Menstrual health sustainability needed more now
Young people from the south of Joburg are fighting period poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Marcia Moyana
Ubuntu beds gives health care workers access to free private accommodation.
About 2 500 healthcare workers are set to benefit from an initiative that is aimed at providing them with accommodation at various establishments in the hospitality industry. Through Ubuntu Bed, 15 000 rooms have been made available at over 869 hospitality establishments…
Child ambassadors speak out on Covid-19 impact
Child Protection Week kicks off with child ambassadors sharing their lockdown experiences.
Read More »Child ambassadors speak out on Covid-19 impactLegal support must ‘leave nobody behind’
NGOs call for legal practitioners to improve access to legal services for vulnerable populations, such as those living with HIV and TB, sex workers and disabled people.
Read More »Legal support must ‘leave nobody behind’Covid-19 and women’s invisible work
As the pandemic continues spread, highlighting systemic inequalities across the world, women are calling on governments to include them in decision-making for the future.
Read More »Covid-19 and women’s invisible workMotherhood woes during Covid-19
Giving birth is a life-changing process and giving birth during an unprecedented global health pandemic is even more so. Speaking to Health-e News, new mothers share their experiences with the health system during lockdown.
Read More »Motherhood woes during Covid-19Maximising pleasure with new look Cupid condom
Some activists believe that changing the messaging around internal condoms will encourage more women using them as ‘cool sexual devices’.
Read More »Maximising pleasure with new look Cupid condomTembisa Hospital ready for Covid-19
In April, the Gauteng government announced its plans to prepare for a peak in the number of Covid-19 cases that would require hospitalisation. Health-e News speaks to Dr Relebohile Ncha, clinical manager at Tembisa Hospital’s Covid-19 Unit.
Read More »Tembisa Hospital ready for Covid-19Know your mask
It is now compulsory for all South Africans to wear cloth face masks when they are in public. We speak to the owners of Kekago Enterprise and Lonsego Clothing, who manufacture and distribute cloth face masks in Tembisa.
Read More »Know your mask#LockdownSA: Increased child support grant is a ‘massive relief’
Organisations advocating for the adequate nutritional needs of children have cautiously welcomed the move from President Cyril Ramaphosa to increase social and economic relief for the next six months.
Read More »#LockdownSA: Increased child support grant is a ‘massive relief’#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng government charts the way forward
The Gauteng Provincial Command Council outlines measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its impact on the province’s most marginalised communities. OurHealth journalist Marcia Zali reports.
Read More »#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng government charts the way forwardTembisa women empowered through the power of touch
Businesswoman Thabitha Malinga believes that people living with disabilities should be given an opportunity to be active in their communities’ economy. With Thabie Mobile Spa and TMS Beauty Academy she created that opportunity for disabled, and ‘forgotten’ women in her community.
Read More »Tembisa women empowered through the power of touch#LockdownSA: Expectant mothers worried about regulations
Baby care items are now on the country’s essential items list, but few know about the amendment to the lockdown regulations.
Read More »#LockdownSA: Expectant mothers worried about regulationsCoronavirusSA: Randfontein man feeds struggling community
Kagiso Modise couldn't bear to see his community go hungry so decided to do something about it.
Read More »CoronavirusSA: Randfontein man feeds struggling communityCoronavirusSA: Restrictions lifted on informal food traders
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced amendments to the regulations on the Covid-19 lockdown. Amongst these is the addition of spaza shops and informal food traders to operate with permission from a municipal…