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Mental health

Why 92% of mentally ill South Africans don't receive treatment

5 hours

Human Rights Law

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 29 Jul 2025

Care coordination is vital to achieving better health outcomes, by Medshield

Medical Aid

Care coordination is vital to achieving better health outcomes, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 23 Sep 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Revolutionising mental performance with human-centric algorithms

Steve Stavs 8 Jan 2024

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Women's Health

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 6 Oct 2023

Mental health

#Budget2023: SA's mental health needs better funding

23 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, Vanessa Ascencao.

Healthcare

ADHD medication alone has no impact on learning, study

23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group technology director for Afrocentric group.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Meeting your surgeon in the metaverse; can 2023 drive the metamorphosis of healthcare technology?

Avsharn Bachoo 9 Jan 2023

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

Health & Social Welfare

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

25 Nov 2022

Medical Research

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Doctors' mental health hard hit in face of financial stress

Mental health

Doctors' mental health hard hit in face of financial stress

Coenie Smith 22 Nov 2021

Image source: © Luca Bertolli–

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Medical training scholarships open for application

4 Nov 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Climate Change

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Design & Manufacturing

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

Mental health

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

30 Apr 2021

Mathari Hospital is the only psychiatric hospital in Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Mental health

Why Africa needs to invest in mental health

Benedict Weobong & Justice Nonvignon 13 Oct 2020

The skylight of the Weskoppies Chapel in Pretoria.
Alain Proust/Hidden Pretoria

Architecture & Design

Between care and neglect: Pretoria's grand architectural legacy

Johan Swart 9 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mental health

New study sheds light on genetics of schizophrenia in South Africa

3 Feb 2020

Genetic studies need to be more diverse.

Medical Research

Most genetic studies use only white participants - this will lead to greater health inequality

Karoline Kuchenbaecker Evangelos Vassos & Roseann Peterson 16 Oct 2019

Mental health

We did the sums on South Africa's mental health spend. They're not pretty

Sumaiyah Docrat & Crick Lund 9 Oct 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Surgical Equipment & Products

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019

How to get a 400% return - and it's not a pyramid scheme

Employee Wellness

How to get a 400% return - and it's not a pyramid scheme

Sid Peimer 14 Mar 2019

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

Mental health

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

24 Jan 2019

Professor Bonga Chiliza

Mental health

SA needs stronger leadership and increased budgets in mental healthcare

11 Jan 2019

How many students want to go to varsity and other schooling insights...

Higher Education

How many students want to go to varsity and other schooling insights...

21 Nov 2018

There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research. Shutterstock

Mental health

Mental health genetics: African solutions for African challenges

Benyam Worku Dubale, Celia van der Merwe & Nathani 6 Nov 2018

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Medical Research

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Bill Hathaway 27 Sep 2018

Early warning sign of psychosis detected

Neurology

Early warning sign of psychosis detected

Bill Hathaway 25 Sep 2018

Professor Ian Couper

Public Health

African mid-level health workers need better training

13 Sep 2018

Professor Soraya Seedat. Photo: Damien Schumann

Mental health

#WomensMonth: Probing the secrets of mind, body and soul

Jeanne van der Merwe 3 Aug 2018

Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Andronica Nedzamba

Mental health

Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 25 Jul 2018

Sama takes issue with Competition Commission findings

Healthcare

Sama takes issue with Competition Commission findings

9 Jul 2018

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Public Health

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Tom Jackson 27 Jun 2018

Groote Schuur Hospital

Neurology

UCT and Groote Schuur break ground on neuroscience centre

12 Jun 2018

Dr Stefanie Malan-Muller

Mental health

More than a gut feeling - the link between PTSD and microbes

30 Oct 2017

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

Public Health

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

11 Sep 2017

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

Mental health

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

Simon McCarthy-Jones 28 Aug 2017

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Mental health

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Nicci Botha 28 Jun 2017

Gender diversity in management - no cookie-cutter solution

Management & Leadership

Gender diversity in management - no cookie-cutter solution

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 9 Jun 2017

SA's first adult ADHD guidelines

Mental health

SA's first adult ADHD guidelines

17 May 2017

SASOP calls for action on the state of mental health

Mental health

SASOP calls for action on the state of mental health

9 Feb 2017

Genetic testing in the age of personalised medicine

Medtech

Genetic testing in the age of personalised medicine

8 Feb 2017

Genetic testing and personalised medicine

Medtech

Genetic testing and personalised medicine

10 Jan 2017

Social contracts and treating mental illness

Mental health

Social contracts and treating mental illness

28 Nov 2016