medicine

Sahpra warns of toxic medicines after 33 children die in Gambia

LOCAL The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has been alerted to dubious health products being traded by an Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. “The products as they appear on the World Health Organisation (WHO) product list are not registered for use in South Africa,” Sahpra said. The four products[…]

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Vaccination permissible, but ‘with conditions’: ulema

Mainstream scholars in South Africa agree that immunisation for Muslims is permissible, but have stressed certain conditions for the use of any impure vaccine. This comes amid vociferous debate around the effectiveness of vaccinations, as government kicks off a new measles vaccination drive in Gauteng. Concern has been raised on[…]

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Local doc makes waves with app

Cape Town born Dr Yaseen Khan from the Open Medicine Project South Africa (TOMPSA) is slowly attracting global recognition for his innovation in combining the medical and technological fields, in a bid to improve the overall state of healthcare in South Africa and other low resource settings. The project has[…]

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