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Climate Crisis: Rural communities, women and girls hardest hit
Faith Mutizira
This past weekend the South African Weather Service issued a level 10 weather warning for disruptive rainfall in Kwa-Zulu Natal. This came less than two months after the province faced major floods that destroyed homes and claimed over 440 lives. The province is still recovering from the impact of the
mRNA HIV Vaccine Development Programme launches in Africa
Lilita Gcwabe
With the participation of experts from Africa, inroads are being made into an mRNA HIV vaccine. The non-profit scientific research organisation, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Moderna announced that the first participant screenings for a Phase I clinical trial of an mRNA HIV vaccine are going to start soon
Limpopo eye patients waiting in the dark for operations
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Patients in need of eye operations in the Sekhukhune and Capricorn districts in Limpopo are disappointed because the Warmbath Hospital in Waterberg District has not called them despite promising to do so a few months ago. Joshua Leselo* (71) from the Phokoane village near Jane Furse, Sekhukhune district desperately needs
Statutory rape: An underestimated gender-based violence issue
Rolivhuwa Sadiki
Mulalo Mutshekwa* fell pregnant in 2019 when she was 15-years-old. The grade 10 learner at the time, is from Makovha, a village in the Vhembe district in Limpopo. She was in a relationship with her then 18-year-old boyfriend. “I met him at church,” she says. “We both attend the Zion
Covid-19 SA: Vaccines safe for pregnant and breastfeeding women
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
COVID-19 vaccinations are safe for pregnant and breastfeeding women. This is the finding of Wits University scientists who recently reviewed the effect of the vaccine during pregnancy. The narrative review by scientists identified no major safety concerns in the use of mostly mRNA (messenger RNA) Covid-19 vaccines among pregnant women.
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