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Non-communicable disease

Aspen’s Novo Nordisk deal a ‘feather in our cap’ and an NCD battle boost - top executive

Business Maverick

Aspen’s Novo Nordisk deal a ‘feather in our cap’ and an NCD battle boost - top executive

By Georgina Crouth

Disproportionate number of children in South Africa have severe asthma, experts say

Maverick Citizen

Disproportionate number of children in South Africa have severe asthma, experts say

By Elri Voigt

Food in chains – how an industrialised system is killing people and the planet

South Africa

Food in chains – how an industrialised system is killing people and the planet

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Karoo dust, diet and diabetes – why ‘lifestyle disease’ is an unfair label

South Africa

Karoo dust, diet and diabetes – why ‘lifestyle disease’ is an unfair label

By Bridget McNulty

Home is where the health is – but healthcare systems are blind to households on the edge

South Africa

Home is where the health is – but healthcare systems are blind to households on the edge

By Beth Vale and Emma Finestone

Industry gets its claws out to protect sugar market share in sub-Saharan Africa, multicountry study shows

Africa

Industry gets its claws out to protect sugar market share in sub-Saharan Africa, multicountry study shows

By Georgina Crouth

Good for hunger, bad for health? Spaza shops and food vendors proliferate outside schools

South Africa

Good for hunger, bad for health? Spaza shops and food vendors proliferate outside schools

By Michelle Banda

Academic research shows Coca-Cola is ‘part of the family’ for young people in SA and Nigeria

Africa

Academic research shows Coca-Cola is ‘part of the family’ for young people in SA and Nigeria

By Georgina Crouth

Climate crisis an ongoing threat to child health

South Africa

Climate crisis an ongoing threat to child health

By Aisha Abdool Karim

When babies become canaries — the road to health

South Africa

When babies become canaries — the road to health

By Mark Heywood

Diabetes and TB: Top killer diseases feed on each other

South Africa

Diabetes and TB: Top killer diseases feed on each other

By Amy Green for Health-e news

World leaders place lifestyle choices and health back on the individual

South Africa

World leaders place lifestyle choices and health back on the individual

By Kerry Cullinan