Healthcare Wallpost Southern Africa

Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping point

Source: 123RF
Source: 123RF
[Katja Hamilton] The United Nations Environment Assembly focused on One Health, linking human-, animal-, and environmental health, urging global collaboration amid crises...

Posted 12 days ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA's public health system

Source: Pexels.
Source: Pexels.
[Katja Hamilton] South Africa faces a looming cancer crisis, with soaring diagnosis rates and challenges in public healthcare. Abundant Life Palliative Care responds, providing crucial support...

Posted 14 days ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Source: 123RF/svershinsky
Source: 123RF/svershinsky
[Katja Hamilton] South Korea plans to suspend licenses of striking junior doctors amid protests over medical training reforms, escalating tensions over healthcare...

Posted 24 days ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
US-China talks: The fate of fentanyl manufacturing hangs in the balance

Source: Summit Detox.
Source: Summit Detox.
[Katja Hamilton] China and the US restart talks in Beijing to curb synthetic opioid fentanyl production. Overdose crisis claims 100,000 lives yearly...

Posted 1 month ago | Like
Aimée Wesso-Roberts
SOUTH AFRICA
#BizTrends2024: Prevention, digital access, and patient-centred care

Source: Supplied. Aimée Wesso-Roberts, AfroCentric Group.
Source: Supplied. Aimée Wesso-Roberts, AfroCentric Group.
[Aimée Wesso-Roberts] In 2024, South Africa's healthcare blends tech and challenges...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Margot Brews
SOUTH AFRICA
#BizTrends2024: AI in healthcare - from hype to a game-changing reality

Source: Supplied. Margot Brews, head of health risk management strategy at Momentum Health Solutions.
Source: Supplied. Margot Brews, head of health risk management strategy at Momentum Health Solutions.
[Margot Brews] Healthcare's imminent revolution centres on AI integration, enhancing quality, efficiency, and access, and - in South Africa - even aiding with NHI implementation...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#WEF24: Israeli president addresses dire health of Hamas-held hostages

Source: Twitter/@Isaac_Herzog. Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed The World Economic Forum's 54th Annual Meeting in Davos last week, calling on world leaders to not forget the hostages taken captive by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023. The hostages include both Israelis and Muslims, among them Kfir Bibas who turned one last week. President Herzog is seen here seated at #WEF2024 next to a photo of Kfir Bibas, taken shortly before Bibas was abducted.
Source: Twitter/@Isaac_Herzog. Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed The World Economic Forum's 54th Annual Meeting in Davos last week, calling on world leaders to not forget the hostages taken captive by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023. The hostages include both Israelis and Muslims, among them Kfir Bibas who turned one last week. President Herzog is seen here seated at #WEF2024 next to a photo of Kfir Bibas, taken shortly before Bibas was abducted.
[Katja Hamilton] President Herzog, at Davos, expressed Israel's commitment to delivering medicines to hostages held by Hamas...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in Gaza

Source: Unicef.
Source: Unicef.
[Katja Hamilton] Gaza's children face a catastrophic situation, unsafe everywhere. Unicef's Kitty van der Heijden reveals death, disease, and deprivation, with a dire water scarcity in the region and unsanitary conditions escalating...

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Avsharn Bachoo
SOUTH AFRICA
#BizTrends2024: The only constant is change - healthcare technology trends

Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group chief technology director at Afrocentric Group.
Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group chief technology director at Afrocentric Group.
[Avsharn Bachoo] In 2024, Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock" vision manifests as technology looks set to change daily...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
"The NHI Bill is going to be introduced and signed into law whether they like it or not" - Ramaphosa

Source: Reuters.
Source: Reuters.
[Katja Hamilton] Proposed NHI Bill faces opposition, legal threats, and calls for review despite President Ramaphosa's defiance...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Source: Reuters.
Source: Reuters.
[Katja Hamilton] Protesters at the International Court of Justice condemn Israel's alleged genocide in Gaza, accusing breaches of international rules, endangering healthcare, with a rising death toll and health crisis...

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Steve Stavs
SOUTH AFRICA
#BizTrends2024: Revolutionising mental performance with human-centric algorithms

Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.
Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.
[Steve Stavs] In our current health landscape, cognitive decline is rising, especially among younger individuals. Mental-health distress affects work performance, revealing a failing system. Enter Medicine 3.0...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.
Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.
[Katja Hamilton] Unicef warns of deteriorating conditions in Gaza...

Posted 4 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.
Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.
[Katja Hamilton] Medical crisis extends in Gaza, overwhelming emergency services and infrastructure, risking waterborne diseases and food shortages...

Posted 5 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

Source: Nobel Prize/Youtube
Source: Nobel Prize/Youtube
[Katja Hamilton] Karikó and Weissman awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but Rancourt claims political motivation amidst mortality concerns...

Posted 5 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Western Cape's new Central hospital unveiled with focus on academic services

Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.
Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.
[Katja Hamilton] New Western Cape Central Hospital, part of PPP, addresses aging Tygerberg Hospital, attracts global investment interest...

Posted 6 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

Source:
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[Katja Hamilton] South Africa overpaid by 33% for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, and 2.5 times for Oxford-AstraZeneca compared to the UK...

Posted 6 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

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[Katja Hamilton] As a result of HJI's legal action, the South African Health Ministry has supplied initial Covid-19 vaccine procurement agreements to HJI's legal team...

Posted 6 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Proposed tax hikes intensify NHI funding worries

Source: Supplied.
Source: Supplied.
[Katja Hamilton] South Africans face significant tax hikes to fund the R200bn gap in NHI financing, according to an analysis by FTI Consulting...

Posted 7 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#BRICS2023: India's PM proposes traditional medicine repository

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[Katja Hamilton] India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges Brics nations to create traditional medicine repository...

Posted 7 months ago | Like
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