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Healthcare
A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving
Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025
Noncommunicable diseases
#BudgetSpeech2024: Heala condemns Finance Minister's failure to increase Health Promotion Levy
22 Feb 2024
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Health & Safety
Aspartame under the spotlight as WHO declares it a "possible carcinogenic to humans"
Danette Breitenbach 3 Jul 2023
Noncommunicable diseases
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund
Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report
28 Oct 2022
Noncommunicable diseases
Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district
Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021
Health & Social Welfare
Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits
Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021
Noncommunicable diseases
Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy
Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021
Taxation & Regulation
New research shows South Africa's levy on sugar-sweetened drinks is having an impact
Karen Hofman 12 Apr 2021
Noncommunicable diseases
Inadequate healthcare measurement puts patients at risk in Global South
18 Nov 2020
Noncommunicable diseases
Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa
Medical Research
Quality research in Africa matters more than ever - for the whole world
Thomas Kariuki & Elizabeth Marincola 16 Oct 2020
Noncommunicable diseases
Combating lifestyle diseases can make a big difference in the lives of older people
Razak M Gyasi 12 Oct 2020
Noncommunicable diseases
Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health
Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020
Medical Research
African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working
Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020
Public Health
Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used
18 Aug 2020
Medical Research
Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again
Reagan Mogire 29 Jun 2020
Nutrition
Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms
Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Jun 2020
Noncommunicable diseases
Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach
Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
A changing birth: What's behind SA's skyrocketing C-section rates?
Laura Grant & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 10 Jan 2019
Healthcare
IHI Africa Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare to feature international health experts
Issued by COHSASA 17 Jan 2018
Taxation & Regulation
Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament
Linda Ensor 10 Nov 2017
