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Source: © The 2025 EMEA Sabre Awards saw South Africa’s public relations and communications agencies, Retroviral and Razor PR, fly the flag high

PR & Communications

Retroviral and Razor PR fly the flag at the Sabre EMEA Awards

Danette Breitenbach 3 Apr 2025

Healthcare

The future of healthcare is here: Embracing innovation for a healthier tomorrow

Asgar Rangoonwala 20 Mar 2025

Source: Austin Kirk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pharmaceuticals

Bankruptcy twist in J&J's attempt to settle cancer claims

Katja Hamilton 19 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Nuclear physician Phumudzo Nemutaduni, Nuclear Med.

Surgical Equipment & Products

Advanced medical imaging system signals a new era for SA oncology

30 Jan 2025

Branding

Johnson & Johnson unites its business segments under one brand in SA

17 Dec 2024

Healthcare

Adcock Ingram's strategic alliance with Medline set to transform South African healthcare

27 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

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

12 Jul 2024

Source: Reo Botes, managing executive at Essential Employee Benefits.

NHI

The enactment of the NHI Bill should not spark panic or knee-jerk reactions

Reo Botes 26 Jun 2024

Nursing

The digital nurse: A solution to South Africa's healthcare challenges

Sandra Sampson 5 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Join HPCSA's MTB stakeholder roadshow

16 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Hospital Groups

Novo Nordisk's parent invests in India's Manipal hospital chain

Anna Ringstrom and Rishika Sadam 7 Feb 2024

Source: UNAids.

HIV/AIDS

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

1 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. Joost Pielage, Quro Medical's chief technology officer.

Medtech

Quro Medical's AI capability is a lifesaver

30 Nov 2023

Sorbet-Prenuer citizen comes full circle: once employed as a therapist, now Sorbet franchise owner

FMCG

Sorbet-Prenuer citizen comes full circle: once employed as a therapist, now Sorbet franchise owner

Issued by OnPoint PR 11 Aug 2023

Hospital Groups

Limpopo Central Hospital scheduled for grand opening in 2026

19 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Bayer and Peking University join forces to drive scientific investigations

10 Jul 2023

Healthcare

Unlocking digital innovation in healthcare: the imperative of change management

Henry Adams 5 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Data & Analytics

Siemens, SAP say EU draft Data Act puts trade secrets at risk

Foo Yun Chee 8 May 2023

Can we trust chatbots for medical advice and diagnosis?

4th Industrial Revolution

Can we trust chatbots for medical advice and diagnosis?

Alex Brownlee 22 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation delivered her keynote address at the opening of the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics at the CTICC this week.

Medical Research

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Akram Bouchenaki, chief executive officer of Abdul Latif Jameel Health; Maryam Ziaei, founder and chief executive officer of iSono Health, and Shadi Saberi at Arab Health.

Healthcare

World first | AI-driven 3D breast ultrasounds

3 Feb 2023

Yes, SAMED partnership aims to enhance youth employability

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Yes, SAMED partnership aims to enhance youth employability

10 Oct 2022

Healthcare

CSSD: No margin for error in today's health facilities

29 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

MDMSA splits from Samed

2 Sep 2022

Source: Freepik.

Healthcare

Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Healthcare

Digital Afrique Telecom's new partnership delivers mobile medical solutions to Africa

24 May 2022

Hospital Groups

Tygerberg Hospital becomes first public hospital to perform robotic surgery

22 Feb 2022

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Dmitry Kalinovsky

Covid-19

First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©sergey Nivens

Medtech

AstraZeneca and the Royal Academy partnership focuses on health tech

6 Oct 2021

Source: ©pandpstock001

Medtech

Technology in hospitals can delay care: What doctors and nurses in South Africa told us

Oluwamayowa O Ogundaini 29 Jun 2021

Technology, intra-continental trade key to effective Covid-19 vaccination rollout

Logistics & Transport

Technology, intra-continental trade key to effective Covid-19 vaccination rollout

Praba Moonsamy 17 Mar 2021

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Public Health

Cohsasa elects new leaders

Issued by COHSASA 10 Mar 2021

Moshe Lichtenstein,CEO and founder, One8Innovation

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Healthcare innovations to look out for

Moshe Lichtenstein 6 Jan 2021

Health providers need to practise in error-proof environments as much as possible. GettyImages

Education & Training

Training can improve patient and health worker safety in sub-Saharan Africa

Paul Kadetz, Abebe Bekele & Agnes Binagwaho 15 Oct 2020

UCT GSB teaching case study on medical technology company, Biotronik, wins top international award

Higher Education

UCT GSB teaching case study on medical technology company, Biotronik, wins top international award

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 25 Sep 2020

How can IT help beat Covid-19?

ICT

How can IT help beat Covid-19?

Eran Brown 4 May 2020

AI can help doctors with coronavirus

ICT

AI can help doctors with coronavirus

30 Apr 2020

A nurse in a hospital checks an IV. Wikimedia Commons

Oncology

Ghana needs a better policy to guide care for cancer patients

Yakubu Salifu 3 Mar 2020

Dr Stephanie Allen, Deloitte global healthcare leader

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Global health challenges and how to change them

Stephanie Allen 8 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

Is robotics is the way of the future for medicine?

Technology

Is robotics is the way of the future for medicine?

6 Dec 2019

#EntrepreneurMonth: Easy to use health records on the go

Entrepreneur Month

#EntrepreneurMonth: Easy to use health records on the go

Evan-Lee Courie 1 Nov 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Medtech

#HASA2019: Keeping hackers out of healthcare

28 Aug 2019