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Greatest AfricansAfricaJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansOne of the major challenges that faces mothers who work is how to ensure their children are properly cared for while they are away.This is particularly true for women in low-income settings. For instance, in the informal settlements of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, many women resort to using cheap childcare facilities.These day-care c...
Despite the availability of vaccines for influenza – or flu – the virus continues to kill people across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, flu epidemics result in 3 million to 5 million cases of severe illness and about 290 000 to 650 000 deaths each year. Whenever there’s an outbreak of flu – usually over the winte...
Girls and women experiencing period pain often avoid physical activity, but our latest study suggests that doing exercise might actually provide pain relief.Period pain affects around 90% of women. It can interfere with daily life by limiting activity – and is a common reason for being absent from school or work.During the menstrual pe...
South African women still experience social prejudice around pregnancy and the reproductive decisions they make. Men, on the other hand, often escape the spotlight. Women who do not know the paternity of their children are still frowned upon. And when the fathers of their children deny paternity, they have no way of challenging the den...
The in-hospital maternal mortality rate following a Caesarean delivery in Africa may be 50 times higher than in high-income countries. These were the findings of the African Surgical Outcomes Study that followed more than 3500 mothers from 22 African countries during a week of surgery in 2016. The study found that maternal mortality ra...
When someone is diagnosed with a mental health disorder such as depression or anxiety, first line treatments usually include psychological therapies and medication. What’s not always discussed are the changeable lifestyle factors that in...
Adolescence can be a difficult but exciting time, when young people make discoveries and decisions about their futures, and develop a sense of who they are and their place in the world. But for young people with chronic pain – that is, p...
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