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
Discovery Health continues to grow and attract new members to the schemes that it administers. In December, Discovery Health had close to 2.74 million lives under management.
“This race is aimed at everyone, all South Africans feel welcome to come join in the fun and step up to the challenge,” said East London resident, Attawaell Masupha...”
Adrian Gore, Discovery CEO and founder, remarked, “Our financial performance over the past six months has been solid and is tracking well against our long-term objectives. What we are most excited about is the validation and applicability of the unique Discovery business model not only in South Africa, but also globally.”
Eastern Cape - More than 3330 people embraced Discovery’s challenge to lead more active and healthy lifestyles at the 2013 Discovery Surfers Challenge in East London over the weekend...
The deadline for entries into the Discovery Health Journalism Awards has been extended to Friday 8 February. The extension is as a result of technical errors pertaining to online submissions. For more information on the prizes, categories and rules go to www.discovery.co.za/journalismawards.
Discovery Health continues to grow and attract new members to its scheme. In November, Discovery Health had close to 2.72 million lives under management.
The Workplace Wellness Alliance, part of the World Economic Forum, today released a report at the Annual Meeting in Davos on the latest thinking on workplace wellness and metrics. Discovery CEO Adrian Gore facilitated a session on wellness in the workplace that included CEOs of major companies, health ministries, and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and NGOs.
Fun and exhilaration filled the day in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape this past weekend as the annual Discovery Health Sport Heroes Walk Against Aids (DSHWAA) closed the curtain on this year’s event...
