by Chandré Blignaut | Oct 10, 2022 | Featured, News
Glencore Coal invests over R 100 000 to prevent avoidable blindness ahead of Eye Care Awareness Month Eye Care Awareness Month is commemorated from 21 September to 18 October to raise awareness about the importance of eye health, specifically around the prevention and...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 28, 2022 | Featured, News
International Gaucher Day on 1 October highlights the need for greater attention on rare diseases to promote diagnosis Currently, there are an estimated 6000–8000 rare diseases which affect 350 million people worldwide.1 One such rare condition is Gaucher Disease (GD)...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 2, 2022 | Featured, News
Finding financial flow and investment support to ease the pressure on medical practitioners By Coenie Smith, Head of Private Clients for Medical Professionals at Nedbank Medical practitioners face the same financial pressure points as every other profession, for...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 31, 2022 | Featured, News
New Sanofi GM poised to transform Southern Africa medical and pharma industry Kagan Keklik has taken the reigns as General Manager South Africa & Country Lead of multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company, Sanofi, in South Africa, at a time when...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 1, 2022 | Featured, News
Water activist and ultra-marathon runner arrives in South Africa Water activist in SA on her way to the UN Water activist and ultra-marathon runner Mina Guli, is in South Africa to complete the Africa leg of the RUN BLUE campaign. South Africa has a special...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jul 22, 2022 | Featured, News
World Brain Day 22 July 2022 – Brain health for all Epilepsy is treatable yet pre-mature death rising Epilepsy affects 1 in every 100 people in South Africa, and more than 75% of people have their first seizure before the age of 20. However, the Neurological Society...