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Columnist Dean Swanson says there are great tools available for small business growth.

With the impending institution of NHI and increasing depression hovering over doctors' heads, one worries for the future of healthcare in SA.

Over the past few weeks, South African companies like Biovac and Aspen have announced their intentions to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. “While this is encouraging, my concern is how South Africans will access these vaccines once they become viable,” says Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) … [Read more…]

One of the chief outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic in the South African context has been the improved collection and use of health data. In fact, this could prove beneficial for the country’s health system in future, particularly the soon-to-be implemented National Health Insurance (NHI). This is according to Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) who explains that with South Africa – and the rest of the world – ...

There has been a permanent change in the way that people shop and, in turn, the way that businesses need to operate. In the absence of brick-and-mortar stores being open during the lockdown, as well as a general fear of crowded malls when things were able to re-open, South Africa’s ecommerce sector exploded. According to … [Read more…]

Over the past few weeks, South African companies like Biovac and Aspen have announced their intentions to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. “While this is encouraging, my concern is how South Africans will access these vaccines once they become viable,” says Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) … [Read more…]

Over the past few weeks, South African companies like Biovac and Aspen have announced their intentions to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. “While this is encouraging, my concern is how South Africans will access these vaccines once they become viable,” says Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) … [Read more…]

Over the past few weeks, South African companies like Biovac and Aspen have announced their intentions to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. “While this is encouraging, my concern is how South Africans will access these vaccines once they become viable,” says Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) … [Read more…]

Over the past few weeks, South African companies like Biovac and Aspen have announced their intentions to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. “While this is encouraging, my concern is how South Africans will access these vaccines once they become viable,” says Paul Cox, Managing Director at the Essential Group of Companies (including health insurance provider, EssentialMED) … [Read more…]