#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2024 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Healthcare site over the past year below.

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Healthcare

Most-read stories

1	Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded - T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng	26 Mar 2024
2	Stellenbosch physicists pioneer hi-tech cancer therapy protocol	02 Apr 2024
3	SA doctors make up to 40 times more than those in Kenya and Nigeria - Zano Kunene	05 Apr 2024
4	Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoring - Katja Hamilton	24 Aug 2024
5	Gauteng Health Department's last-minute decision a shocker	24 Apr 2024
6	Medipost unveils WhatsApp chats for free medication deliveries	22 May 2024
7	A new low-cost medical scheme is here from Discovery Health	13 Nov 2024
8	Why superfood makeup is the game-changer your skincare routine needs - Nicole Sherwin	01 Oct 2024
9	Adcock Ingram recalls Panado paediatric syrup	12 Dec 2024
10	Ivan Saltzman's R1.43bn Dis-Chem share sale reshapes ownership	02 Feb 2024
11	Conquering the wall: A marathon runner's mental triumph - Vuyani Ndlovu - BET Software	28 Oct 2024
12	South African households are changing as birth rates come down	06 Mar 2024
13	Eppendorf joins Waterfall City's elite roster	25 Mar 2024
14	Japanese pharma Eisai invests in RecoMed	06 Mar 2024
15	Does NHI spell the end for medical aid and gap cover?	24 Jan 2024
16	#BizTrends2024: The only constant is change - healthcare technology trends - Avsharn Bachoo	16 Jan 2024
17	AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing	30 Apr 2024
18	"The NHI Bill is going to be introduced and signed into law whether they like it or not" - Ramaphosa - Katja Hamilton	15 Jan 2024
19	In a surprise move, Ramaphosa to sign NHI Bill into law before 29 May elections	14 May 2024
20	Ramaphosa makes child deaths under 12 notifiable following school poisoning crisis - Katja Hamilton	19 Nov 2024

Most-read contributors

1	Avsharn Bachoo
2	Margot Brews
3	Aimée Wesso-Roberts
4	Steve Stavs

Most-viewed press offices

1	Bonitas
2	COHSASA
3	Association for Dietetics in South Africa
4	Icon Oncology

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Top stories

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