Health

I_Menstruate Movement

I_Menstruate Movement calls for action on menstrual health and mental wellbeing

Girls should not have to suffer in silence. The I_Menstruate Movement has called for urgent systemic action linking menstrual health directly to mental wellbeing, dignity and education equity. 75% girl learners surveyed in I_Menstruate Movement’s Bleeding in Silence: Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene Among School Girls in South Africa research reported distress at menarche, their first...
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Stem Cell Donor

Stem Cell Donors – Financing Reforms to Turn Matches Into Transplants in South Africa

By Palesa Mokomele, Head of Community Engagement & Communications at DKMS Africa For a patient with blood cancer or another life-threatening blood disorder, finding a matching stem cell donor is a breakthrough. But it is not a transplant. Finding Stem Cell Donors A patient may still be stopped by late diagnosis, fragmented referrals, delayed testing,...
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