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The benefits of preventative care, by Medshield

Medical Aid

The benefits of preventative care, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 2 Jun 2025

Healthcare

Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Public Health

One dose of HPV vaccine, one less worry for cervical cancer

Issued by CANSA 4 Mar 2025

Stay informed about vaccine safety for the well-being of your child, by Medshield

Public Health

Stay informed about vaccine safety for the well-being of your child, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 17 Dec 2024

Medical Aid

Profmed addresses the systemic needs of breast cancer in SA

22 Oct 2024

Source: Roche Diagnostics Group site in South Africa.

Healthcare

Roche champions equitable healthcare across Africa

Katja Hamilton 27 Aug 2024

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Women's Health

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Issued by CANSA 15 Aug 2024

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Music

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Issued by OnPoint PR 19 Jun 2024

What to expect from a medical check-up

Hospital Groups

What to expect from a medical check-up

Issued by Intercare 5 Feb 2024

Source: UNAids.

HIV/AIDS

Kiara Health takes vital first step to making woman-controlled HIV prevention a reality

1 Dec 2023

Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Public Health

Fatal diphtheria outbreak claims inmate's life in Western Cape prison

10 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

HPV vaccination campaign launches in Western Cape schools

12 Sep 2023

Public Health

Cervical cancer screening tools reach low and lower-middle income countries

19 Jun 2023

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Paediatrics

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 May 2023

Public Health

Cervical cancer can be beaten - the key is vaccinating young girls

Lynette Denny 11 Apr 2023

Source: Marie Stopes

Public Health

New coalition to increase access to cervical screening in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Mar 2023

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Oncology

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Issued by CANSA 3 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Oncology

Cancers that commonly affect women and the new innovations in treatment

21 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Condoms ineffective against preventing STDs, research shows

21 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Rose Leke, chair of Gavi's IRC.

Healthcare

Gavi appoints Rose Leke as IRC chair

8 Feb 2023

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Oncology

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Issued by Intercare 1 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Early cervical cancer detection is saving lives

22 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

UCT honours renowned women's health champion in South Africa

Niémah Davids 16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Thato Mabudusha Schermer, co-founder and chief executive officer at Zoie Health.

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Digital women's health and wellness clinic - created by women, for women of Africa

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2022

Health issues affecting women

Women's Health

Health issues affecting women

Issued by Intercare 1 Aug 2022

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2022

Source: ©supplied. Prof Lynette Denny

Women's Health

UCT Prof receives Order of the Baobab (Silver) for cervical cancer work in SA

22 Nov 2021

Lil-Lets launches new campaign: Be You. Period.

Marketing

Lil-Lets launches new campaign: Be You. Period.

19 Oct 2021

Source: Wavebreak Media Ltd –

Primary & Secondary Education

Amended 2021 school calendar will be retained

30 Aug 2021

The importance of a Pap Smear

Hospital Groups

The importance of a Pap Smear

Issued by Intercare 1 Jul 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

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

Muizenberg beach is eerily quiet on a hot summer’s day, 29 December 2020. If we want to save lives and life to go back to normal we need to embrace vaccines.

Covid-19

Here's how to fight anti-vaccine propaganda

GroundUp Editors 13 Jan 2021

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

#WomensMonth: Sandra Orta helps provide healthtech innovations across Africa

Technology

#WomensMonth: Sandra Orta helps provide healthtech innovations across Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 13 Aug 2020

Kenya launched HPV immunisation programme

Oncology

Kenya launched HPV immunisation programme

24 Oct 2019

Niyazz/Shutterstock

Public Health

Lessons from Rwanda on how trust can help repair a broken health system

Agnes Binagwaho 2 Oct 2019

Billion Photos/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles epidemic: parents reluctant to vaccinate their children need to hear of the horrors of forgotten diseases

Sarah Pitt 2 Sep 2019

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Public Health

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

Cervical cancer is third-biggest killer among young women. Pittawut

Women's Health

Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began - first findings

Kevin Pollock 9 Apr 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

Public Health

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

An abnormal Pap test. Komsan Loonprom/Shutterstock.com

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Delay in replacing the Pap smear with HPV screening is costing lives

Alejandra Castanon 8 Oct 2018

Photo: Shutterstock

Medtech

Cracking the cold chain challenge is key to making vaccines ubiquitous

16 Jul 2018