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Posted inHealth

The plight of being a deafblind child in Africa: My personal experience

by Simate Simate 10 February 20229 February 2022

There are few statistics on deafblindness and specialised services to support the functioning of deafblind people is poor in Africa

Posted inHealth

Suicides need our urgent attention

by Samke J Ngcobo 8 February 20227 February 2022

Treating it with the urgent attention and decisive intervention that it deserves is long overdue

Posted inHealth

The mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge systems can undo vaccine hesitancy

by Nombulelo Shange 21 September 20215 October 2021

There’s a shift towards reclaiming African solutions to deal with modern-day problems

Posted inHealth, News/Politics

Is it my right not to get vaccinated?

by Mias de Klerk 21 September 20215 October 2021

Having our rights restricted by the needs of others is nothing new, because we accept that rights come with responsibilities

Posted inHealth

Covid-19: Fast and furious like a runaway car

by Ian Siebörger 5 July 20215 July 2021

But we need to take care of the metaphors we use to describe the pandemic

Posted inHealth

Covid-19: It’s all up to the government

by Akhona Xotyeni 1 July 20211 July 2021

The government must mass vaccinate the entire population now

Posted inHealth

We can learn from the Ancient Greeks about healing and health

by Bastienne Klein 29 June 202129 June 2021

Hygieia and Asklepios were the gods of dream healing cults that rose in about 500 BCE during the Plague of Athens

Posted inHealth

Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates

by Aneeka Domingo 10 June 20217 July 2021

‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside

Posted inGeneral, Health, Lifestyle

Silence like a cancer

by Charmain Naidoo 7 June 20217 June 2021

A trip to the leafy ’burbs demonstrates that noise pollution can strike anywhere, not just in urban apartments

Posted inHealth

Is the push for the vaccine a push too far?

by Bert Olivier 31 May 202131 May 2021

In my opinion, there hasn’t been enough safety testing and I won’t be in the queue for a jab

Posted inHealth

Mass education campaign needed to counter vaccine hesitancy

by Patrick Mcobothi 24 May 202124 May 2021

Misinformation and a lack of government trust threaten SA’s vaccine programme

Posted inHealth

They call it a pandemic. It isn’t

by Bert Olivier 8 May 20218 May 2021

As Elon Musk says, Covid-19 ‘is something with a very low mortality rate and high contagion’

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