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Healthcare

MomConnect celebrates 10 years of transforming maternal and child health in SA

17 Oct 2024

Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. Image by T. Obi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Property

Marking two decades: Broll Nigeria's journey of innovation and growth

5 Sep 2024

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Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Women's Health

MomConnect celebrates 9 years of transforming maternal health and unveils new symptom-check feature

Issued by A Better World Network 15 Sep 2023

Healthcare

Addressing maternal mental healthcare in Africa

16 Aug 2022

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Women's Health

Innovative programmes needed to address women's healthcare in Africa

19 Oct 2021

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Practice management

Quality of care poor in Africa

2 Sep 2021

Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women. Tim Graham/Getty Images

Banking

How Nigerian banks empower women through corporate social responsibility

Emmanuel Mogaji 17 Mar 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study

Patience Afulani 28 Jan 2021

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Covid-19

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#StartupStory

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

The future is positive

Education & Skills Development

The future is positive

Ian Mann, Issued by SAICA 23 Jul 2020

In South Africa, both HIV and pre-eclampsia are a burden to maternal health. GettyImages

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

HIV and high blood pressure in pregnancy: we're tracing the connections

Sayuri Padayachee 18 Jun 2020

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Justine Coulson, Roberta Clarke, and Mohamed M. Fall 17 Jun 2020

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Antenatal care in Kenya needs improvement

Patience Afulani 26 Nov 2019

Sarika Modi, MD of Triple Eight Agency, at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards.

Fairness First

#FairnessFirst: Triple Eight on not just surviving but thriving as an all-female agency

Leigh Andrews 16 Sep 2019

South Africa has a skewed healthcare system with an under-funded public sector and an expensive private sector. Shutterstock

NHI

Why South Africa's plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky

Alex van den Heever 19 Aug 2019

Women report abuse during delivery. Shutterstock

Women's Health

#WomensMonth: Subtle abuse affects women during childbirth

Patience Afulani 7 Aug 2019

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Marketing & Media

West African startups listed in top 5 businesses that improve the world

31 Jul 2019

Home visit trials strongly encouraged spouses to get involved. Anne Cockroft

Women's Health

Nigerian trial shows how universal home visits can help reduce maternal risks

Anne Cockcroft & Neil Andersson 11 Apr 2019

Maternal mortality is much higher in Africa than in high-income countries. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

Bruce M Biccard 26 Mar 2019

Pregnant women waiting to see a doctor at a hospital in Uganda. Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Why improving access to surgery in childbirth makes economic sense

Isabella Epiu 3 Jan 2019

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New programme to prevent maternal deaths

21 Dec 2018

Gauteng Health MEC, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa

Public Health

Gauteng Health taking lessons from Life Esidimeni

14 Jun 2018

Photo: Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

NHI

Rands and sense: Why the National Health Insurance may lead to better health budgets

Natasha Salant 16 May 2018

ESG & Sustainability

How storytelling rocked behaviour change in Bali

Lynn Joffe 10 May 2018

Empowering the powerless: Let's end energy poverty

Food, Water & Energy Security

Empowering the powerless: Let's end energy poverty

Jatin Nathwani 31 Jan 2018

Ace Magashule. Photo: David Harrison

Public Health

Ace Magashule's wild Free State: Activists faced intimidation, whistle-blowers fled

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 27 Dec 2017

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

Noncommunicable diseases

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

1 Sep 2017

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Health & Welfare

Ensuring safer pregnancies for Kenyan women in urban slums

Blessing Mberu, Kanyiva Muindi, and Patricia Elung 25 May 2017

South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration

Healthcare

South Africa's healthcare crisis calls for collaboration

10 Mar 2017

Are primary clinics better than nothing to prevent mother and infant mortality?

Public Health

Are primary clinics better than nothing to prevent mother and infant mortality?

15 Dec 2016

ESG

Health care in Africa: What next?

Robert Guest and Slavea Chakova 18 Oct 2016

Philips Community Life Centre

ESG

Brands can build capacity in communities

1 Jun 2016

Mobile

In Rwanda, a phone text can save a baby

24 May 2016

Graphic of the CLC at Mandera

Public Health

Developing a community of health

13 May 2016

Learnings from Zika and reproductive rights in Africa

Women's Health

Learnings from Zika and reproductive rights in Africa

29 Apr 2016

Nairobi start-up garage

Marketing & Media

Kenya, Uganda teams chosen for start-up AI investment

20 Apr 2016

This launch saw a gathering of the different project development partners, including the WHO, the World Bank, the UNFPA, the AFD and UNICEF
(Source: Ministère de la Santé de la République Gabonaise)

Public Health

Gabon revamps its healthcare system

11 Apr 2016

[Design Indaba 2016] Building for social change

Design Indaba

[Design Indaba 2016] Building for social change

Ann Nurock 22 Feb 2016

Experts believe assessment process of MGDs was unjust

ESG & Sustainability

Experts believe assessment process of MGDs was unjust

Jaspreet Kindra and Juliet Wasswa-Mugambwa 9 Feb 2016

Tigo digital social entrepreneurs creating better world for Tanzania

Marketing & Media

Tigo digital social entrepreneurs creating better world for Tanzania

17 Dec 2015

How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia

Mobile

How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia

12 Nov 2015

What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Paul Mensah 6 Jul 2015

New ambulances to improve maternal services

Administration

New ambulances to improve maternal services

18 Mar 2014

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

Administration

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

More Matshediso 13 Mar 2014

World Vision SA welcomes 2014/15 budget

ESG & Sustainability

World Vision SA welcomes 2014/15 budget

3 Mar 2014

Public Health

Innovating to combat the shortage of health professionals

10 Feb 2014