Honour the “brave”: celebrating the next generation of healthcare professionals
Season 2 of ‘Sponsors of Brave’ is now open for nominations – calling all aspiring, current, or recently graduated and community service healthcare students boldly and bravely changing the world around them.
South Africans should prioritise gut health as a focus area for intervention to achieve their nutrition and health goals
The One Health Summit themed Your Gut’s Instinct took place on the 27th of August 2020. The event, hosted in webinar format given the current COVID-19 context, was attended by 500 healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders. Two renowned international experts and South Africa’s own Mpho Tshukudu, a registered dietitian with a special interest in South Africa’s food culture and heritage, shared developing science on the topic of gut health, and applied relevance for the South African context, considering local beliefs, behaviours and dietary practices.
COVID-19 places supply chain management under spotlight warns Ikhaya
As the pharmaceutical industry eagerly anticipates the creation and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and the pandemic itself shines a spotlight on health and safety issues, companies will need to be increasingly vigilant when it comes to maintaining the cold chain during the storage and transportation of sensitive products, says Eckart Zollner, sales and marketing director of Ikhaya Automation Systems.
Raising a red flag about angina – an under-recognised and under-treated disorder
As we enter Heart Awareness Month, we know the burden of cardiovascular disease continues to grow in South Africa. However, angina, often a sign of more serious cardiovascular disease, commonly goes under-recognised and under-treated.
World Alzheimer’s Month: Understand the 10 warning signs and symptoms of dementia
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and this September, for World Alzheimer’s Month, Livewell aims to encourage understanding, reduce stigma, and raise awareness around this common, yet devastating disease.
Imperial makes strategic investment in South African based healthcare manufacturing business
Effective August 2020, Imperial acquired a 49% shareholding in Pharmafrique (Pty) Ltd (trading as Kiara Health). Kiara Health is an African pharmaceutical manufacturing and healthcare services company based in Johannesburg. It serves as the local, non-exclusive manufacturing partner for a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines and as a commercial partner for several global pharmaceutical and medical technology companies. The investment is in line with Imperial’s strategy to backward integrate into contract manufacturing as part of our market access service to multinationals on the continent.
The role of HVAC in a pandemic
What role will your companies HAVC system play if Coronavirus particles can become airborne and travel distances greater than the stipulated social distance and dispense into the air? This, coupled with the debate that HVAC systems are snowballing the infection rates needs to be settled with facts.
Rooibos industry donates 78 000 cups of tea to boost morale at hospitals as brave doctors and nurses battle the coronavirus pandemic
Health care workers have been the true heroes fighting on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, working tirelessly and often extra-long hours to care for their patients. These heroes bear the brunt as they risk their lives daily to fulfil their duties, as the pandemic continues. As a token of appreciation, the South African Rooibos Council has donated 78 000 cups of tea to the staff at six designated COVID-19 hospitals in Cape Town, Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal – to keep staff hydrated and healthy during their tea breaks.
dormakaba’s E200 sliding door operator supports global healthcare
Access control and security specialist dormakaba has developed a range of sliding door operator systems that is robust, effective, fully automated and designed to minimise human contact.
Female’s bear the brunt of dementia burden; let’s thank them.
This Women’s Month (August 2020), Livewell – a specialist dementia care provider – want to acknowledge the women caregivers and the women living with dementia. They are running a competition to highlight the role of female caregivers across South Africa.
Disinfectants: Are they all the same?
The spread of the common cold, influenza and many other infectious diseases may be prevented by using the correct disinfectants on surfaces as well as in hand sanitation on a regular basis. Many respiratory diseases affecting humans and animals globally, such as avian influenza virus (AIV), tuberculosis as well as the recent outbreak of the coronavirus, more specifically the COVID-19, are caused by agents including bacteria, fungi as well as viruses. These organisms and especially viruses are secreted in large amounts by the infected human or animal which leads to contamination of the environment in which they live or move around in. Disinfection as well as proper cleaning plays a crucial part in the control and elimination of these pathogens.
Anusol offers even more relief with new flushable wipes
The #1 selling piles treatment brand in the UK, Anusol, is trailblazing the solution for this uncomfortable condition with its new Anusol Soothing and Cleansing Flushable Wipes. The wipes offer sufferers an innovative natural personal hygiene alternative that is gentle, effective, convenient and eco-friendly whilst soothing, cleansing and cooling the affected area.
Uncontrolled diabetes makes the fight against COVID-19 harder
Since being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this year, COVID-19 cases around the world have continued to increase at an alarming rate with over 11 million people reported to have contracted the virus to date. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), COVID-19 is mild with minimal flu symptoms in more than 80% of those who contract the virus. However, in up to 15% of cases, COVID-19 has been severe with about 5% of cases needing critical care. In as much as the number of people needing critical care is lower compared to the rest of the cases who get diagnosed with the virus, the IDF states that people with pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with COVID-19 once they contract it
dormakaba campaigns for robust hygiene and infection protection access control
At this time of social distancing and hygiene control because of the advent of COVID-19, the ability to regulate access in high volume public areas and businesses is critical. Leading global provider of access control and security solutions dormakaba says hygiene and infection protection measures now play a decisive role in planning new access systems or upgrading existing infrastructure.
Dementia caregivers must take care of their own mental health during COVID-19, or risk burnout
South Africans — and the world — are now months into “shelter at home” decrees, as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to make its devastating mark on the world. For carers of people living with dementia, isolating at home means being the primary (or sole) caregiver around the clock — piling stressor on top of existing stressors, and making burnout an ever more imminent threat.