LISTEN: Dangers of self medicating with cognitive enhancements
22 May 2021 10:18 AM
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Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says there is an abuse of Ritalin amongst the matriculants and tertiary students.
Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says people must interrogate if there is really a problem when they want to buy cognitive enhancements or Nootropics.
Speaking to Refiloe Mpakanyane, Nyati says there is enough evidence that shows drugs such as Ritalin work on people who have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
We have found that there are people without such issues and they still go and buy sometimes even in the black market some of these Nootropics.
UNFPA new report sounds alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
15 May 2021 8:48 AM
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Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says there is a need for the recruitment of more midwives and investment in training.
There is a shortage of 900,000 midwives in the world.
The 2021 State of Worldâs Midwifery report by UNFPA revealed that millions of lives of women and newborns are lost because the needs of pregnant women and the skills of midwives are not recognised or prioritised.
The report further highlighted that during the Covid-19 pandemic, midwives had to be deployed to other health services disrupting the midwifery services.
High efficacy in malaria vaccine hailed as a breakthrough
8 May 2021 8:20 AM
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Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile explains how the vaccine will be administered and why it s a breakthrough.
A malaria vaccine that has a 77% efficacy is being hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that in 2019, there were 229 million cases of malaria and malariaâs annual death toll stands at over 400,000.
Speaking to Refiloe Mpakanyane, Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says mostly it is children under the age of five that have died from malaria.
There is now a vaccine that is effective in ensuring that there is a significant reduction in those kinds of infections and deaths. This is a breakthrough in one of the major public health challenges of the globe.
[LISTEN] Why you need to get the influenza vaccine every year
1 May 2021 9:28 AM
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Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says multivitamins are crucial in strengthening the immune system.
Proactive Health Solutions CEO Dr Fundile Nyati says in 2020, fewer people took the flu jab compared to other years.
Nyati says last year during winter the country was in lockdown level 5 and level 4 therefore many people did not get their flu jabs.
Speaking to Refiloe Mpakanyane, Nyati says influenza can cause severe illness and death amongst those that are vulnerable.
The influenza virus changes so often which is why you need to get the vaccination every year. What you used last year may not be useful this year because of the rate the virus changes itself.