News December 2020

South Africa rape and femicide shocking rates

We know that South Africa is ranked as the rape capital in the world; we also know that with three to nine women raped every day, this a country that is not considered safe for women. A woman is murdered every three to four hours, and half of those murders are at the hands of an intimate partner, either through femicide or partner violence.

South African poor, black women are the face of health inequity

South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world. A 2014 report by KPMG takes this statistic further in pointing out that GBV and violence against women in particular “is one of the most expensive public health problems globally and has a fundamental impact on economic growth, which can span several generations”. Poor black women are the face of this health inequity.

South Africa Gender-Based Violence

What does 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence mean when woman are still dying in South Africa and across the globe?

Heart attack and Sudden cardiac arrest: What is the difference?

Heatwave deaths in elderly double over 20 years as climate change hits health

Sickle cell disease dispropportionately affects Black people and increase risk of COVID-19

Patients with sickle cell disease may be at higher risk for certain COVID-19 complications and death, according to results of two studies presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.