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HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex
HPV vaccine is about cancer, not sex
[Nicci Botha] Part of the reason Dr Kenneth Alexander visited South Africa is to figure out how the country went about successfully implementing an HPV vaccine programme... read
HPCSA on psych scope of practice
HPCSA on psych scope of practice
The HPCSA has issued a statement clarifying the current situation on the regulations defining the scope of the profession for psychology... read
Health insurance gets a two-year breather
Health insurance gets a two-year breather
Primary healthcare insurance products under threat from proposed regulations have been given a two-year exemption lifeline... read
Healthcare
South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration
South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration
The solution to the significant challenges facing the South African healthcare sector lies in better collaboration between the different parties... read
HIV/AIDS
Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme
Positive results from TB and HIV/Aids prisons programme
A national programme to address the risk of TB and HIV/Aids in the prison system has shown significant results... read
Chronic Diseases
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The Sugar Tax: implications for the cane industry, obesity and consumer behaviour

Hamlet Hlomendlini

The biggest concern is that the implementation of tax on sugary beverages will have serious implications for the sugarcane industry in the medium to long term as it will cascade down the value chain... read
Hospital Groups
Management of Mediclinic Durbanville receives Quality Award
Management of Mediclinic Durbanville receives Quality Award

Issued by COHSASA

Proud members of the Mediclinic Durbanville management team gathered in the hospital's boardroom on Monday, 27 February, to receive the Katrin Kleijnhans Quality Trophy from the CEO of COHSASA, Jacqui Stewart. read
SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua
SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua

Issued by COHSASA

SafeCare provides healthcare clinics with the option to improve care for their patients with quality improvement standards they can comply with even under restricted conditions... read
Malaria
Climate change could enlarge malaria areas in SA
Climate change could enlarge malaria areas in SA
Social media is abuzz about three women who died of malaria in the Tshwane region – none of whom had been to a malaria-endemic area... read
Mental health
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Gauteng increases mental health spending after Esidimeni crisis

Genevieve Quintal

Gauteng finance MEC Barbara Creecy tabled a R108bn budget for the province, which included R10bn added to the baseline of departments to meet increased demand... read
Pharmaceutical Companies
SA cold and flu industry: In sickness and in health...
SA cold and flu industry: In sickness and in health...

Issued by Insight Survey

The 2017 cold and flu season is almost upon us again... Insight Survey's latest SA Cold and Flu Industry Landscape Report 2017 carefully unfolds the local cold and flu remedy markets... read
Business
The China syndrome: Africa, the East and mining
The China syndrome: Africa, the East and mining
Over the past decade, South Africa has experienced an insatiable demand from China for raw material and commodities to fuel its manufacturing industries... read
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