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New research shows South Africa's levy on sugar-sweetened drinks is having an...

Photo by Peter Kovalev\TASS via Getty Images</span>Three years ago South Africa introduced Africa's first major tax on sugar-sweetened beverages based on grams of sugar. The tax now stands at...

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We're on the hunt for novel ways to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes

Diabetes is a growing public health burden. Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock</span>Type 2 diabetes is characterised by elevated blood glucose levels. This can cause complications that lead to...

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Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy

Shutterstock</span>The burden of noncommunicable diseases is growing rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa. The conditions, which include obesity and diabetes, are now leading causes of premature...

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Our research shows gaps in South Africa's diabetes management programme

Diabetes is a leading cause of death in the country. PixelCatchers via GettyImages</span>Diabetes is currently the ninth most common cause of death in the world. Around 420-million people or 6%...

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The first clubfoot training webinar

World Clubfoot Day takes place on 3 June 2021. This globally recognised day both celebrates the birthdate of the pioneering Dr Ignaçio Ponseti and highlights the highly treatable clubfoot...

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Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African...

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa...

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DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 pediatric state...

DKMS Africa (formerly known as The Sunflower Fund) has secured over R2m (€140,000) through its state patient support programme to facilitate access to transplantation for eight pediatric patients,...

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New study shows turmeric extract may lessen Alzheimer-linked organ damage

A potent turmeric extract has been shown in new research to help lessen the potentially fatal damage from Alzheimer's disease on not only the brain, but also on peripheral organs.Read more... | Send to...

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#IfNotNowWhen: Confronting the diabetes tsunami

Source: ©World Diabetes Day [[www://worlddiabetesday.org/ worlddiabetesday.org]]</span>The Diabetes Alliance and the University of Pretoria Diabetes Research Centre (UP DRC) are presenting the...

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Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

Source: ©supplied by agency</span>While Africa accounts for about one-quarter of the global disease burden, it has just two percent of the world's doctors. With a burden of disease that includes...

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Africa's first public health state-of-the-art diabetes centre opens

Source: supplied.</span>Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) officially launched its state-of-the-art diabetes centre - the first public healthcare centre of its kind in Africa.Read more... | Send to a...

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Plan your new financial year resolutions

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2203/648576.gif" alt="Plan your new financial year resolutions" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy"...

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The killer quintet

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/656138.jpg" alt="The killer quintet" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><p>Two years ago, the Human...

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How to make healthy eating choices easier

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/672835-208x117.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 How to make healthy eating choices easier align="left"...

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Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

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Study shows type 2 diabetes reduces life expectancy

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2211/676930-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Nutritional consultant, Vanessa Ascencao" align="left"...

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SA Diabetes Alliance calls for urgent national diabetes education programme

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2211/677416-208x117.jpg?1" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Supplied. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, chairperson of the South African...

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Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious...

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2212/682832-208x117.jpg?5" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Source:...

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Integrated chronic care actively reducing the burden of chronic disease

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2302/687591-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Reuters." align="left"><br><span >Source:...

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Chronic kidney disease impacts 500 million individuals worldwide

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2303/691275-208x117.jpg?5" width=208 height=117 alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source:...

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