Community based workers can help disabled people access services during COVID-19: Health workers go door-to-door to screen for COVID-19 in Pretoria, South Africa. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty ImagesPeople with disabilities face stigma because of their impairments. They are often marginalised, more so if they have psycho-social disabilities. This makes it difficult for … [Read more...] about Community based workers can help disabled people access services during COVID-19 | The Conversation
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Tough choices about who gets ICU access: the ethical principles guiding South Africa | The Conversation
Tough choices about who gets ICU access: the ethical principles guiding South Africa: Emergency doctors and nurse performing CPR and inserting an IV drip on a patient. GettyImagesJust weeks after confirming the first case of COVID-19 in South Africa, the government ordered a lockdown in an attempt to flatten the curve of infections. One of the reasons was to avoid … [Read more...] about Tough choices about who gets ICU access: the ethical principles guiding South Africa | The Conversation
S.Africa’s vulnerable queue to access grants early amid lockdown – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
S.Africa’s vulnerable queue to access grants early amid lockdown – Port Elizabeth in the News: S.Africa’s vulnerable queue to access grants early amid lockdown: On day four of a coronavirus lockdown, Ntombi Dlamini was ushered past shoppers snaking outside a mall in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township, where she had come to withdraw her social grant. One of … … [Read more...] about S.Africa’s vulnerable queue to access grants early amid lockdown – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
The Answer Series offers teachers free access to study guide E-books
The Answer Series offers teachers free access to study guide E-books: Cape Town, January 2020: As the country currently celebrates a 25-year high in the matric pass rate with an impressive 81.3% of learners achieving success, South Africa’s leading study guide publisher, The Answer Series, will make digital versions of its study guides available to all teachers across the … [Read more...] about The Answer Series offers teachers free access to study guide E-books
Mobile access won’t fix the digital divide. Fixed-line is needed too | The Conversation
Mobile access won't fix the digital divide. Fixed-line is needed too: Mobile phones aren't the full solution to increase access to broadband services ShutterstockMobile services have had an important and positive impact on developing countries where they are the main means of connecting to the internet. However, mobile services have capacity constraints. They use limited … [Read more...] about Mobile access won’t fix the digital divide. Fixed-line is needed too | The Conversation
