Eastern Cape Discovery Health employee tests positive for Covid-19 – Port Elizabeth in the News: Eastern Cape Discovery Health employee tests positive for Covid-19: A Discovery Health employee in Port Elizabeth has tested positive for Covid-19. This is according to an e-mail sent by Discovery Health service executive Hennie van Staden telling staffers that one of … … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Discovery Health employee tests positive for Covid-19 – Port Elizabeth in the News |MyPE
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Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises? | The Conversation
Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises?: A member of the South African National Defence Force hands out pamphlets informing township residents about COVID-19 in Johannesburg. Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFEAfrican communities, within South Africa and beyond, are diverse and complex, informed by different rules, values and beliefs. But public health … [Read more...] about Can the philosophy of ubuntu help provide a way to face health crises? | The Conversation
Community health workers are crucial to pandemic response. How to support them | The Conversation
Community health workers are crucial to pandemic response. How to support them: A community health worker carries a box of protection masks in Dakar on April 16, 2020. JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty ImagesAlmost all African countries have reported cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To contain the disease, they cannot rely just on doctors and nurses, who are already in … [Read more...] about Community health workers are crucial to pandemic response. How to support them | The Conversation
Managing your health and wellness: 8 tips for students
Managing your health and wellness: 8 tips for students: Healthy smoothie Photo: Heather Barnes Many joys emanate from being a higher education student. Some of these include the sound of laughter, the bustling campus life and impromptu canteen lunch “dates” with friends. Then there’s the study groups, the various sports and recreational clubs and activities on … [Read more...] about Managing your health and wellness: 8 tips for students
Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford | The Conversation
Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford: Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Africa’s health authorities are testing, quarantining and treating individuals who have been exposed to the new coronavirus. And … [Read more...] about Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford | The Conversation
