South Africa: Govt Issues Rabies Warning in High Risk Areas
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has warned local residents and holidaymakers to be alert in rabies high risk areas. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
‘Blood and Water’ Star Ama Qamata to Play Boxer in ‘Fight Like a Girl’
Rising South African actress Ama Qamata, the star of Netflix’s breakout hit Blood and Water, has signed on to star as a female boxer in to star in Fight Like a Girl, an upcoming feature from writer/director Matthew Leutwyler (The River Why, Uncanny). Qamata will star alongside Nigerian actor…#malaikauwamahoro #yvettedavisgayle #congo #arthurnkusi #nbachampion #netflix #goma #starztvs #ouenzéentertainment #amaqamata (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Innovation Can Build the Future Our Grandchildren Deserve
I’ve been saying for years that the world is getting better. I’ll point out that, for example, the number of young children who die before their fifth birthday has fallen by more than half in just two decades—from 10 million in 2000 to just over 4 million today.
But current events are making it harder to argue that the future will be better than the past. Russia’s war on Ukraine is inflicting terrible suffering in Eastern Europe and driving up food and energy prices around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of deaths and severely hampered efforts to immunize children. Economic growth i...
Source: TIME: Health - December 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bill Gates Tags: Uncategorized freelance Innovation Source Type: news
News Wrap: Kyiv targeted by more Russian drone attacks
In our news wrap Monday, Kyiv was targeted again by early morning Russian drone attacks, the FBI is warning of a spike in online sexual extortion of teenage boys, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa won reelection as the leader of the ruling African National Congress party, and the Biden…#africannationalcongress #cyrilramaphosa #fbi #southafricas #russian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: We All Saw the Durban Sewage Crisis Coming, but Remained Silent
[Daily Maverick] Dr Imraan Buccus is senior research associate at ASRI. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Tembisa Hospital CEO and Senior Officials Must Face Disciplinary Action, Tribunal Rules
[GroundUp] Shonisani Lethole died after he had not been fed for days (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Living With a Stoma in SA - We Deserve Better
[spotlight] In May 2016, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I was lucky. Detecting the cancer early meant that I required no chemo or radiation therapy and just had surgery, which left me with a stoma and a permanent colostomy bag. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: SA to Receive Donation of New Child-Friendly DR-TB Medicines
[spotlight] South Africa's National Department of Health is set to receive a donation of child-friendly formulations of several medicines used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). It is expected that over the next year the donation will spare roughly 200 children the substantial difficulties associated with taking DR-TB medicines meant for adults. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Spotlight On Health - 2022 in Under 1 000 Words
[spotlight] 2022 is maybe most notable for what didn't happen. While SARS-CoV-2 continued to mutate rapidly, we did not see another devastating wave of COVID-19 deaths as some feared we might. To what extent we remain vulnerable to future mutations is hard to gauge. Most people in South Africa have either been infected with SARS-CoV-2, vaccinated against it, or both. The vaccination rate slowed to a trickle and by the end of the year, only a little over half of South Africa's adult population have been fully vaccinate (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Reflections on intimate partner violence, its psycho-socio-cultural impact amidst COVID-19: comparing South Africa and the United States - Gordon E, Sauti G.
PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to provide a comparative analysis on the psychological and socio-cultural impacts of COVID-19 on victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in South Africa (SA) and the USA. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The autho... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Prevalence and factors associated with substance use among university students in South Africa: implications for prevention - Blows S, Isaacs S.
BACKGROUND: Substance use is an important public health concern in many countries across the globe. Among the general public, institutions of higher learning have developed a reputation for inducing new substance use among students. In addition to socio-de... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
South Africa ’s ANC leadership contest enters final stretch
JOHANNESBURG — Voting for the new leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) party was almost complete on Monday, as the race pitting President Cyril Ramaphosa against former health minister Zweli Mkhize entered the final stretch. Counting of votes was due to start within…#oxfordeconomics #africannationalcongress #alexanderwinning #tobychopra #williamgumede #anc #kopanogumbi #nqobiledludla #jacobzuma #farmgate (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Remarkably Short Two-Day Test Match Has Polarized The Cricket Community
As Australia struggled to chase down a tiny target of 35 runs, remarkably only on day two of the first Test, an aggrieved South Africa captain Dean Elgar asked the umpires if it was safe to continue playing on a green Gabba surface that proved a minefield for shook batters. With South Africa…#gabba #southafrica #deanelgar #markwaugh #brisbane #bigbashleague #sydneythunder #pakistan #perth #elgar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa ’s ANC gathers to vote on new leader
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress delegates were engaged in last minute horse-trading as voting for a new party leader pitting President Cyril Ramaphosa against former health minister Zweli Mkhize began on Sunday. The winner, who will run for president under the ANC…#zuma #jacobzumas #anc #limpopo #zwelimkhize #pulemabe #mkhize #kopanogumbi #ramaphosa #timcocks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South African retail giant, Pick n Pay, looks to be accepting Bitcoin
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
