29 May 2013 - The fifth Discovery Health Journalism Awards were held in Johannesburg today. Mia Malan, Health Editor of the Mail & Guardian, walked away with the Discovery Health Journalist of the Year title.
Mia Malan is the Mail & Guardian’s health editor and director of the M&G Health Journalism Centre, Bhekisisa.
Discovery Foundation launches new annual grant for academic medicine in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital
Tens of thousands of walkers joined in this year’s Discovery East Coast Radio Big Walk on Sunday 25 May, making it the biggest and most successful yet. The event has grown significantly in size and stature, from just 1800 walkers taking part in 2004 to 33 521 people entering this year...
Discovery announces the launch of the Vitality Institute in New York, US. The Institute brings together the world’s leading experts and practitioners in wellness, health promotion and disease management in a large-scale collaboration to positively impact public debate around health promotion
Discovery Vitality and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA) are proud to host the Discovery Vitality Summit to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 15 - 17 August 2013. The Discovery Vitality Summit builds on the success of the annual Discovery Vitality Wellness and Fitness Convention...
According to Prof Tawana Kupe the Convener of the Independent Judging panel of the Discovery Health Journalism Awards “We are pleased to report that in general the entries this year were all of high quality and an improvement over the previous years. We believe this might mean that the quality of reporting on health issues is improving”.
Discovery Health continues to grow and attract new members to the schemes that it administers. In February, Discovery Health had close to 2.77 million lives under management.
Making healthy food options more affordable for consumers has been shown to be the right recipe to get people changing their diets for the better. Research by RAND Corporation, the largest independent policy research programme in the US, shows that lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets motivates people to make fewer unhealthy purchases, including sweets, crisps and sugary drinks...
South Africa’s largest open medical scheme, the Discovery Health Medical Scheme, today published its performance highlights for the year ended 31 December 2012
Discovery and Big Concerts today announced an exciting new partnership that sees DiscoveryCard become the official credit card partner to Big Concerts. This partnership will provide DiscoveryCard clients with exclusive access, discounts and additional offerings for South Africa’s premium live events.
Healthcare fraud is a lost opportunity for investment in genuine healthcare needs, including the funding of new technology and ensuring that healthcare professionals are adequately remunerated for their scarce skills
