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March 7, 2019

Local solutions can boost healthier food choices in South Africa

Karen Hofman, University of the Witwatersrand and Safura Abdool Karim, University of the Witwatersrand

Fast-food outlets outnumber healthy food stores in South Africa’s Gauteng province.

February 25, 2019

Busisiwe Shezi, South African Medical Research Council; Caradee Yael Wright, South African Medical Research Council, and Renee Street, South African Medical Research Council

South Africa’s environmental health workers play a vital role in helping communities respond to climate change.

August 28, 2016

Susan Goldstein, University of the Witwatersrand

Marketers take advantage of the fact that children sometimes can’t recognise the difference between product placement and advertising.

Susan Goldstein
Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
Caradee Yael Wright
Chief Specialist Scientist (Public Health), South African Medical Research Council
Karen Hofman
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
Renee Street
Specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Busisiwe Shezi
Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Safura Abdool Karim
Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University