Funding red flag for SA’s disease control
The overall funding required to keep HIV, TB, and sexually transmitted infections, (STI’s) contained in South Africa will be short by R7,2 billion...
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Oral contraceptives associated with risk for depression
A Swedish team of researchers have established that the use of oral contraceptives (OCs), especially the first two years of use, is associated with...
Staff Writer
Jul 26, 2023
Growing medical recruitment market held back by global skills shortage
The global population currently seeking healthcare services is growing for a variety of unique reasons – including longevity, and better...
Vanessa Rogers, TextBOX Conceptual
Jul 25, 2023
SAHPRA signs MOU with Egyptian Drug Authority
The South Africa Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA)...
Staff Writer
Jul 25, 2023
Back-roads and burnout – empathy in strange places…
Much has been written and researched on stress and burnout among healthcare professionals, with the most common advice being to take immediate...
Chris Bateman
Jul 25, 2023
NGO backs new laws to reduce childhood obesity
With childhood obesity prevalence in South Africa outstripping the global average, the Healthy Living Alliance, (HEALA), has launched a campaign...
Staff Writer
Jul 21, 2023
Whole-fat dairy included in healthy low mortality risk diet
A call for a re-evaluation of “unrelenting guidelines” to avoid whole-fat dairy products has been made by the authors of a study who have found that...
Staff Writer
Jul 20, 2023
Most potent HIV prevention weapons, abstinence aside…
While oral pre-HIV-exposure prophylaxis, (PrEP), is hugely effective, a full 48% of its users in sub-Saharan Africa discontinue their medication...
Chris Bateman
Jul 19, 2023
Mandela Day: Gauteng DoH embarks on ‘massive’ surgical undertakings to address backlog
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH), on Nelson Mandela Day (18 July), embarked on massive surgical marathons to address the province’s backlog of...
Staff Writer
Jul 19, 2023
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