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    Ways To Help Vulnerable People During COVID-19 Outbreak

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    The COVID-19/coronavirus outbreak has been a source of anxiety for many of us. It has reinforced the huge inequalities in South Africa and around...

    21 tips for the privileged facing lifestyle shifts as #DayZero hits

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    As the water crisis in the Western Cape reaches increasingly worrying stages, it's become evident that #DayZero is almost inevitable. As a result of...

    Mandatory vaccinations in workplaces are taking effect in South Africa

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    South African cellphone giant MTN is the latest company that has introduced mandatory vaccinations for all its employees. There have been questions around the...

    The True Cost Of e-Health In A Global Pandemic

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    As South Africa enters its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, the rise of infections runs parallel to an increase in nation-wide anxiety.  We are...

    Young, drunk and at risk: the dangers in youth perceptions of...

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    The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliances (SAAPA) and Soul City Institute have called for a ban on the marketing of alcohol products. Along with...

    Two Johannesburg teachers open up about their back to school anxieties

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    The opening of schools has been pushed back to February 15 by the department of basic education. This was in relation to the rising...

    We need to be talking about the obesity epidemic, locally and...

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    Dean Ryan* (34) could not fall asleep unless he took sleeping pills. It was difficult for him to get in and out of his...

    Medical Graduates Still Await Placement

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    All South African medical interns and community service doctors who were eligible for placement have finally been allocated and offered placement, according to a...

    COVID-19 Compromises Social Networks. What This Means For People In Humanitarian...

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    Jeeyon Kim, Tufts University; Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University, and Sabina Robillard, Tufts University The novel coronavirus is now being transmitted through the six continents. A...

    Contraceptives Shortages Are Devastating Women In KZN

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    Women in KwaZulu Natal have expressed concerns over shortage of injectable contraceptives from local clinics. This, after they had been turned away and told...

    A Tortured Wait For These Unplaced Medical Graduates

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    “My love for a challenge and working with people pushed me towards the field of medicine,” says Tanaka Gomba (23) in an interview with...

    9 myths about mental health and illness

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    There are many myths and stigmas about mental health and illness due to a lack of understanding. Mental illnesses are real diseases that affect...

    Endometriosis: Recognising and Understanding it

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    According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) endometriosis affects roughly 10% (190 million) of menstruators globally. Raising awareness to educate the public and healthcare...

    Separating the myths from the facts about the vaccine roll-out

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    Last  week a Whatsapp message was widely shared claiming nearly expired vaccines would be available at Mitchell’s Plain Hospital, Cape Town. Those who received...

    #MyBodyMyChoice: The Right To Safe Abortion Is Protected By Law

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    Cries of "my body, my choice", "my vagina, my choice" and "phansi unsafe abortions" rang in the air in the name of the campaign...

    Accessibility Is A Human Right

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    South Africa is slowly getting into grips with the realisation of a lockdown that doesn’t seem to have an end date anytime soon and...

    Sending smoke signals: lessons from the ban on advertising tobacco products

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    In the second part of this series we looked at how the banning of alcohol advertising would contribute to lessening the burden alcohol-related incidents...

    This doctor studied for 10 years and still awaits the chance...

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    The latest in the series of jobless doctors who have spoken out against the Department of Health (DoH) is the story of Dhiresh Pillay*...

    We need to talk about the “taboo” of women’s health in...

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    Women's healthcare in South Africa is steeped in stigma and misinformation, and Donald Trump's Global Gag Rule does nothing to clear the misunderstanding. There...

    Mental health and illness explained

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    Mental health is one of the most neglected areas of public health globally. Nearly one billion people live with a mental disorder/mental illness. Mental...