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Finance

Old Mutual issues R14bn in long-term insurance payouts

12 Jul 2024

Corporate wellness – A win-win for all

Healthcare

Corporate wellness – A win-win for all

Issued by Bonitas 10 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Chief executive officer of Sanlam Corporate, Kanyisa Mkhize.

Finance

Sanlam Benchmark 2024: 50% of participants have cashed in all their retirement funds

8 Jul 2024

Tackling women’s health holistically

Healthcare

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

Source: GEHealthCare.

Healthcare

GE HealthCare and Daktari Africa collaborate to enhance cardiovascular care in Kenya

3 Jun 2024

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: Department of Science and Innovation.

Healthcare

Nzimande unveils inaugural nuclear medicine research facility in Pretoria

23 May 2024

Healthcare

Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about a sugar tax

19 Apr 2024

Healthcare

SA's consumers get as-you-go private healthcare app to fit their busy lifestyles

17 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Africa Health 2024 relocates to Cape Town, spotlighting healthcare financing

15 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Cape Town's Urban Health Programme: A resilient response to global health challenges

3 Apr 2024

Change your brush, change your life

Healthcare

Change your brush, change your life

Issued by Prime Dental 19 Mar 2024

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Healthcare

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

18 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Retail

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Healthcare

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2024

Healthcare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Heala condemns Finance Minister's failure to increase Health Promotion Levy

22 Feb 2024

10 ways to manage your medical expenses

Healthcare

10 ways to manage your medical expenses

Issued by Bonitas 9 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Aimée Wesso-Roberts, AfroCentric Group.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: Prevention, digital access, and patient-centred care

Aimée Wesso-Roberts 25 Jan 2024

Stay on track with your healthy habits

Lifestyle

Stay on track with your healthy habits

16 Jan 2024

Healthcare

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Bonitas balancing increases with value and sustainability

Healthcare

Bonitas balancing increases with value and sustainability

Issued by Bonitas 11 Oct 2023

How to feel good with food

Healthcare

How to feel good with food

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2023

Image supplied. Health workers conduct Hepatitis test during the celebration of World Hepatitis Day at Remera health centre

Marketing & Media

#WPRD2023: Rwanda harnesses PR in the fight against NCD

17 Jul 2023

Retail

Sales of soft drinks surge in South Africa's beverage industry

14 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Surgeons must tackle three global health challenges to save lives

Tony Moran 6 Jun 2023

Is your crazy lifestyle making you sick? - Medshield

Healthcare

Is your crazy lifestyle making you sick? - Medshield

Issued by Stone 26 May 2023

Healthcare

SA gears up for World Hypertension Day

16 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Healthcare

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Healthcare

AstraZeneca promotes AI use in disease detection

13 Apr 2023

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Healthcare

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 28 Mar 2023

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

ESG & Sustainability

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Issued by The Coup 24 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.

Healthcare

Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

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Retail

#Budget2023: Mostly positive but some disappointment - Consumer Goods Council

24 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation delivered her keynote address at the opening of the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics at the CTICC this week.

Healthcare

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Integrated chronic care actively reducing the burden of chronic disease

14 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Pamela Hellig, the consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services

Pamela Hellig 9 Jan 2023

Healthcare

Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund

Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022

ESG & Sustainability

African Union member states pledge to improve nutrition and food security in Africa

29 Dec 2022

2022 L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science National Awards winners revealed

ESG & Sustainability

2022 L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science National Awards winners revealed

16 Nov 2022

Healthcare

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, chairperson of the South African Diabetes Alliance.

Healthcare

SA Diabetes Alliance calls for urgent national diabetes education programme

10 Nov 2022

Healthcare

The challenges and possibilities inherent in turning Africa into a research and development hub

Dr Tadesse T Mekonen 17 Oct 2022

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Healthcare

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2022

Healthcare

SA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Launch of female-founded tech platform drives access to quality healthcare at home

20 Sep 2022

Campaign calls for warning labels on foods high in unhealthy ingredients

Retail

Campaign calls for warning labels on foods high in unhealthy ingredients

12 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Healthcare

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022