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

Retail

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

Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

Healthcare

Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

Issued by Bonitas 14 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Mediclinic Southern Africa expands into precision medicine

2 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The 8 health hazards of watching TV

3 Jan 2023

Antibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

Healthcare

Antibiotics shortages: What's causing them and how countries can minimise the impact

Kostas Selviaridis and Nonhlanhla Dube 21 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

Retail

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Meet Tanzania's soon-to-be first developmentalist

Healthcare

Meet Tanzania's soon-to-be first developmentalist

Issued by The Children’s Hospital Trust 23 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Refiloe Masekela, head of UKZN’s Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Healthcare

Children in sub-Saharan Africa dying of Covid-19 at a higher rate than others

20 Jan 2022

Reaching out to save young lives in rural areas

Healthcare

Reaching out to save young lives in rural areas

Issued by University of the Free State 5 Oct 2021

Source: Supplied

Retail

Babies R Us SA rolls out in-store clinics

8 Sep 2021

Family members of Covid-19 infected patients stand in a queue with empty oxygen cylinders outside the oxygen filling centre in New Delhi, India. Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Healthcare

It's possible to build stronger systems to deliver oxygen: here's what it takes

Hamish Graham & Adegoke Falade 10 May 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Healthcare

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

Healthcare

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 2021

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

Healthcare

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

10 Dec 2020

Professor Adrie Bekker

Healthcare

Study investigates best treatment options for newborns exposed to HIV

27 Nov 2020

UKZN’s Emeritus Professor Anna Coutsoudis

Healthcare

SA study recommends changes to PMTCT guidelines

10 Nov 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Dr Lizelle van Wyk and Professor Pierre Goussard

Healthcare

Snorkel masks protect health workers from Covid-19

26 Aug 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Healthcare

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Pop-up pediatric Covid-19 unit opens in Paarl

Healthcare

Pop-up pediatric Covid-19 unit opens in Paarl

Issued by Jenny Griesel Communications 5 May 2020

Healthcare

Newborns in developing countries need better protection from common bacteria

19 Mar 2020

A living example of the new breed of CAs(SA)

Finance

A living example of the new breed of CAs(SA)

Lisa Witepski, Issued by SAICA 27 Jan 2020

Healthcare

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020

Healthcare

South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Ute Feuch & Jeannette Wessels 9 Jan 2020

There is growing awareness of the negative impact of ‘parachute research’. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Lack of equity and diversity still plague global health research

Madhukar Pai 22 Nov 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Healthcare

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Healthcare

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

Mediclinic begins operations from new Stellenbosch hospital

Construction & Engineering

Mediclinic begins operations from new Stellenbosch hospital

16 Jul 2019

Kia Motors supports Kids Kicking Cancer SA

Automotive

Kia Motors supports Kids Kicking Cancer SA

26 Jun 2019

Many children in South Africa are in pain because they do cannot access palliative care medicines. Photo: Flickr user John Campbell (public domain)

Healthcare

Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need

Michelle Meiring 15 Mar 2019

Photo: Kim Cloete

Healthcare

Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they're HIV negative

Amy Slogrove, Kathleen M Powis & Mary-Ann Davies 29 Nov 2018

Professor Soraya Seedat. Photo: Damien Schumann

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Probing the secrets of mind, body and soul

Jeanne van der Merwe 3 Aug 2018

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Healthcare

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Erin Digitale 16 Jul 2018

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

Healthcare

Wits joins network to expand paediatric care in Africa

6 Jun 2018

Dr William Mapham.
Image © Christopher Larson/Scott Gorman.

Marketing & Media

#Designindaba2018: SA's crowd-sourced solution for a global problem

Sue Disler 22 Feb 2018

Photo: Surgeons for Little Lives

Healthcare

Partnership builds hope for kids

18 Dec 2017

SA's most endangered heritage sites 2017 announced

Tourism & Travel

SA's most endangered heritage sites 2017 announced

7 Dec 2017

Marketing & Media

#AfricaCom: Rural healthcare and digitalisation

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

New 15,000m2 Mediclinic hospital for Stellenbosch

Construction & Engineering

New 15,000m² Mediclinic hospital for Stellenbosch

18 Sep 2017

SA has 14 times global average of foetal alcohol disorders

Healthcare

SA has 14 times global average of foetal alcohol disorders

31 Aug 2017

Med students fail cancer test

Healthcare

Med students fail cancer test

6 Jul 2017

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

Healthcare

How-to guide on community-based HIV programmes launched

26 Jun 2017

Healthcare

Bonitas introduces first dedicated toddlers health advice line

Issued by Bonitas 30 Jan 2017