Alarming statistics put KwaZulu-Natal at the forefront of South Africa’s child hunger crisis, with around two to four times the reported levels in other provinces. Spotlight visited one of the province’s most rural districts to find the children at the heart of these numbers and the organisations making a difference.
With little progress being made in certain areas of child, adolescent and maternal health, Kathryn Cleary spoke to the experts to outline the top 10 issues to watch for the new year and the new decade.
The Children’s Institute’s much-anticipated annual Child Gauge report was launched earlier this week and puts the state of children’s rights in focus while highlighting the need for a number of key interventions.
Health practitioners, caregivers and academics recently attended the 10th Child Health Priorities Conference at the University of North West (NWU) under the theme – “survive, thrive and transform – championing change for children”. Some experts argued that South Africa’s children is surviving, but not thriving. Madala Thepa reports.
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has launched its new National Policy on HIV, STIs and TB. Is it good enough? And how can it be improved?
