Selona, who heads up the Blood River Advice Centre in Limpopo, is putting women at the centre in her quest for social justice. Whether it is intervening when women are refused PrEP at clinics or in more immediate life-threatening situations relating to gender-based violence, Selona is leading from the front. Ufrieda Ho spoke to her…
Category: Health & Fitness
Post-covid fashion: What’s in store for Africa?
While over 400,000 people have been infected with Covid-19, Africa is still far from the high case numbers that have been recorded internationally. Despite this, the lockdown period has impacted local economies and pushed the fashion industry to learn how to reinvent itself in order to meet the needs of customers. Omoyemi Akerele, founder of…
Africa CDC in ‘advanced’ talks to obtain monkeypox vaccines
But a clinical trial is underway in Congo for a vaccine. Africa’s public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine, but “very advanced discussions” are underway with at least two partners. The acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ahmed…
Monkeypox (MPV) racial disparities remain a concern as White House announces new actions
Advocates say the Biden-Harris administration’s latest measures are welcomed, but it must do more to ensure MPV services are distributed equitably. The Biden-Harris administration announced new actions to combat the monkeypox (MPV) outbreak in the United States, including increasing shipments of vaccines and targeting resources in vulnerable communities. However, advocates remain concerned racial disparities could…