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Africans flock, rather than take flight

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Most people’s response is to flee or fight when faced with a problem, particularly an ongoing one, but in Southern Africa they work together

Include indigenous knowledge and cultures in the curriculum to improve health

Article Lieketseng Ned - 23 Aug 2019

A recent study revealed that indigenous people see the introduction of formal education as having brought ill-health

Pairing learning with food is a winning recipe

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Much more support of homemade nutrition programmes is needed to ensure gaps are filled

Sharing best practice key to healthy results solutions

Article Katusha De Villiers - 18 Jul 2019

Healthcare workers from across Africa are working together to find last-mile solutions

How did an otherwise healthy man with a broken leg end up dead in a hospital ceiling?

Article Nelisiwe Msomi & Bhekisisa Team - 30 May 2019

The bizarre case from Durban is at least the second such case nationally in the last three years.

The workforce that makes our health system work

Article Ofentse Mboweni - 10 Apr 2019

Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective

Public finance is key to delivering the human right to health

Article Ban Kimoon & Comment Author - 12 Dec 2018

Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority

The goal is to end GBV in its entirety!

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Nov 2018

We need to reach out to all community stakeholders and use the influence of the community leaders to change perceptions around gender-based violence

AMRH Partnership Platform – Advancing medicines regulatory outcomes in Africa

Article Advertorial Feature - 6 Sep 2018

This initiative will harmonise the different interventions for maximum impact

Bongeka Zuma

Article Carl Collison - 31 Aug 2018

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This man blew the lid off the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy. Read what it taught him.

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Aug 2018

When we got our independence, we did not ask ourselves what kind of ethics this new country needed. SA’s health ombud reflects on his first big case.

Think you’re going to opt out of the #NHI when it comes? Think again.

Article Mia Malan - 6 Jul 2018

In June, the health minister released the long-awaited National Health Insurance Bill. What does it mean to you and your medical aid? We tell you.

It’s in the blood

Article Tamsin Oxford & Gavin Foster - 29 Jun 2018

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Research to improve rural community health

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Jun 2018

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Zimbabwe sacks thousands of striking nurses

Africa Agency - 18 Apr 2018

In a hardline response to growing labour arrest by the country's new leadership, all nurses who were on strike have been fired

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Africans flock, rather than take flight

Include indigenous knowledge and cultures in the curriculum to improve health

Pairing learning with food is a winning recipe

Sharing best practice key to healthy results solutions

How did an otherwise healthy man with a broken leg end up dead in a hospital ceiling?

The workforce that makes our health system work

Public finance is key to delivering the human right to health

The goal is to end GBV in its entirety!

AMRH Partnership Platform – Advancing medicines regulatory outcomes in Africa

Bongeka Zuma

This man blew the lid off the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy. Read what it taught him.

Think you’re going to opt out of the #NHI when it comes? Think again.

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Zimbabwe sacks thousands of striking nurses

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