New Somerset Hospital Laparoscopic Surgery Training First for the Western Cape
New Somerset Hospital is leading the way in laparoscopic hernia surgery training in South Africa.
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Pulse App Wins iHI Health Hackathon
An innovative patient-centred mHealth App, called Pulse, has been selected as the winning health solution at the iHI health hackathon.
Jacqui Stewart: On Accrediting Healthcare with COHSASA
Interim CEO of COHSASA, Jacqui Stewart, talks about the importance of eHealth in achieving and maintaining standards in healthcare facilities.
Mobile Psychology Clinic Drives out Stigma
Using a microbus as a mobile clinic, Andreas Banetsi Mphunga is gearing up to provide trauma counselling to the marginalised youth of Khayelitsha.
R72 Million Community Health Centre Opens in Du Noon
On 18 August 2015 the Western Cape Minister of Health, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, officially opened the new Du Noon Community Health Centre (CHC).
Tech Lab Africa Set for Cape Town
Barclays Africa’s Tech Lab Africa accelerator programme will be held in Cape Town over a three month period from September 2015.
Wearables are the Future of mHealth
Wearable devices are expected to represent the next wave of mHealth solutions and will potentially act as the gateway to the connected health world.
WHO Prepares for Outbreaks with eHealth
The WHO has called for a Central National Emergency Operations Centre that would rely on eHealth technology to deal with future disease outbreaks.
Samsung Powers Community Health
Samsung is making quality medical care more accessible to the community of Ga-Ramotse in Hammanskraal.
Vincent Pallotti Upgrades Oncology Centre of Excellence
Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital has made upgrades to its Novalis Tx radio-oncology equipment, allowing for faster and more accurate treatment of tumours.
The Health Foundation in the Dragons’ Den
The Health Foundation was one finalist who pitched their project to a panel of donors during the Inyathelo’s Donor Dragons’ Den competition in Cape Town.
