South Africa: Anti-Vaxxers Thrashed in Court
[GroundUp] Application to stop Covid vaccine slammed as "manifestly unfair", fatally defective and dismissed with costs by Pretoria High Court (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
BRICs Lays Groundwork for Blockchain Payments to Challenge US Dollar Hegemony
The BRICS bloc, comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is laying the groundwork for a blockchain-based payment system. This initiative is seen as a direct challenge to the US dollar’s hegemony in international transactions. BRICs Flocks to Blockchain According to Kremlin aide…#brazil #southafrica #kremlin #yuryushakov #tass #brics #southafrican #xijinping #russian #vladimirputin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: South Africa Has More Than 4 Million People Living With Diabetes - Study Shows Many Aren't Getting Proper Treatment
[The Conversation Africa] Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how the body turns food into energy. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
BRICS Confirms New Countries Will Join Alliance in 2024
With many pondering the collective’s next steps, BRICS has confirmed that new countries will join the alliance in 2024. Specifically, South African ambassador Jeff Maqetuka confirmed to Russia’s state-owned TASS publication that the bloc will expand membership in the coming year. The expansion…#brics #southafrican #jeffmaqetuka #tass #saudiarabia #unitedarabemirates #iran #egypt #ethiopia #subsequently (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South African Finance Chief Says New Rules Key to Mend Finances
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Corrigendum: Experiences of healthcare staff in forensic care facilities supporting sexual violence survivors, in Tshwane, South Africa - Randa MB, McGarry J.
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Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Showmax Doc To Spotlight South African Convict Who Faked His Own Death By Burning In His Cell
South Africa’s Showmax is to tell the unbelievable true story of a convicted murderer and rapist who faked his own death by burning in his cell and escaped prison for a year. Scroll down for a trailer. Tracking Thabo Bester will drop first ep in 11 days time and profile the story of South Africa’s…#southafricasshowmax #trackingthabobester #southafrica #google #mareciadamons #danielsteyn #natnakasaaward #tanzania #nandiphamagudumana #nikkicomninos (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: Regional Military Leaders Meet in Eastern DRC to Coordinate Strategy Against M23 Rebels
[Independent (Kampala)] Kinshasa, DRC -- Stability hangs in the balance in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where military leaders from five regional countries have been meeting for days to devise a coordinated military strategy to end hostilities that risk escalating into a regional conflict. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 4, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Arms and Military Affairs Burundi Central Africa Conflict, Peace and Security Congo-Kinshasa East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution South Africa Southern Africa Tanzania Source Type: news
South Africa: Big Companies, Like Nestlé, Are Funding Health Research in South Africa - Why This Is Wrong
[The Conversation Africa] In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the board of the transnational food corporation Nestlé. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Company News Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
South Africa ’s Screen Industries Face ‘Beautiful,’ ‘Chaotic’ Period of Transformation, Reinvention Three Decades After End of Apartheid
As South Africa marks three decades since its first democratic elections, a historic moment that dismantled the apartheid system and ushered in Black-majority rule, the country is at a crossroads. Inequality is rife. Crippling blackouts have pushed the economy to a tipping point. The ruling…#southafrica #nelsonmandela #southafricans #laylaswart #canalplusshowmax #bloodpsalms #jahmilxtqubeka #qubekastoronto #knucklecity #netflix (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Single orca seen killing great white shark off South African coast
Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great whiteIt is a smash and grab that has stunned scientists: in less than two minutes, a killer whale attacked and consumed a great white shark before swimming off with the victim ’s liver in its mouth.Experts say the event off the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa offers new insights into the predatory behaviour of orcas.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Animal behaviour Cetaceans Sharks Whales Dolphins Science South Africa World news Marine life Wildlife Environment Animals Source Type: news
Puzzling skin side effects stymie advance of promising HIV vaccine
One of the most promising attempts to reinvigorate the stalled quest for an HIV vaccine has hit a snag that might seem minor but has major consequences: delaying the larger trials needed to show whether the concept works. In small safety and immune tests of the innovative vaccine strategy, which relies on a series of messenger RNA (mRNA) shots, an unusually high percentage of recipients developed rashes, welts, or other skin irritations.
“We are taking this very seriously,” says Carl Dieffenbach, who heads the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which funded a recent pha...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 1, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: Adolescent Nephrology Clinic Plugs 'Critical Gap' Between Paediatric and Adult Care
[UCT] For more than two decades, a clinic dedicated to caring for adolescents and young adults with advanced kidney disease has made its mark - thriving in the heart of Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), as it serves patients across Cape Town in need of specialised care. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Sibling trio bringing South African humor to streaming
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CNN’s Larry Madowo talks to the Ramaphakela siblings of Burnt Onion Productions about how they’ve parlayed the Netflix success of “Seriously Single” and “How to Ruin Christmas” into a place for South African stories on TV screens worldwide.#larrymadowo #netflix #seriouslysingle #southafrican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Toward a contextually sensitive understanding of polyvictimization: a latent class analysis of violence, risks, and protections among South African adolescents from highly deprived settings - Franchino-Olsen H, Orkin M, Meinck F.
South African adolescents experience a high prevalence of violence victimization alongside the health and economic burdens of HIV/AIDS and poverty. Polyvictimization is a useful theory and framework that allows for a nuanced understanding of lived adolesce... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
