WATCH: Department of Health partners with cartoon character Noko Mashaba in Covid-19 safety campaign
By Goitsemang Tlhabye
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Pretoria - The National Department of Health has joined hands with local cartoon character Noko Mashaba to help bring the message of continuing with Covid-19 safety protocols during the festive season.
As the country prepares for the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Department of Health in collaboration with the Centre for Communications Impact, Clinton Health Access Initiative and other partners have launched a creative festive season campaign to remind the public that Covid-19 was still an everyday reality.
Popo Maja, the National Health Department spokesperson, said through the campaign they were hoping to use the animation of Noko a sociopolitical satire created by a self-taught animator Jonas Lekganyane, to influence social behaviour change among South Africans.
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Around 10 million people developed tuberculosis (TB) in 2019. TB is the leading cause of death by an infectious disease globally, causing 1.4 million deaths last year – although in 2020 deaths due to Covid-19 will likely surpass deaths caused by TB.
While there are many factors contributing to the high rates of TB disease and deaths, failing to diagnose many people living with TB and provide them with appropriate treatment is a key contributor to the spread of TB and the high number of deaths.
“Without early and accurate diagnosis and rapid linkage to care, TB continues to spread in households and communities, and people with TB are put at greater risk of morbidity and mortality from the disease,” writes David Branigan of the NGO Treatment Action Group (TAG) in the organisation’s recently published