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    Maternal and newborn health: A death every 7 seconds

    Decreasing investment in maternal and newborn health has stalled global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies since 2015. According...

    Moretele residents frustrated by medicine shortage

    As cold and flu season approaches, residents of Bojanala district in the Moretele Municipality face a shortage of medicines to treat colds, and...

    Childhood Immunisation: Everything you need to know

    Vaccines have been one of the greatest medical achievements of our time, saving countless lives and preventing the spread of deadly diseases. However,...

    MALARIA STRIDES UNDER THREAT – Health-e News

    By Hannah Zhihan Jiang South Africa is edging closer to eradicating malaria but experts warn that drug resistance now poses a significant challenge to...

    Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency

    Covid-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern. The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

    Concern over inadequate funding for mental health

    By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Policies without adequate funding will have no impact on improving mental health services in South Africa. Mental health medical practitioners...

    “15 meals for 40 patients”: food crisis at Chris Hani Baragwanath  

     By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Recently the medical emergency unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) was unable to provide meals to all their...

    ​​New study links visual cognition and poor air quality 

    ​​Poor air quality is linked to impaired visual cognition in infants during the first two years of life. This is according to a...

    Paper industry giant Sappi coughs up R8m for sulphur gas crimes

    by Tony Carnie, Daily MaverickThe Saiccor pulp factory at Umkomaas has been mashing up and dissolving gum trees in chemical cookers for nearly...

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