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Vitality and the Running World Cup today announce the return of our global mass participation running challenge for 2021

18 August 2021 14:06

Vitality partners with Captains Usain Bolt and Wayde van Niekerk in 2021 Running World Cup to get SA moving once more

Vitality and the Running World Cup today announce the return of our global mass participation running challenge for 2021 Participation is free by registering at www.runningworldcup.com or downloading the Vitality Running World Cup app. Aligned to Vitality’s global ambition to get 100 million people 20% more active by 2025, and informed by research that physical activity builds resilience again

Bringing the number of countries in which the Vitality Shared-Value Insurance model is available to 18.

17 July 2018 09:23

Sumitomo Life launches Vitality in Japan

Bringing the number of countries in which the Vitality Shared-Value Insurance model is available to 18.

7 August 2017 09:18

Why a focus on health is vital this Women’s Month – what to know and do in your 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond

In a bid to promote health education this Women’s Month, clinicians at Discovery Vitality have prepared guidelines to help women maintain good health at different life stages.

20 June 2017 11:09

Discovery Vitality announces the inaugural Discovery Vitality Run Series

Discovery Vitality is proud to announce the launch of a brand new venture in partnership with four of Johannesburg’s most established running clubs – the Discovery Vitality Run Series. Designed to help people improve their health through physical activity, the Discovery Vitality Run Series connects four iconic running events in the city of Johannesburg.

Applying Discovery’s Shared-Value Insurance model to encourage healthier living

29 September 2016 14:23

Manulife launches Vitality in Canada

Applying Discovery’s Shared-Value Insurance model to encourage healthier living

15 August 2016 11:44

Discovery Health honours local community leader

After arriving in Motherwell two years ago, from a small Limpopo village of Tshakhuma, Ndivhudzannyi “Chief” Maanda, a 23 year-old Discovery Health employee, soon realised that many children were left to their own devices in the evenings. Some parents do not take care for their children and often leave them without foods for days at a time.

Announcement of new shared value insurance partnership with Sumitomo Life Insurance Co and SoftBank Corporation

21 July 2016 10:21

Discovery to introduce Vitality to Japan

Discovery Limited announces a strategic partnership with Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. (Sumitomo Life) and SoftBank Corporation (SoftBank) that will see shared value insurance introduced to the Japanese life insurance market through the joint development and introduction of insurance products incorporated with Vitality, Discovery’s globally recognised wellness programme.

7 June 2016 10:28

Innovative customer service solution for South African medical scheme members

Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest medical scheme administrator, today announced a partnership with Pypestream, a leading global messaging platform that was specifically developed for customer communication. In a South African-first for medical scheme clients, Discovery Health will use this technology on its Discovery app to securely message with members of Discovery Health Medical Scheme.

4 May 2016 14:24

Discovery Vitality launches state-of-the-art HealthyFood Studio

Discovery Vitality, Woolworths and Prue Leith Chefs Academy are on a mission to get people back into the kitchen. The newly launched HealthyFood Studio is a fully equipped, state-of-the-art culinary studio based in Sandton, where classes deal various aspects of nutritious cooking. These are taught and demonstrated by a Prue Leith professional, using fresh ingredients from Woolworths.

8 September 2015 14:35

Enter South Africa’s first inner city Duathlon with Discovery

On 24 and 25 October, the streets of Sandton will be filled with runners and cyclists competing in South Africa’s first urban Duathlon, sanctioned by Triathlon South Africa (TSA) and the International Triathlon Union (ITU). The event, the first of its kind in South Africa, is also one of the qualifying races for the South African Duathlon Championships.

16 July 2015 07:52

Discovery releases The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission report on Planetary Health

The Planetary Health report, released by Discovery in Johannesburg and simultaneously in Manila, New York and London on 16 July, provides the first comprehensive evidence showing how unprecedented environmental degradation is jeopardising the health of future generations.

4 June 2015 16:41

Vitality encourages kids to ‘Grow Up Fit’

Discovery Vitality is introducing a fun, new way to teach your kids – and yourself – about how to incorporate healthy habits into your lifestyles. Using an easy-to-use social media platform called Vine, Discovery Vitality is running the Grow Up Fit SA campaign: every day in June we will release a six-second video and snippet to show you how just how simple and enjoyable it is to ‘Grow Up Fit’!

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