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General News Archive | December 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
14/12/2023 WHO 1,19 million people still die in road traffic accidents, according to the WHO's 2023 Global Status Report on Road Safety
06/12/23 Various  Concerns raised as NHI Bill approved by National Council of Provinces
04/12/23 Lancet HIV Results of new trial show that HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV acquisition 
3/12/2023 Press Release Professor Harry Seftel, denzien of South African medicine, dies in Johannesburg, aged 94. 
     
 
 
General News Archive | November 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
30/22/2023 Daily Maverick NHI Bill vote delayed amid backroom political twists and last-minute business lobbying
27/11/2023 Reuters StoryUpdated: 07:41China ministry seeks more fever clinics to combat respiratory illness surge
23/11/2023 Reuters Update: Don't press 'pandemic panic button' scientists caution on China pneumonia report
23/11/2023 Reuters WHO asks China for details on outbreaks of respiratory illness
17/11/2023 Daily Maverick SA well stocked with antivenom, say experts as snakebite season looms
16/11/2023 MoneyWeb Life Healthcare shareholders eye R8.4bn AMG bonanza
15/11/2023 Medical Science News New vaccine promotes immune regulation that treats autoimmunity and prolongs transplant survival 
11/11/2023 New York Times Wegovy Is Shown to Reduce Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes in Some Patients
09/11/2023 Daily Maverick SAHRC says Government should declare childhood malnutrition in Eastern Cape a 'disaster.'
09/11/2023 Daily Maverick SA regulator flags rise in fake doctors, urges more ‘education’ about the menace 
3/1/2023 Daily Maverick Medical Day Zero – catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals
1/11/2023 FierceHC Nearly a quarter of hospital stent procedures are unnecessary, fueling billions in low-value spending, Lown Institute finds
1/11/2023 Bloomberg Bayer hit with $332m Roundup-cancer verdict by jury   
 
 
General News Archive | October 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
30/10/2023 Science Daily Protein interaction causing rare but deadly vaccine-related clotting found
24/10/2023 UN Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer
20/10/2023 AP A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
11/10/2023 PolioGERA European leaders announce new financing partnership to deliver a healthier, polio-free world
9/10/2023 AP  Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming year
2/10/23  AP Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
 
 
General News Archive | September 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
29/09/23 Daily Maverick Health minister warns of negative impact of ‘cost containment’ on quality of healthcare services
27/09/23 Science Daily Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses
19/09/23 WHO WHO releases first-ever report on devastating global impact of hypertension
15/09/23 Daily Maverick More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws 

13/09/23

Science Daily

World-first AI foundation model for eye care to supercharge global efforts to prevent blindness
11/09/23 Daily Maverick Analysis finds SA was bullied into one-sided, imperial and immoral Covid-19 vaccine contracts
01/09/2023 The Conversation TB research shows good diet can cut infections by nearly 50%
     
 
 
General Healthcare News Archive | August 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
29/08/23 Health-e.org Patients in South Africa in limbo amid stoma bag shortage in government hospitals 
24/08/2023 The Guardian Woman ‘over the moon’ after sister donates womb in UK first
18/08/2023 WebMD CDC tracking new COVID strain
16/08/2023 Daily Maverick Chris Hani Baragwanath runs out of life-saving Adrenaline after Gauteng switches suppliers
10/08/2023 CNN States gear up for this fall’s triple threat of respiratory viruses: Covid-19, flu and RSV
10/08/2023 WHO WHO convenes first high-level global summit on traditional medicine to explore evidence base, opportunities to accelerate health for all
07/08/2023 Health-e.org Lack of awareness is putting a damper on roll-out of TB preventative medicine in South Africa
03/08/2023 Health-e.org Joburg's worsening air quality is putting residents at risk
     
 
 
General News Archive | July 2023
 
 
Date Source Title  & Link
     
26/07/2023 WHO New Model Drug List published by WHO contains record number of drug listings
26/07/2023 DoH DoH calls for vigilance as new cholera case recorded in KZN
25/07/2023 WHO WHO urges countries to invest in drowning prevention to protect children
16/07/2023 Reuters Alzheimer's diagnosis revamp embraces rating scale similar to cancer 
4/07/2023 

Health e-News

Born too soon: Pre-term births a Global Concern | Health-eNews
     
 
 
General News Archive | June 2023
 
Date Source Title  & Link
29/06/2023 

SAMRC

Unravelling the mystery: SA builds capacity for cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology

28/06/2023

Gates Foundation

Wellcome & Gates Foundation to fund Late-Stage Development of a TB Vaccine Candidate

27/06/2023

SABC News

 Cape Town’s Groote Schuur unveils radiation therapy machines for cancer cell destruction
26/06/2023 Daily Maverick

National Health Insurance is a big fat empty promise – experts 

23/06/2023

WHO

Multilateral development banks and WHO launch new investment platform to strengthen primary health care services 

21/06/2023

News24

SAMA cautions the health dept against prematurely implementing the NHI programme

20/06/2023

SAGov

 Minister Joe Phaahla: Opening Remarks 11th South African AIDS Conference 

14/06/2023

Daily Maverick

ANC gets its revolutionary NHI legislation adopted
 

 
General News Archive | May 2023 
 
Date Source Title  & Link

28/05/2023

EWN

Phaahal: R950m needed to address the shortage of nurses

26/05/2023

Relief Web

Cholera Death toll rises to 22 

26/05/2023

NCID

Measles Outbreak update 

23/05/2023

WHO

Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all

23/05/2023

Daily Maverick

Killer Cholera hits amid decade-long bicker over Hammanskraal water crisis and tenter scandals

22/05 2023

NCID

Diphtheria Outbreak Alert for Healthcare Workers

21/05/2023

NCID

Measles Outbreak Alert 

10/05/2023

NCID

Malaria Cases on the Rise

11/05/2023

NCID

Confirmation of Mumps Outbreak 
 
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