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Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Healthcare

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

Healthcare

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Source: © 123rf WPP remains on track to return to growth in the balance of the year, despite Q1 2024 losses

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WPP on track to return to growth in the balance of the year despite Q1 losses

25 Apr 2024

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Healthcare

Urgent call to action: Combatting chronic kidney disease crisis in Africa

18 Mar 2024

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Healthcare

Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital first to receive pioneering neonatal medtech

19 Mar 2024

APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

Marketing & Media

APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

Issued by APO Group 18 Jan 2024

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Healthcare

#COP28: AstraZeneca's AZ Forest initiative: Pledging six million trees in Kenya

1 Dec 2023

Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

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Finalists announced: 20th Annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards brought to you by Topco Media

Issued by Topco Media 6 Nov 2023

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Healthcare

Asthma crisis: South Africa leads in overreliance on reliever pumps

2 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

Katja Hamilton 5 Sep 2023

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Healthcare

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Esra Erkomay 3 Aug 2023

Healthcare

AstraZeneca's global reforestation initiative expands

28 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Sherilyn Kamga, senior strategic finance analyst at Talend.

Finance

#YouthMonth: Navigating the intersection of finance and tech in FinOps

Katja Hamilton 23 Jun 2023

Image supplied. The Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2023, in association with Lions, have been announced

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Africa and Middle East in Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2023 shortlist

12 Jun 2023

Healthcare

AstraZeneca promotes AI use in disease detection

13 Apr 2023

Source: GIBS Business School. Chairman of the new Resource Mobilisaton Fund.

Finance

Introducing the new Resource Mobilisation Fund

Katja Hamilton 9 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

AstraZeneca and partners act for equitable cancer care across Africa

14 Nov 2022

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Healthcare

AstraZeneca announces R&D Postdoctoral Challenge winners

3 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

Aaron Ross 17 Oct 2022

What can US businesses teach SA about inclusion at work?

HR & Management

What can US businesses teach SA about inclusion at work?

Issued by icandi CQ 23 Sep 2022

Healthcare

"There should be no secrecy in a pandemic" - Health Justice Initiative's senior researcher

13 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Menelas Pangolas.

Healthcare

AstraZeneca launches global R&D postdoctoral challenge

17 Mar 2022

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Logistics & Transport

Covid vaccines: African countries need to fix their distribution chains

Jonathan Munemo 9 Feb 2022

Marketing & Media

Over 400 companies have withdrawn from Russia - but some remain

23 Mar 2022

Marketing & Media

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

South Africa and Africa's Top Employers 2022

HR & Management

South Africa and Africa's Top Employers 2022

24 Jan 2022

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Healthcare

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

21 Jan 2022

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Healthcare

SA puts brakes on Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Promit Mukherjee 24 Nov 2021

Source: ©Stepan Popov

Healthcare

Pharmaceutical companies collaborate against climate change

5 Nov 2021

Dentsu International one of first companies in the world to have net-zero target validated

ESG & Sustainability

Dentsu International one of first companies in the world to have net-zero target validated

Issued by Dentsu 29 Oct 2021

Source: ©sergey Nivens

Healthcare

AstraZeneca and the Royal Academy partnership focuses on health tech

6 Oct 2021

Gerety Awards announces Global Agency and Network of the Year

Marketing & Media

Gerety Awards announces Global Agency and Network of the Year

13 Sep 2021

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Healthcare

Study: Lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose - but vaccines still work

Zania Stamataki 28 Jul 2021

A nurse prepares a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Healthcare

Vaccine-starved Namibia receives Sinopharm boost

19 Jul 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Healthcare

South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

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Healthcare

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Healthcare

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

Source: ©Stepan Popov

Healthcare

Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

Deputy President David Mabuza

Healthcare

Negotiations for Sputnik, Sinovac vaccines at advanced stage

17 Jun 2021

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Healthcare

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

Teacher vaccination 101

Education

Teacher vaccination 101

8 Jun 2021

Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It's no magic fix but it could reduce risks

Tourism & Travel

Should we vaccinate all returned travellers in hotel quarantine? It's no magic fix but it could reduce risks

13 May 2021

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Healthcare

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Khalid Abdelaziz 11 May 2021

Covid-19 vaccination strategies have been affected by supply woes. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

Healthcare

Ghana's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is struggling to keep up with its great start

Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

Healthcare

New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Professor Shabir Madhi

Healthcare

Covid-19 is here to stay

21 Apr 2021

Phase 2 of vaccine rollout set for 17 May

Healthcare

Phase 2 of vaccine rollout set for 17 May

9 Apr 2021

A healthcare worker administers an Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to her colleague at Mutuini Hospital in Nairobi. Kenya on March 3, 2021. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Healthcare

Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: the gaps, and how to fix them

Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021

Healthcare

New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression'

Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021

Covid vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca supplies and efficacy under the microscope again

Healthcare

Covid vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca supplies and efficacy under the microscope again

Rob Reddick 29 Mar 2021