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Mercy Sepadi |Environmental Health Practitioner
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Mercy Sepadi |Environmental Health Practitioner

  We grew up hearing from the old Pedi women that “Mmago ngwana o swara thipa ka bogaleng” which is a Sepedi idiom which is loosely translated as ” Mothers are said to hold the knife on its sharp side”.     Tell us about yourself, what do you do in health? I am a...

July 21, 2020June 9, 2024by
Meet Eruskha Pillay, the women who led one of the first NCD projects in South Africa
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Meet Eruskha Pillay, the women who led one of the first NCD projects in South Africa

Erushka Pillay leads public health programs on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and HIV. Many of these programs have focused on health systems strengthening, capacity building of health care workers and access to care for marginalized communities. The growing HIV epidemic in South Africa and the barriers to care that Erushka witnessed pushed her to pursue work...