Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd (ISIN ZAE000223537) is a South African pharmacy and healthcare retailer that has grown from a single store into a nationwide chain, combining retail pharmacies, in-store clinics, and a wholesale operation serving independent pharmacies and other healthcare providers. The company operates primarily in South Africa and targets consumers across income segments through malls,…
Author: Justus Akamin
Sir: The House of Representatives committee on infectious disease on Thursday, 25th June, organised a one day public hearing on a bill for an act to establish the National Institute for Public Health and Infectious Disease for prevention, research, diagnosis control and management of infectious diseases in Nigeria and for related matters. It is however…
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening collaboration between environmental and health experts to better understand and address the impact of air pollution on public health
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, represented by Vice President Jessica Alupo, emphasised the importance of unity and innovation in tackling the continent’s health challenges, especially in the face of shifting global health priorities and diminishing funding
The second half of the year is here, and it comes with some lessons for players in the real estate market which, inexorably, is shifting to a formal and tech-enabled space, not only in Nigeria but also across Africa
A couple will move with their kids to volunteer with Mercy Ships in Ghana, providing free healthcare for 11 months
Controversial businessman Mahmood Azhar Chaudhry, a Pakistani-born businessman who later acquired Malawian citizenship, has been linked to a Ministry of Energy contract worth more than MK2.4 billion under Phase 9 of the Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MAREP)
The floods in West Africa come at a time of flooding in Europe after days of torrential rain that caused rivers to burst their banks in several parts of the region
The United States has decided to withdraw all funding for South Africa’s HIV and AIDS response through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a programme that has contributed about $400m (€340m) a year to the country’s fight against the disease
More than 200,000 people, including over 20,000 children, are facing a worsening humanitarian and public health crisis in western Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan State amid cholera and measles outbreaks and acute shortages of food and medicine, a Sudanese medical group warned Sunday
