“We were told to go back home, and they said there is nothing they can do because they’re dealing with coronavirus patients,” says a distraught Western Cape mother whose daughter gave birth in early May
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.
During the coronavirus pandemic, the government has invested significantly in social relief grants to ease the burden on struggling households.
Covid-19 brings fresh complications to pregnancy and childbirth across Eastern and Southern Africa, writes Dr Gabriele Fontana .
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.
The Eastern Cape, following national lockdown regulations, has suspended traditional initiation schools which means the cultural transition into manhood is deferred for ‘desperate boys’.
“I feel worried and scared. Most of the time I wonder what will happen if I get infected with Covid-19 and get not cured, what will happen to my child?” says a pregnant Pontsho Moloi.
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.
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.
Public health authorities and blood services are concerned with decreasing blood donations, which will have adverse effects on medical services that require transfusions.
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.
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’.
Some activists believe that changing the messaging around internal condoms will encourage more women using them as ‘cool sexual devices’.
After observing a strict two-week quarantine, the Cuban cohort of doctors and medical health professionals are ready for deployment across the province.
People world over need to change their lifestyles and adapt their behaviour to live in a very different world compared to before the Covid-19 outbreak, experts agree. Writes Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla.
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