Ophthalmology

Medical device and pharmaceutical marketing code representatives will be meeting with the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) as a collective shortly to finalise...

Here are some of the articles MedBrief Africa readers found the most interesting in the past week

New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept) suggests that damage...

Covid measures may eventually boost TB control https://medbriefafrica.co.za/covid-measures-may-eventually-boost-tb-control/ Murder anniversary, specialist arrest* prompts specialised medico-legal input plea https://medbriefafrica.co.za/murder-anniversary-specialist-arrest-prompts-specialised-medico-legal-input-plea/ Health Ministry issues warning about ‘overstated’ Omicron BA.2.75 message https://medbriefafrica.co.za/health-ministry-issues-warning-about-overstated-omicron-ba-2-75-message/ Health Squared...

Solutions to overcoming the Africa’s health challenges are multifaceted and include health systems strengthening, committed leadership, human resources (quality and capacity), improving quality, and...

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has given notice that Health Squared Medical Scheme has been placed under provisional curatorship effective from yesterday, Thursday, 8 September...

The recent announcement by Health Squared medical scheme that it would be applying for voluntary liquidation and that all healthcare cover to its members...

Here are some of the articles MedBrief Africa readers found the most interesting in the past week

By Dr Andrew Good (pictured), Convener: Outcome Measuring and Reporting (OMR) Conference South Africa has many challenges. A well-functioning South African healthcare system that provides...

Here are some of the articles medical practitioner readers of Med Brief Africa found the most interesting during the past week: Civil unrest ‘top of...

Photo: EthiQual’s Managing Executive, Alex BrownleeMedical indemnity provider, EthiQual has assured doctors that it remains a profitable business and that it remains resolute in supporting healthcare...

South Africa has been one of the hardest hit countries in terms of COVID-19-attributed deaths at a global level, Prof Glenda Gray, SA Medical Research Council...

Legally speaking... First in a series of articles of import to medical practice and funding by Chareen Marcus*, Partner, Harris Marcus Mahlangu Attorneys It is a fundamental...

One in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long term symptoms due to COVID-19, suggests a large Dutch study published in The...

Mediclinic has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with Remgro in a consortium with the MSC Mediterranean Shipping company in Switzerland to buy...

By Chris Bateman With an estimated 326 000 excess deaths and 1 500 healthcare workers dead due to Covid, some of them leaders in their...

Of South Africa’s 60 million population, nine million have medical scheme cover, 500 000 have medical insurance and more than 50 million are without...

 Identifying and supporting students from rural areas who are interested in studying medicine could be a major solution in strengthening healthcare services in South...