Environmental Documentary ‘Wild Coast Warriors,’ About a Legal Battle Against Shell in South Africa, Picked Up by Limonero (EXCLUSIVE)
Limonero Films has picked up world rights to distribute environmental documentary “Wild Coast Warriors,” which launches at Mipdoc. The film aims to raise awareness of the plight of small coastal communities on South Africa’s Wild Coast, who are standing up to the oil and gas industry. It follows a…#limonerofilms #wildcoastwarriors #mipdoc #southafricas #wildcoast #nickchevallier #leighwood #warrensmart #oscar #myoctopusteacher (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Warning Sirens Over South Africa
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Focus On Children, Urges President of SA Society of Psychiatrists
[spotlight] There are serious gaps in psychiatry regarding treatment, prevention and care for children and adolescents in South Africa. Offering solutions, Dr Anusha Lachman tells Spotlight psychiatric services should be offered in ways that are Afro-centric and culturally sensitive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
This Tiny Desert Farming Town Is One of South Africa's Coolest Destinations
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: EC Health Department to Start New Financial Year With R4.8-Billion in Unpaid Bills
[Daily Maverick] The Eastern Cape Department of Health owes suppliers in the province an estimated R4.8-billion as its financial position remains precarious at best despite upbeat claims by the province's politicians that the turnaround plan for the department was going well. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
South Africa Holds Rates at 15-Year High at Last MPC Before Vote
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive analysis - Bush L, Hendrikse C, van Koningsbruggen C, Evans K.
BACKGROUND: In South Africa (SA), injuries are the second leading cause of years of healthy life lost, and interpersonal violence dominates the SA injury profile. Half of all injury-related deaths in SA are intentional, and firearms contribute to a quarter... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
South Africa Set to Hold Key Rate at 15-Year High, Delay Cuts: Day Guide
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Stigma, Lack of Awareness Holding Back Use of HIV Prevention Pills, Experts Say
[spotlight] Over the last four years South Africa has taken large strides in making HIV prevention pills available at public sector clinics, but uptake has not been as good as some may have hoped. Thabo Molelekwa asks several experts why this might be. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - March 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
A rare phenomenon: experiences of abused men by partners in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa - Neshunzhi ND, Ramathuba DU, Nemathaga LH, Tshililo AR.
BACKGROUND: Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Violence is a world-wide phenomenon. Domestic abuse is a mixture of physical, sexual, verbal, and coercive behaviours designed to manipulate the other partner. Men abuse is a challenge inncommunities as men... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Hate speech and actions against Black lesbians in South Africa - Maotoana M, Nel K, Govender S.
The objective of this research was to explore the experiences of Black lesbians, who have suffered hate speech and actions and who live in townships in Limpopo Prov... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Nurses' perceptions of the management of bullying in private hospitals in eight provinces in South Africa - Lekalakala-Mokgele E, Ajoke OO, Goosen S.
This study examined the role of various intervention strategies available for the management of workplace bullying among nurses from private hospitals in eight p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Survey on the implementation of compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act in selected hospitals in Gauteng province, South Africa from 01 July to 30 September 2020 - Foromo RM, Pilusa ML, Mogotlane MS, Paulson Y.
BACKGROUND: Regardless the instituting of Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) in South Africa, workers continue to face difficulties with the implementation of compensation for occupational injuries and diseases at workplace due... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Barriers to prevention and mitigation of intimate partner violence: views of women in Soshanguve, Pretoria, South Africa - Mokwena K, Maake B, Fernandes L.
Intimate Partner Violence rates in South Africa are high and the scourge seems to continue unabated. In South Africa, IPV is mainly considered and treated as a criminal phenomenon, with the responsibility placed on the Police services. In the absence of ef... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Evaluation of a faith-based intervention for intimate partner violence with men and women referred by the court in South Africa utilising the DASS42 - Bernardi DA, Steyn F.
Intimate partner violence is a nefarious and major social and public health concern affecting millions of women, men and children globally. The criminal justice system plays a pivotal role in mandating interventions for perpetrators of partner abuse in eff... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
