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Keep kids at home — if you can
Sandile Mbili
Despite the potential Covid-19 related dangers of leaving one’s home to go shopping, many parents bring their children along because they have no other choice.Â
Blood shortage fears as lockdown continues
Thabo Molelekwa
Public health authorities and blood services are concerned with decreasing blood donations, which will have adverse effects on medical services that require transfusions.
Exploring Coronavirus treatment other than a vaccine
Health-e News
Activists are calling on the World Health Organisation (WHO), governments, and scientists to start a collaborative effort towards developing a Coronavirus (Covid-19) prevention pill, according to a new report.
North West traditional healers demand protective wear
Health-e News
Besides needing more protective equipment and resources such as sanitiser, traditional healers in the North West believe that their trade isn’t taken seriously by the government, and that they’re ‘left out’.
Maximising pleasure with new look Cupid condom
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Some activists believe that changing the messaging around internal condoms will encourage more women using them as ‘cool sexual devices’.
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