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Medical aid solvency ratios need to change
Medical aid solvency ratios need to change
The debate about the solvency ratio for medical aids is nothing new,,, read
HASA pleads case for private medical schools
HASA pleads case for private medical schools
In South Africa, the doctor population ratio stands at a paltry 60 per 100,000... read
UCT drug unit named as partner in AMR research
UCT drug unit named as partner in AMR research
H3D is named as one of five research facilities for global antimicrobial resistance accord... read
Healthcare
Headaches affect cognition and mood
Headaches affect cognition and mood
Two recent studies found that tension-type headaches are associated with negative mood and impaired cognition... read

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Infectious Diseases
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Rotary adds $35m to polio-fighting coffers
Following three new cases of polio in Nigeria, Rotary has added $35m in grants to support the global effort to end the disease.. read
Medical Technology
Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease
Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife pledged $3bn over the next decade to efforts to prevent, cure or manage disease... read
Mental health
Life Mental Health opens new unit in Cape Town
Life Mental Health opens new unit in Cape Town
Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Cape Town has opened a new unit - Life St Vincent's - offering services to mental health patients... read
Nutrition
Treasury considers squeezing taxes out of fruit juice
Treasury considers squeezing taxes out of fruit juice

Asha Speckman

The Treasury might include 100% fruit juices in a proposal to tax sugary drinks in South Africa, an official said on Monday, 19 September 2016. read
Oncology
To vape or not to vape
To vape or not to vape

Danette Breitenbach

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is predicting that this century alone, a billion lives will be lost to smoking. A Billion Lives is a documentary film that examines vaping and e-cigarettes as a healthy alternative to smoking... read
Pharmaceutical Companies
US insurer ordered to defend prescription drug lawsuit
US insurer ordered to defend prescription drug lawsuit

Sharon Snell

Lawsuits by US states to hold pharmaceutical companies liable for their costs of dealing with prescription drug abuse is on the rise... read

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Pharmaceuticals
Lifting the veil on drug pricing and trade agreements
Lifting the veil on drug pricing and trade agreements

Laura Lopez Gonzalez

A UN panel has called for pharmaceutical companies and government to be more transparent on drug pricing and closed door trade agreements... read
Public Health
Source: Paul Botes/M&G
Is the anti-sugar tax lobby taking a page from Big Tobacco's playbook?

Ina Skosana

When it comes to the proposed SSB tax, researchers about misinformation campaigns that could be taking a page out of the tobacco lobby's playbook... read
Business
#GartnerSYM: Turning digital threat into opportunity
#GartnerSYM: Turning digital threat into opportunity

Lauren Hartzenberg

Digital transformation... not just a business buzzword, but a modern business reality... read
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Child TB deaths set to fall as Kenya launches new drugs https://t.co/Ymb7Vd7jJj
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