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Post-term pregnancies and tradition – an uncomfortable experience for many women

News, Women's Health

Some rituals can harm a woman's feeling of self worth as pregnancies past the 42 week date and families seek solutions.

SandileMbili
February 17, 2021

Handwashing stations installed in Limpopo to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

Health

The Department of Water and Sanitation has installed handwashing stations in villages in Limpopo. The stations will encourage handwashing and curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Mogale Mojela
November 20, 2020

Covid-19 disrupts Measles Polio immunisation

WHO and Unicef call for emergency aid as Covid-19 disrupts immunisation

News

The World Health Organisation and UN agency Unicef fear that the world could see resurgence of measles and polio if immunisation programmes are disrupted.

healthe
November 9, 2020

How to create a gender-balanced world for the girl child in our new normal

Health

We’re living in what many have described as a ‘new normal.’ Yet, how do we reshape the norm so that the girl child is no longer left behind? Novartis’ Sibonile Dube has a few practical suggestions.