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

Katja Hamilton 15 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Is it time for a Cancer Act in South Africa?

Noni Sophe 15 Feb 2024

Healthcare

South Africa defies WHO's health regulations

14 Dec 2023

Healthcare

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

Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022

Healthcare

Advocating for medication safety

Bada Pharasi 16 Sep 2022

Healthcare

WHO Pandemic Treaty: The makings of a New World Order?

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2022

Healthcare

World Patient Day focuses on safe and respectful childbirth

17 Sep 2021

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

Healthcare

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

18 Aug 2020

Queue of seated outpatients, waiting patiently inside a provincial hospital corridor in Port Elizabeth. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Why people don't get emergency medical care in time: a study in South Africa

Justine Ina Davies 13 Jul 2020

Trump has long been disdainful of multilateral organisations. Stefani Reynolds / POOL /EPA

Healthcare

Explainer: what Donald Trump's funding cuts to WHO mean for the world

Adam Kamradt-Scott 16 Apr 2020

A nurse in a hospital checks an IV. Wikimedia Commons

Healthcare

Ghana needs a better policy to guide care for cancer patients

Yakubu Salifu 3 Mar 2020

Healthcare

Antibiotics: interplay between humans, animals and the environment is key

Sabiha Essack 28 Nov 2019

Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia Commons

Healthcare

Valuable lessons from Nigeria's marathon effort to eradicate polio

Oyewale Tomori 21 Oct 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Healthcare

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

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

Healthcare

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

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

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

ESG & Sustainability

4 new WHO goodwill ambassadors appointed

21 May 2019

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

Healthcare

New report: Lack of water in health facilities puts patients at risk

9 May 2019

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

Healthcare

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Isabella Epiu 27 Mar 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

A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSF

Healthcare

The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed

Eric Goemaere 31 May 2018

#AntibioticAwareness: Misuse threatens antimicrobial effectiveness

Healthcare

#AntibioticAwareness: Misuse threatens antimicrobial effectiveness

13 Nov 2017

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

Healthcare

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

24 Oct 2017

Photo: Malaria Consortium

Healthcare

Targetting vector-borne diseases

6 Jun 2017

Source: www.paho.org

Healthcare

#WorldMalariaDay: 21% drop in global cases

25 Apr 2017

WHO vetoes sugar tax endorsement

Healthcare

WHO vetoes sugar tax endorsement

30 Jan 2017

Multi-pronged approach in fighting AMR

Healthcare

Multi-pronged approach in fighting AMR

17 Nov 2016

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

Healthcare

An antimicrobial stewardship programme drives appropriate use of antibiotics

15 Nov 2016

Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis

Healthcare

Experts call for early interventions to eliminate hepatitis

28 Jul 2016

Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right

Healthcare

Lessons from Lithuania: Getting integrated, affordable healthcare right

13 Jul 2016

Misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance is worldwide

Healthcare

Misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance is worldwide

18 Nov 2015

How the world can cut malaria cases by 90% in the next 15 years

ESG & Sustainability

How the world can cut malaria cases by 90% in the next 15 years

Collins Ouma 10 Sep 2015

Polluters in firing line

ESG & Sustainability

Polluters in firing line

1 Jun 2015

Marketing & Media

Bye-bye birdie - new food law challenges

Natasha Wright 11 Sep 2014

SA faces uphill battle to retain doctors, nurses

Government

SA faces uphill battle to retain doctors, nurses

28 Feb 2014

Healthcare

Africa to host World Cancer Leaders' Summit

15 Oct 2013

Baby milk ad controls published

Healthcare

Baby milk ad controls published

Tamar Khan 13 Dec 2012

Healthcare

Rotary to commit US$75 million to end polio

27 Sep 2012

Too cool to smoke: World No Tobacco Day, 31 May

Healthcare

Too cool to smoke: World No Tobacco Day, 31 May

31 May 2012

High blood pressure affects 1 in 3

Healthcare

High blood pressure affects 1 in 3

17 May 2012

Draft regulations on baby formula, foods published

Retail

Draft regulations on baby formula, foods published

8 Mar 2012

Healthcare

Gates urges African leaders to make vaccines a priority

17 May 2011

Healthcare

World Health Assembly to discuss flu plan

Gabi Khumalo 18 May 2009

Healthcare

Two new vaccines available for children in South Africa

21 May 2008

Healthcare

A global strategy on alcohol abuse

20 May 2008

Healthcare

Reprive for smallpox

12 Jun 2007

Healthcare

Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever

29 May 2007