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Here are some of the articles Med Brief Africa readers found the most interesting during the past week:Malaria cases on the rise in SA,...
New HPCSA CEO/Registrar: Intent on restoring trust in the Council
Photo: Dr Magome Masike, the HPCSA's new Registrar/CEO The appointment last week of Dr Magome Masike as the new Registrar/CEO of the Health Professions Council...
Health Ministry commemorates International Nurses Day
The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla and Deputy Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo will on today, 12 May join the provincial health authorities, nurses...
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Second Presidential Health Summit: SA needs another Health Compact
Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaala has called for a second Health Compact to be signed between the state and key stakeholders in health to...
Multidisciplinary da Vinci Xi surgical programme introduced at Pretoria East Hospital
Photo: Urologist Dr Johan Venter, general surgeon Dr Michael Heyns and urologist Dr Paul Smit, who all practice at Netcare Pretoria East Hospital, are...
OP-ED: How Covid-19 drove pandemic readiness in SA healthcare
By Minette Barkhuysen, General Manager: Core Enterprise Systems at Mediclinic Southern Africa
Technology played a significant role as the great enabler during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping people adapt...
Smart Health Summit: leveraging technology to enhance health care efficiencies
An array of authoritative "hands-on" health care practitioners and administrators have been included in the speaker line-up for next month’s Smart Health Summit 2023,...
HPCSA appoints new Registrar/CEO, hopes to bring stability in the council
Photo: Dr Magome Masike, the HPCSA's new CEO/Registrar Health Minister, Joe Phaahla has appointed former MEC of Health in Northwest, Dr Magome Masike as the...
FDA approves first faecal transplant pill for C. difficile
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first orally administered faecal microbiota product for the pevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile...
Topical medico-legal, practice issues head bill at Surgicom Conference
The dilemma surgeons face when charged with culpable homicide and murder and what surgeons need to know about artificial intelligence will be among the...
FMT more effective than antibiotics to treat recurring life-threatening gut infections:...
A new Cochrane Review has found that, compared with
standard antibiotic treatment, stool transplantation also known as faecal
microbiota transplantation (FMT) can increase the number of...
HPCSA to engage with Gauteng healthcare practitioners on council’s mandate
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will tomorrow (25 April) host a Stakeholder Engagement for healthcare practitioners in Gauteng at the Birchwood...
Macleods – challenging the status quo in SA pharma
Photo caption (from left to right): Manoranajn Prasad (CFO Macleods Pharmaceuticals SA), Ed Hallam (CEO Abex Pharmaceutica), Jacques Van Staden (CEO Macleods Pharmaceuticals SA), John...
Precise e-scripts offer benefits over handwritten prescriptions
Healthcare professionals now have a powerful ally in the field of digital technology, with the introduction of electronic prescriptions (e-scripting) at Netcare hospitals.
“The additional...
Mediclinic focuses on tech to enhance patient care
At the heart of the digital transformation of South Africa’s healthcare sector is the drive to improve the safety and care of patients. The...
Cancer deaths and prevalence in SA showing a significant increase
While overall mortality in South Africa dropped by 24,1% between 2008 and 2018, cancer-related deaths increased by 29,3% over the same period. This is...
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SA healthcare system akin to Eskom –...