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Formula milk industry targets health professionals to market products
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Health professionals are often targeted by formula milk companies, given their strong influence on mothers and infant feeding attitudes and practices. To counter their often aggressive marketing campaigns, a local expert believes health science students can act as agents of change. Dr Haroon Salojee, Professor of Community Pediatrics at the
Second J&J vaccine fatality recorded
Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) confirmed that another person died from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after receiving the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine. SAPHRA confirmed the first GBS death early last month. In a statement released Monday, SAHPRA said the National Immunisation Safety Expert Committee (NISEC) did a
Jagersfontein disaster: emergency services assessing damage
Molefi Sompane
Teams consisting of emergency medical services, health, disaster management, and search and rescue personnel remain on the ground in Jagersfontein, where a mining dam wall collapsed on Sunday. Three people died in the incident in the Free State mining town. President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit the area Monday. Four people
SA Hospitals: Pelonomi remains in the doldrums
Molefi Sompane
As medico-legal claims continue to pile up in hospitals across the country, Bloemfontein’s Pelonomi Hospital is no different with several accounts from dissatisfied patients painting a grim picture. Not too long ago, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) warned the Free State Department of Health of looming legal costs
TRIPS waiver outcome: domestic IP reform needed
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for pandemic preparedness in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with vulnerable populations. LMICs face a double burden during pandemics because they are often last in line to access available medicines and vaccines to reduce life-threatening diseases. This does not bode well for LMICs with
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