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Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

ESG & Sustainability

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Issued by The Coup 24 Mar 2023

Healthcare

Modern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. ©Gates Archive/Sylvain Cherkaoui.

Healthcare

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Healthcare

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Ed Feil 3 Jun 2021

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Healthcare

We're a step closer to figuring out why mosquitoes bite some people and not others

Madelien Wooding & Yvette Naude 19 May 2021

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)

Agriculture

How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country’s first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against Covid-19 in Soweto, South Africa. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

Covid-19 vaccine: the challenges of running a trial in the middle of a pandemic

Jeffrey Mphahlele 7 Jul 2020

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Marketing & Media

Is the world ready for global natural disasters?

Victor Moreriane, APR 3 Apr 2020

Millions of young children get malaria. These two got it in 2010.
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

Healthcare

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

James Leahy 28 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

Gaopalelwe Santswere, executive chairman of SAYNPS. Image Chege Publishing

Energy & Mining

Why nuclear should be considered as a viable option for economic growth

Gaopalelwe Santswere 24 Jun 2019

Kissing bug: spreader of Chagas disease. schlyx/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Venezuela: region's infectious crisis is a disaster of hemispheric proportions

Martin Llewellyn 26 Mar 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

Healthcare

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

A portable DNA sequencer in action. UGA CAES/Extension/Flickr

Healthcare

DNA sequencing can help fight epidemics - but there are privacy risks

Liam Shaw & Nicola C Sugden 14 Jan 2019

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Tourism & Travel

Going travelling? Don't forget insurance (and to read the fine print)

David Beirman 21 Dec 2018

A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding. Author supplied

Healthcare

South Africa investigates sterilising mosquitoes in anti-malaria drive

Givemore Munhenga 9 Nov 2018

Healthcare

Climate change, water and the spread of diseases: connecting the dots differently

Lenore Manderson 17 Sep 2018

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Agriculture

High-tech tracker to battle ancient wheat plague

Thin Lei Win 17 Nov 2017

From left, Stephen Rushmore (global CEO and president of HVS), James Vos (Democratic Alliance shadow minister of tourism) and Tim Smith (managing partner HVS South Africa).

Tourism & Travel

#THINCAfrica: Value of African hotel markets growing despite challenges

1 Sep 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general: World Health Organisation

Healthcare

Funding and security are key to global health

11 Jul 2017

Photo: Malaria Consortium

Healthcare

Targetting vector-borne diseases

6 Jun 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, WHO

ESG & Sustainability

WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries

David Sanders 26 May 2017

Konrad Laker, Gold Travel

Tourism & Travel

The importance of travel insurance uncovered

Konrad Laker 25 May 2017

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Healthcare

New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Healthcare

Brazil's birth rate not affected by Zika

5 Apr 2017

Johannesburg ranks 37th on Euromonitor International's Top 100 Cities

Tourism & Travel

Johannesburg ranks 37th on Euromonitor International's Top 100 Cities

27 Jan 2017

How ‘stealth warrior' bacteria turn a tick's gut microbes against itself

Healthcare

How ‘stealth warrior' bacteria turn a tick's gut microbes against itself

Ziba Kashef 20 Jan 2017

Healthcare

Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The biggest stories of 2016

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 30 Dec 2016

Marketing & Media

Pokemon Go, Trump top Google trend list

29 Dec 2016

Skills revolution puts Africa on growth path

ESG & Sustainability

Skills revolution puts Africa on growth path

22 Dec 2016

Growth in tourist accommodation despite difficult trading conditions

Tourism & Travel

Growth in tourist accommodation despite difficult trading conditions

5 Dec 2016

McCann Worldgroup SA entry wins at World's Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising

Marketing & Media

McCann Worldgroup SA entry wins at World's Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising

21 Nov 2016

Source: World Health Organisation

Healthcare

After Ebola: West African ministers discuss public health cooperation

16 Nov 2016

SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards, Disability Empowerment Awards winners announced

Entrepreneurship

SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards, Disability Empowerment Awards winners announced

1 Nov 2016

Source: Madelene Cronje/M&G

Healthcare

Money can't be the only motive for developing life-saving medicines

Ruth Dreifuss and Malebona Precious Matsoso 21 Oct 2016

How should we plan the cities of tomorrow?

Construction & Engineering

How should we plan the cities of tomorrow?

Michael Keith, Andreza de Souza Santos and Nichola 21 Oct 2016

Marketing & Media

Analysing Olympic sponsors in Brand Agility

8 Sep 2016

PPPs the best cure for infectious diseases

Healthcare

PPPs the best cure for infectious diseases

29 Aug 2016

Healthcare

Study shows how Zika infects the placenta

Ziba Kashef 19 Aug 2016

Global database for women exposed to Zika

Healthcare

Global database for women exposed to Zika

17 Aug 2016

Amber Alert sign: Another example of the use of DOOH to locate missing/abducted children. Image © from Honolulu, Hawaii - ,

Marketing & Media

#MandelaMonth: Why we love billboards that save the world

Terry Murphy 26 Jul 2016

About the Zika virus, the Olympics and the decreasing importance of audience

Marketing & Media

About the Zika virus, the Olympics and the decreasing importance of audience

Walter Pike 22 Jul 2016

Bacteria could spell the end for mosquito-borne diseases

Healthcare

Bacteria could spell the end for mosquito-borne diseases

7 Jun 2016

Using technology to stay connected for Olympics

Marketing & Media

Using technology to stay connected for Olympics

2 Jun 2016

With technology, there's no need to fear the walking dead

ICT

With technology, there's no need to fear the walking dead

Lee Naik 2 Jun 2016

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

ESG & Sustainability

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

27 May 2016

Marketing & Media

Why it's time African researchers stopped working in silos

Thomas Kariuki 26 May 2016

Learnings from Zika and reproductive rights in Africa

Healthcare

Learnings from Zika and reproductive rights in Africa

29 Apr 2016