Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) and HIV 1 December is World AIDS Day World AIDS Day is a global movement to unite people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Since 1988, communities have stood together on World AIDS Day to [...]
14 November is World Diabetes Day Understanding HbAC1 In 2023, the World Diabetes Day campaign focus on the importance of knowing your risk of type 2 diabetes to help delay or prevent the condition and highlighting the impact of [...]
Down Syndrome – Trisomy 21 Down Syndrome is also referred to as Trisomy 21. 20 October is National Down Syndrome Day. The intend of this day is to create awareness about Down Syndrome and to communicate facts about the [...]
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome 9 September is International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day World Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Day is celebrated each year at nine minutes past nine on the ninth day of the ninth month to draw attention to the [...]
Understanding Anaemia In 2019 the WHO estimated the global anaemia prevalence to be 39.8%. Anaemia develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is the main part of red blood cells and it binds [...]
Red Blood Cell Disorders In 1658, the Dutch naturalist, Jan Swammerdam was the first person to observe red blood cells under the microscope, describing them as oval particles in frog blood. Yet the routine use of the microscope and [...]
When a Wound Gets Infected A recent scientific publication estimated that in 2017 there were 48.9 million cases and 11 million sepsis-related deaths worldwide, which accounted for almost 20% of all global deaths What is wound infection? It is [...]
Types of Burns and How to Prevent Them The South African National Burn Safety Awareness Week is from 6 to 12 May. A burn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue. Burns are one of the [...]
Iron Deficiency Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common type of anaemia According to the World Heath Organization in 2019, global anaemia: Occurred in 29.9% of women of reproductive age, equivalent to over half a billion women aged 15-49 [...]
World Tuberculosis Day World TB Day is observed annually on March 24 World TB Day is observed annually on March 24 to raise awareness about TB and efforts to end the global epidemic, marking the day in 1882 when [...]
