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Source: Global NCD Alliance Forum.

Healthcare

A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

#BudgetSpeech2024: Heala condemns Finance Minister's failure to increase Health Promotion Levy

22 Feb 2024

Public Health

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

Source: Elmar Gubisch [www.[123rf.com 123rf]] The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will declare Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, as a “possible carcinogenic to humans” this month

Health & Safety

Aspartame under the spotlight as WHO declares it a "possible carcinogenic to humans"

Danette Breitenbach 3 Jul 2023

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Regulatory

SA consumers called to comment on draft food labelling regulations

24 May 2023

Nutrition

Cracking down on obesity in South Africa

Katja Hamilton 19 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.

Medtech

Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

Noncommunicable diseases

Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund

Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Research

5 reasons South Africa isn't ready for health claims on food labels

Melvi Todd 11 Nov 2021

Source: ©World Diabetes Day

Noncommunicable diseases

#IfNotNowWhen: Confronting the diabetes tsunami

26 Oct 2021

FMCG

How big companies are targeting middle-income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales

Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos 22 Oct 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

Source: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Health & Social Welfare

Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

Noncommunicable diseases

Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy

Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021

$Photo by Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images$

Taxation & Regulation

New research shows South Africa's levy on sugar-sweetened drinks is having an impact

Karen Hofman 12 Apr 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Fast food is growing in popularity with Ghanaians. Wikimedia Commons

Food & bev. services

Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why

James Boafo 11 Feb 2021

People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

HIV/AIDS

Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

Patients waiting at Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone (credit - Steven Rubin)

Noncommunicable diseases

Inadequate healthcare measurement puts patients at risk in Global South

18 Nov 2020

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

Scientists around Africa are working at the cutting edge of research and their work is relevant beyond the continent. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images

Medical Research

Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world

Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020

Older people in urban informal settlements live in poor socioeconomic conditions. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Noncommunicable diseases

Combating lifestyle diseases can make a big difference in the lives of older people

Razak M Gyasi 12 Oct 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone. Steven Rubin

Noncommunicable diseases

Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health

Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020

Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

Medical Research

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020

Public Health

Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used

18 Aug 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

NHI

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

Exposure to sunshine for a few minutes is enough to provide sufficient vitamin D. GettyImages

Medical Research

Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again

Reagan Mogire 29 Jun 2020

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Nutrition

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Jun 2020

Challenger Type - The Dramatic Disruptor

Branding

Challenger Type - The Dramatic Disruptor

Issued by eatbigfish 1 Jun 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Noncommunicable diseases

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020

Dr Anuschka Coovadia is the head of healthcare for Africa at KPMG

Public Health

Change across healthcare ecosystems in Africa

Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Photo: Newstalk

Public Health

Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

FMCG

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

Karen Hofman and Nicola Christofides 30 May 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

Public Health

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

A mother delivers via C-section in Mozambique. In South Africa, there’s no single reason for the climbing number of such procedures in the public sector but it could be proving deadly for mothers. (Shaun Swingler)

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

A changing birth: What's behind SA's skyrocketing C-section rates?

Laura Grant & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 10 Jan 2019

Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Andronica Nedzamba

Mental health

Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 25 Jul 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general

Noncommunicable diseases

WHO calls for urgent action against NCDs

4 Jun 2018

Photo: Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

NHI

Rands and sense: Why the National Health Insurance may lead to better health budgets

Natasha Salant 16 May 2018

How a better understanding of the seven ages of appetite could help us stay healthy

Food Crisis

How a better understanding of the seven ages of appetite could help us stay healthy

Alex Johnstone 7 May 2018

Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Public Health

The Ronald MacDonald socks aside...How serious is Cyril about South Africans' health?

MIA MALAN, LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ, JOAN VAN DYK 23 Feb 2018

IHI Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare to feature international health experts

Healthcare

IHI Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare to feature international health experts

Issued by COHSASA 17 Jan 2018

Sugar tax effect smaller than thought - Pioneer

FMCG

Sugar tax effect smaller than thought - Pioneer

22 Dec 2017

National Assembly approves sugar tax

Tax Law

National Assembly approves sugar tax

22 Nov 2017

Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament

Taxation & Regulation

Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament

Linda Ensor 10 Nov 2017

Kids are getting fatter

Nutrition

Kids are getting fatter

16 Oct 2017

Treasury opts to defer sugar tax implementation

Taxation & Regulation

Treasury opts to defer sugar tax implementation

6 Sep 2017