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An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

ESG & Sustainability

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come

Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou 18 Apr 2024

Source: Nobel Prize/Youtube

Healthcare

Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

Katja Hamilton 6 Oct 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

Brendan Seery 14 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Finance

Old Mutual depletes Covid-19 reserve as deaths outpace expectations

Emma Rumney 23 Nov 2021

PRofessor Glenda Gray, CEO, SAMRC

Healthcare

J&J single-dose vaccine effective against Delta variant

26 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Healthcare

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Healthcare

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Mykola Samoilenko/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Brendan Seery 20 Apr 2021

Healthcare

One year on: #Covid-19 by the numbers

Nicci Botha 5 Mar 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

This graph published by the MRC shows how much worse the second Covid-19 surge is than the first one that peaked in July.

Healthcare

Record number of South Africans died in first week of 2021

James Stent and Nathan Geffen 14 Jan 2021

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Healthcare

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

Covid-19: Excess deaths for second week running

Healthcare

Covid-19: Excess deaths for second week running

Marecia Damons 30 Oct 2020

Businesses all over the country closed their doors for good. GettyImages

Healthcare

Lockdown didn't work in South Africa: why it shouldn't happen again

Benjamin T H Smart & Alex Broadbent 15 Oct 2020

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Healthcare

Health focuses on immunity, seroprevalence as Covid-19 cases decline

15 Sep 2020

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

Healthcare

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

14 Sep 2020

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 (round blue objects), emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Image by the US NIAID (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

How Western Cape will check for a future Covid-19 surge

James Stent 7 Sep 2020

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi can make a simple policy change that can allow South Africa to implement a health programme that will be a model for the world. Photo: Tariro Washinyira

Healthcare

Here's a quick health win for government

GroundUp editors 25 Aug 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

How deadly is Covid-19?

GroundUp and Spotlight staff 19 Jun 2020

Healthcare

Early detection helps prevent nearly thousand deaths from breast cancer each year: Research

17 Jun 2010

Healthcare

Killer cars

15 Apr 2008

Healthcare

Rich must pay climate change health costs

8 Apr 2008