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Palliative care

Women-led Alignd attracts E Squared investment

12 Sep 2025

Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

What every expectant parent needs to know about maternity and newborn care cover, Medshield

Medical Aid

What every expectant parent needs to know about maternity and newborn care cover, Medshield

Issued by Stone 6 Sep 2024

Source: The Rural Healthcare Advocacy Project.

Healthcare

A holistic approach will build a stronger rural healthcare system

12 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. BestMed chief executive, Leo Dlamini

Medical Aid

Preventative care a core focus for 2023 healthcare

4 Oct 2022

Making a real difference in the lives of South African working women this Women's Month

Wellness

Making a real difference in the lives of South African working women this Women's Month

Issued by JNPR 14 Sep 2022

As the Covid bubble bursts, the need for adequate healthcare coverage is clearer than ever

Covid-19

As the Covid bubble bursts, the need for adequate healthcare coverage is clearer than ever

Brian Harris 26 Apr 2022

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2022

Ethics & Medicolegal

How to manage risk against medical injury claims

Vanessa Rogers 24 May 2021

When women do science, society benefits in myriad ways. Solskin/Stock image/Getty Images

Medical Research

Breaking the science glass ceiling: 4 African women share what it took

Natasha Joseph, Ogechi Ekeanyanwu & Wale Fatade 11 Feb 2021

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study

Patience Afulani 28 Jan 2021

#StartupStory: Moms breathe life into Babalust

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Moms breathe life into Babalust

Evan-Lee Courie 4 Aug 2020

A nurse participates in the drill to test their system capabilities for the Covid-19 coronavirus mass patients influx at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

Covid-19

Covid-19 exposes weaknesses in Kenya's healthcare system. And what can be done

Abdu Mohiddin & Marleen Temmerman 29 Jul 2020

Women report abuse during delivery. Shutterstock

Women's Health

#WomensMonth: Subtle abuse affects women during childbirth

Patience Afulani 7 Aug 2019

People queue in makeshift camps following past threats of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Today, rescinded health department memos requesting foreigners pay in full for healthcare have sparked a national debate. (Fredrik Lemeryd)

Public Health

Are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?

Sasha Stevenson 13 Mar 2019

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

Dr Howard Manyonga, head of The Birthing Team

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Making obstetrics a team sport

Dr Howard Manyonga 9 Jan 2018

Dr Dumisani Bomela, CEO of the Hospital Association of South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Let us lay myths to rest and get on with healthcare provision

Dr Dumisani Bomela 8 Jan 2018

Getting global fees right

Medical Aid

Getting global fees right

19 May 2017

#PregnancyAwarenessWeek: Teamwork will alleviate obstetrics crisis

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

#PregnancyAwarenessWeek: Teamwork will alleviate obstetrics crisis

8 Feb 2017

What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Paul Mensah 6 Jul 2015

Winners of the Pioneers of Health Challenge announced

Medical Research

Winners of the Pioneers of Health Challenge announced

11 Dec 2013

Khatala supports single working mothers

HR Management

Khatala supports single working mothers

14 Jun 2013

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

A good midwife makes giving birth at home as safe as in hospital

17 Apr 2009

Women's Health

Black women in Britain have double the risk of pregnancy complications

16 Apr 2009

Paediatrics

EC Health dept certifies 36 “baby friendly” hospitals

Bathandwa Mbola 26 Apr 2007