by Chandré Blignaut | Jul 6, 2021 | Featured, News
Merck signs MoU with African Federation of Fertility Societies Johannesburg, South Africa, July 6th, 2021 – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Federation of Fertility...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured, News
BD launches portable, rapid point-of-care antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in 15 minutes, targeting to expand access to COVID-19 testing in South Africa BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company, NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, has started to...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured, News
Use heart to act now on angina: Be alert to angina to save lives Johannesburg, 21 June 2021: International pharmaceutical group Servier, together with the World Heart Federation (WHF) and Global Heart Hub, which represents people with heart disease, have launched the...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured, News
Voluntourism versus a leave of purpose: How medical volunteers can add real value Johannesburg, 21 June 21: Voluntourism isn’t new. Every year, millions of people from wealthy nations travel to developing countries hoping to do good, from building houses in Rwanda to...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jun 9, 2021 | Featured, News
Quadrivalent flu vaccine protects against 2021 flu strains Annual vaccination is still vital Johannesburg, 9 June 2021: Each year severe illness caused by influenza (flu) affects between 3 and 5 million people worldwide,1 with up to 650 000 deaths – over 11 000 of...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jun 8, 2021 | Featured, News
Mental health & psychology conference 2021 – a focus on grief South Africa is currently experiencing significant death and non-death losses, and the immediate implementation of a nationwide COVID-19 bereavement initiative is critical. This is the sentiment of Dr...
