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Fraud, waste and abuse - why healthcare is so expensive
Fraud, waste and abuse - why healthcare is so expensive
Some of the most significant contributors to soaring healthcare costs are fraud, waste and abuse... read
SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free
SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free
[JOAN VAN DYK] A deal brokered with the health department guarantees free access to a new TB drug, but for how long? read
Martin Magwaza Source: Frontshop
R600m deal to develop theranostics cancer treatment
A R600m private public partnership will bring a new South African cancer diagnosis and treatment tool to the market... read
Cardiology
CVD risk evaluation tool now available online
CVD risk evaluation tool now available online
Researchers have produced the first set of risk charts to help predict CVD events, while taking into account limited lab availability in poorer countries... read
CSI
#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Jolly Good Digital
#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Jolly Good Digital

Leigh Andrews

Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Brian Palmer, head of digital at Jolly Good Digital... read
Net#work BBDO #GivesASh!t about fighting colon cancer
Net#work BBDO #GivesASh!t about fighting colon cancer
Net#work BBDO was tasked with creating a campaign for UDoTest, a revolutionary no-fuss, no-mess way of testing for colon cancer – essential, as it is one of the top five killers in South Africa... read
Financial Services
Disability claims hit assurers
Disability claims hit assurers
A spike in disability claims has hit the profits of all SA's life assurers hard over the past year, because of the economic downturn and a change to tax rules... read
Malaria
Burundi declares malaria epidemic
Burundi declares malaria epidemic

Moses Havyarimana

Burundi has declared a malaria epidemic after more than 9m cases were recorded since last year... read
Medical Research
WHO's antibiotic-resistant pathogen list designed to encourage R&D
WHO's antibiotic-resistant pathogen list designed to encourage R&D
The first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant pathogens has been drawn up by the WHO, in a bid to guide and promote the R&D of new antibiotics... read
Public Health
South Africa's healthcare system could be world class
South Africa's healthcare system could be world class

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

Partnerships between the public and private sectors will be of strategic importance for building universal healthcare coverage, says Dr Rolene Wagner, CEO of Frere Hospital in the Eastern Cape... read
First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners
First Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge winners
Johnson & Johnson has announced the winners of the first Africa Innovation Challenge at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress today, 14 March 2017... read
Business
FASA urges franchisees to support local suppliers
FASA urges franchisees to support local suppliers
Franchising contributes almost 12.5% to South Africa's GDP but its potential lies not only in generating increased sales of products and services... read
Jobs offered
Fitness Instructor - Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced fitness instructor (Ref. MHF/100/0317). Applications close 24 March 2017. Read more >>

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