Engaging with communities
“As people living with disabilities, we are so used to being excluded in such a way that we’ve unintentionally started excluding ‘normal’ people,” said Denise Van Wyk, a community member in Kimberly, during a fellow-led community engagement in the Northern...
“We are heading towards a revolutionary era”
“We are activists today because the capitalist system failed a long time ago. It has not been prioritising the poor, and the more that marginalised people realise where the challenges are actually coming from and what the causes of those challenges are, the more we...
Tekano at PHASA
Tekano Fellows participated in this year’s Public Health Association of South Africa, focusing on several issues including National Health Insurance, rural health, climate change, oral health, and HIV/AIDS. Azeeza Rangunwala and Tshepo Mokhadi, who are Tekano...
Ntabankulu: Health Services ‘Improve’
“We used to come to this [Mnceba] clinic, and we wouldn’t even find Panado if you had a headache or were just in pain. But now there’s a difference. While there’s still a long way to go, now we can at least find medication and at times even check our sugar levels....
Redefining Possible: A focus on Tech
As a data science enthusiast, technologist, and advocate for health equity, my participation in this event was about more than mentoring or tackling technical challenges.
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