https://www.bizcommunity.com//196/330.htmlSouth Africa Public health news15Public Health news - South Africahttps://biz-file.com/res/img/logo.gifhttps://www.bizcommunity.com//196/330.htmlen-usSat, 12 Aug 2023 08:19:46 +0200https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240924.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2308/708638.jpg" width="208" height="117" alt="Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking" align="left"><p>Well over half of the participants in a three-month trial in which smokers tried vaping as a way of either stopping or reducing smoking successfully gave up cigarettes. Of those who continued to smoke while also vaping, 79% reduced their cigarette consumption.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240924.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240924">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240924.htmlFri, 11 Aug 2023 12:42:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240917.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2308/708619-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/vaccine%20manufacturing/ Pexels]]</span><p>On Thursday, 11 August, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) formally presented equipment valued at $750,000 (R14,083,950) to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) - marking the inaugural donation of its kind on the continent.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240917.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240917">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240917.htmlFri, 11 Aug 2023 11:14:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240837.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2308/708292-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source: Twitter/@i_likebrandon" align="left"><br><span >Source: Twitter/@i_likebrandon</span><p>The ongoing taxi strike in the Cape Metropole, which has seen the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) members reach Day 6 of its negotiations with the City of Cape Town, has seen an escalation of violence as arsonists and vandals have attacked the Nolungile Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha, causing extensive damage to the property.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240837.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240837">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240837.htmlTue, 08 Aug 2023 12:26:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240800.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2308/708143-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://pixabay.com/photos/glass-pane-glass-broken-splintered-1497227/ Pixabay]]</span><p>The ongoing taxi strike in the Cape Metropole, accompanied by violence and transportation disruption in rural areas, has plunged the region into a state of crisis. As a consequence, numerous health facilities have been forced to close, services have been suspended, and the region is grappling with a significant reduction in capacity.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240800.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=148&ct=1&ci=240800">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240800.htmlMon, 07 Aug 2023 14:50:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240793.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2308/708097-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source: 123RF." align="left"><br><span >Source: 123RF.</span><p>The scars left by the pandemic seem indelible, with recovery and rebuilding taking years. Amidst pandemic fatigue, the topic of Covid resurfaces as transplantation services struggle to catch up. In 2020, medical services' pressure brought transplant services to a near-halt, and even as things return to normal, the catch-up game persists.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240793.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240793">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240793.htmlMon, 07 Aug 2023 13:44:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240489.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/707033-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source: Supplied." align="left"><br><span >Source: Supplied.</span><p>Thompson Brand Partners, an acclaimed brand and digital design consultancy, has undergone a company-wide rebrand to ThreeTenSeven, focusing on health and wellbeing transformations.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240489.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=148&ct=1&ci=240489">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240489.htmlFri, 28 Jul 2023 09:41:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240419.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/706643-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source: MSF Southern Africa." align="left"><br><span >Source: MSF Southern Africa.</span><p>Armed men attacked a Doctors Without Borders group in Sudan as the aid workers delivered medical supplies to a hospital in the capital city, the medical charity said on Friday, 21 July, amid months-long fighting between the nation's army and paramilitary forces.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240419.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=148&ct=1&ci=240419">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/148/240419.htmlMon, 24 Jul 2023 10:06:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240405.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/706611-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023." align="left"><br><span >Source: Reuters.A boy covers his face from smoke as a health worker fumigates against mosquitoes in a residential area, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever across the island in Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 July, 2023.</span><p>The World Health Organization warned on Friday, 21 July, that cases of dengue fever could reach close to record highs this year, partly due to global warming benefiting mosquitoes that spread it.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240405.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240405">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240405.htmlFri, 21 Jul 2023 16:57:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240380.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/706485-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Source:" align="left"><br><span >Source: [[https://www.pexels.com/search/consumer%20in%20grocery%20store/ Pexels]]</span><p>Today is the last day for consumers to submit their comments in favour of new and bolder front-of-package warning labels that will inform them of packaged food that is high in salt, sugar, saturated fat and contains artificial sweeteners.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240380.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=330&ct=1&ci=240380">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/330/240380.htmlFri, 21 Jul 2023 10:42:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africahttps://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/841/240174.html<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2307/705709-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels" align="left"><br><span >Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels</span><p>The developed world has harvested African abundant resources and its youthful population for centuries without much benefit to the citizens of the continent. Now, in the digital age, Africa has been identified as a key growth market and is an attractive region for strategic investments. One sector that presents particularly promising opportunities is health tech.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/841/240174.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&c=841&ct=1&ci=240174">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/841/240174.htmlFri, 14 Jul 2023 10:12:00 +0200Bizcommunity Public Health South Africa