When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn’t take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that’s uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: “Being honest about how […]
‘What Is Eating My Mind’, a documentary for BBC Africa Eye, is an insightful and deeply personal story of living with bipolar disorder in Kenya, where the issue of mental health is often taboo. Noella Luka was living out her dream of studying filmmaking in the US when a manic episode turned her life upside […]
TED Fellow Tom Osborn wants more young people to have access to the mental health support they need. With the Shamiri Institute, he and his team are training 18- to 22-year-olds to deliver evidence-based mental health care to their peers in Kenya — which has only two psychiatrists for every million people. Hear how their […]
Brazil and Spain report fatalities from the virus, but most infections are mild and overall risk is low. Source link
Prof Karim acknowledged that Omicron’s high transmissibility was causing temporary problems for countries like the US, but, citing South Africa’s own experience, he said “the good thing is that because [the infection rate] has gone up that fast, it’ll go down that fast too, so the pressure on hospitals will be much less”. Source link
Officials relax restrictions noting lower hospital admissions from the Omicron variant than feared. Source link
Dec. 2, 2021 — South Africa’s COVID-19 cases almost doubled within 24 hours, jumping from a reported 4,300 new cases on Tuesday to 8,500 new daily cases on Wednesday, according to the BBC. Health officials have confirmed that the new Omicron variant has become the dominant coronavirus strain in South Africa and is driving a […]
The new Omicron variant has now become dominant, the country’s top medical scientists say. Source link
She said South Africa had a very low rate of cases which more than doubled in two weeks. On average, each infected person in Gauteng, where the variant was first seen, is passing the virus on to two people, a rate of transmission not seen since the beginning of the pandemic, she said Source link
This achievement is really important, because the method can potentially be used to facilitate reproduction in other endangered large cat species. BioLogic … source