News January 2021
Gender Based Violence Fact Sheet: South Africa
51% of women in SA say they’ve experienced GBV, with 76% of men saying they’ve perpetrated GBV at one stage in their lives (2010 Gauteng sample). A similar study revealed that one in five women report that they have experienced violence at the hands of a partner
Read MoreGender Based Violence and COVID-19: South Africa analysis
We are critically cognisant that South Africa is recognised as having one of the highest rates of inequality in the world.
Read MoreCOVID-19 vaccine: how African countries are truning to Russia, China and India
As more African countries record the second wave of coronavirus infections, and some record novel and more infectious variants, African governments are turning toward Covid-19 vaccines produced by Russia, India, and China
Read MoreCOVID-19 variant in Africa: data and facts
While COVID-19's evolution is expected, unchecked spread poses a risk. Known as 501Y.V2, it was detected through routine surveillance done by a network of laboratories in South Africa, which found the new variant in 200 samples from 50 different health facilities.
Read MoreCOVID-19 in Africa exceeds 3 million cases
AHO has said that the continent passed the milestone of 3 million confirmed cases COVID-19, including more than 72,000 deaths.
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