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Healthcare

Historic first: Africa hosts Inclusive Health Research Awards

Akin Jimoh 25 Oct 2024

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ESG

Nivea Connect combats growing social isolation, promotes meaningful connections

30 Sep 2024

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic celebrates one-year anniversary

Medical Research

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic celebrates one-year anniversary

Issued by Restonic 18 Sep 2024

Apple is taking hearing loss and hearing health seriously, which is a big win for society.

Mobile & Apps

Apple taking hearing loss seriously is an industry win

Lindsey Schutters 11 Sep 2024

Banking

Discovery Bank takes gold at the Ask Afrika Brand Index 2024

Issued by Ask Afrika 23 Jul 2024

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HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

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Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

Sleep quality is becoming a rising crisis

Technology

Study finds that better sleep starts with a good pillow

5 Jul 2024

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

Higher Education

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

30 May 2024

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Medical Research

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Issued by Stellenbosch University 21 May 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Healthcare

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

Mental health

Mental Health Data Prize – Africa: Igniting innovation for enhanced mental health

28 Dec 2023

Mental health

Psychedelic-assisted therapy hub debuts in Johannesburg

17 Nov 2023

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Medical Research

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Issued by Restonic 2 Oct 2023

Surgical Procedures

Surgeons must tackle three global health challenges to save lives

Tony Moran 6 Jun 2023

Healthcare

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

Keymanthri Moodley and Stuart Rennie 9 May 2023

HIV/AIDS

R40m NIH grant keeps HIV prevention as top priority in 2023

10 Mar 2023

Public Health

78 studies and 22,000 research participants prove e-cigarettes help smokers quit successfully

6 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Experts pave the way for safer surgery to address global elective waiting lists

1 Nov 2022

Healthcare

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

Dr Tadesse T Mekonen 17 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Scientists sound alarm on badly run medical studies

James Stent 13 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Thumbi Ndung’u is the new co-chair of the International Aids Society's 'Towards an HIV Cure' advisory board.

HIV/AIDS

Towards an HIV cure: UKZN scientist takes on new role

2 Jun 2022

Healthcare Management Masterclass Series 2022

Skills Training

Healthcare Management Masterclass Series 2022

Issued by Regent Business School 13 May 2022

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

Architecture & Design

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

12 May 2022

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Paediatrics

Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and pacifiers

Antonina Mutoro 14 Apr 2022

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Unintended pregnancy rates are highest in Africa: a look at the complex reasons

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Apr 2022

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Regulatory

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Siphiwe Dlamini 22 Mar 2022

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Covid-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

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Covid-19

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

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Healthcare

Bringing quality and safety to Africa's healthcare

26 Oct 2021

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Medical Research

Investigating postoperative deaths in Africa

30 Aug 2021

More than a woman

Women's Month

More than a woman

Issued by Intercare 2 Aug 2021

A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70-million Africans are infected

Pauline Bakibinga 27 Jul 2021

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa Health Research Institute

Noncommunicable diseases

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Alarming levels of psychological distress among NPO workers

22 Jun 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

Pharmaceuticals

R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Malaria

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Covid-19

Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: the gaps, and how to fix them

Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Tuberculosis

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa's TB problem

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021

Kenya’s health minister Mutahi Kagwe next to the country’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/Daniel Irungu

Covid-19

The ins and outs of Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan

Catherine Kyobutungi 8 Mar 2021

Any man-made changes to the human genome must be carefully regulated. Billon Photos/Shutterstock

Ethics & Medicolegal

Five principles that should guide future DNA 'editing' in South Africa

Bonginkosi Shozi & Marietjie Botes 16 Feb 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

Women who had a secondary or higher level of education were more likely to test for HIV than women who had no formal education. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Jan 2021