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Retired South African justice Dikgang Moseneke has made a landmark ruling for damages in the Life Esidimeni matter.
The bacterial pathogen that is responsible for listeriosis can survive under even the toughest conditions.
There are many benefits to walking - whether you do it in a group or on your own.
Setting up 24 hour clinics in a busy metropole such as Johannesburg would help those who need health care most.
In rural areas where there are often fewer healthcare professionals available, traditional healers can have a role to play in promoting HIV treatment.
South Africa has made tremendous progress towards meeting the 90-90-90 targets but there are some challenges preventing it from reaching the goals set by UNAIDS.
South Africa has one last hurdle to cross before it implements a sugar tax to prevent a wide-range of obesity related non-communicable diseases.
South African health authorities educate the public about breastfeeding but without supportive legislation and strong communication, it will never be normalised.
South Africa has the highest obesity levels in Africa but blaming sugar neglects the many factors at play in this complex health issue.
Being able to buy processed "food-like" products is often seen as a mark of personal and material success. Little attention is paid to having a healthy diet.
The burden of communicable disease is declining in Africa and life expectancy is increasing. But non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer are wreaking havoc.
In developing countries mental health care generally takes a backseat when it comes to allocating resources.
Poor people with disabilities living in rural South Africa are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to accessing health care.
Each suicide has a social, economic and cultural context. And unless these factors are considered alongside psychiatric care, steadily increasing suicide rates will not be curbed.
Bakery employees develop asthma when they are exposed to high levels of flour dust. Although there are international guidelines these are often not protective and badly implemented.
South Africa, despite its bold commitments to improve breastfeeding, does not have national data to monitor breastfeeding rates to ensure that its policies are being effective.
Taking antiretrovirals is key to reducing HIV infection rates, but the challenge lies in making sure people who know they are infected actually take the drugs.
If hypertension patients don't take their medication regularly, they can't control this lifelong disease. Text message communication from clinics can help remind them.
Inequalities in the nutritional status of poor and rich have been mitigated through various social protection policies, but children in South Africa remain at risk of malnutrition.
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Professor of Public Health and DST/NRF Research Chair., University of the Witwatersrand
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Program Director, PRICELESS SA ( Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Stregthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director, PRICELESS, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Professsor of Public Health; Co-Director Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa; Panel Member, Private Healthcare Market Inquiry, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategy Extramural Unit, SAMRC, University of Pretoria
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Course coordinator for postgraduate level Certificate in Ergonomics, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor, SARChI Research Chair in Mycobactomics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Malawi
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Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
