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Source: The Rural Healthcare Advocacy Project.

Healthcare

A holistic approach will build a stronger rural healthcare system

12 Jul 2024

Healthcare

#Budget2023: SA's mental health needs better funding

23 Feb 2023

Healthcare

Antenatal care essential for protecting the health of women and their unborn children

14 Feb 2023

Healthcare

World Patient Day focuses on safe and respectful childbirth

17 Sep 2021

Women who had a secondary or higher level of education were more likely to test for HIV than women who had no formal education. Shutterstock

Healthcare

African countries differ widely in prenatal HIV testing: why it matters

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 13 Jan 2021

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Healthcare

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 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.

Healthcare

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

Abdu Mohiddin & Marleen Temmerman 29 Jul 2020

Dr Roslyn Lutaaya

Healthcare

#OnTheFrontLine: Be kind to each other, says Dr Roslyn Lutaaya

15 Jul 2020

What mattered most to mothers using Nigeria’s free maternal health services was that their babies were healthy. Adekunle Ajayi/Getty Images

Healthcare

What mothers told me about Nigeria's free maternal health services

Anthony Idowu Ajayi 17 Mar 2020

Healthcare

South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Ute Feuch & Jeannette Wessels 9 Jan 2020

Healthcare

Antenatal care in Kenya needs improvement

Patience Afulani 26 Nov 2019

Only one third of women in Madagascar get prenatal care in the first trimester. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Madagascar trial: how a simple pregnancy test can change lives

Alison B Comfort 3 Oct 2019

Dr Chris Archer, CEO of the South African Private Practitioners Forum; moderator, Tanya Cohen, former Business Unity South Africa CEO; Dr Guni Goolab, principal officer, Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS); Dr Terence Moodley, board member of Samed; Melanie da Costa, director of strategy and healthcare policy, Netcare; Dr Stavros Nicolaou, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Task Group Dr Anban Pillay, deputy director general, National Department of Health; and Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO, Discovery Health

Healthcare

After NHI - South Africans can still choose medical aids

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2019

International migrants often struggle to access healthcare. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Migrants must be part of South Africa's universal health plan. Here's why

Sasha Frade & Jo Vearey 30 Jul 2019

Home visit trials strongly encouraged spouses to get involved. Anne Cockroft

Healthcare

Nigerian trial shows how universal home visits can help reduce maternal risks

Anne Cockcroft & Neil Andersson 11 Apr 2019

Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Scorecards can help measure health outcomes. An East Africa case study

Wilfred Senyoni 8 Apr 2019

Maternal mortality is much higher in Africa than in high-income countries. Shutterstock

Healthcare

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

Bruce M Biccard 26 Mar 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)

Healthcare

Are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?

Sasha Stevenson 13 Mar 2019

John Kamaro, director for Global Gaming Africa

Finance

Blockchain as a solution to Africa's challenges

Katy Micallef 21 Sep 2018

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

Healthcare

Poor quality health services are holding back UHC

17 Jul 2018

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

Healthcare

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

1 Sep 2017

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

ESG & Sustainability

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

#PregnancyAwarenessWeek: Teamwork will alleviate obstetrics crisis

Healthcare

#PregnancyAwarenessWeek: Teamwork will alleviate obstetrics crisis

8 Feb 2017

How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals

ESG & Sustainability

How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals

Ademola Adenle 18 Jan 2017

Internet.org awards African innovation

ICT

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

CoCT takes mobile healthcare to the people

Healthcare

CoCT takes mobile healthcare to the people

22 Jul 2016

Philips Community Life Centre

Marketing & Media

Brands can build capacity in communities

1 Jun 2016

Graphic of the CLC at Mandera

Healthcare

Developing a community of health

13 May 2016

ESG & Sustainability

R25m set aside for Africa's first social impact bonds

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 30 Mar 2016

Africa's first SIBs aim at boosting health and social outcomes

Healthcare

Africa's first SIBs aim at boosting health and social outcomes

29 Mar 2016

Know your numbers throughout your pregnancy

Healthcare

Know your numbers throughout your pregnancy

15 May 2015

Investing in ECD helps to reduce social and economic inequality

ESG & Sustainability

Investing in ECD helps to reduce social and economic inequality

Sizwe Nxasana 28 Oct 2014

State cannot afford to hire the specialists it trains

Healthcare

State cannot afford to hire the specialists it trains

Tamar Kahn 30 Oct 2013

Healthcare

Early detection vital for preventing disease

18 Sep 2013

Low-cost ultrasound for moms, babies

Science

Low-cost ultrasound for moms, babies

Wilma den Hartigh 26 Feb 2013

Healthcare

Partnership to develop management in HIV/AIDS fight

17 Aug 2012

Healthcare

KZN tackles maternal deaths

8 Jun 2012

Healthcare

Antenatal HIV prevalence up

Gabi Khumalo 1 Dec 2011

Healthcare

Govt working around the clock on NHI

1 Jun 2011

Protection of pregnant women against malaria still inadequate

Healthcare

Protection of pregnant women against malaria still inadequate

26 Jan 2011

Healthcare

Tips on pregnancy care from NHS Choices

6 Oct 2010

Healthcare

Saving 11 million African lives...

30 Jul 2010

Healthcare

Infants in African countries receive minimum help to reduce risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission

20 Jul 2010

Healthcare

World Bank announces plan to reduce maternity deaths; fertility rates

14 May 2010

Healthcare

Black women in Britain have double the risk of pregnancy complications

16 Apr 2009

Healthcare

Death... by birth

Bathandwa Mbola 16 Jan 2009

Healthcare

Public health crisis after election violence in Kenya

21 Apr 2008

Healthcare

Industry news: Pfizer launches initiative for malaria treatment and education

Issued by Magna Carta 1 Oct 2007