A kick start to a healthy life style
Sibongile Mahlaola 25-October-2011
Directorate of Health and Wellness joined forces with various stakeholders at TUT in providing students with necessary information about HIV awareness and prevention. This was aimed at providing quality HIV and AIDS awareness strategies through theatre within disadvantaged communities.
The Sufficient Access Duration (SAD) was the concept of the day to educate people of HIV and AIDS related disease with the theme “kick it out with a condom prevention = 0% access” that saw students participating in various indigenous games as they learnt about HIV transmission. There was also immediate testing for those who wished to know their status.
The chairperson of Get -down production which is one of the stakeholders explains their Mission on youth towards change “Our Mission is creating HIV and AIDS awareness and educating communities in our areas of operation and beyond thus employment opportunities and sustainability use of facilities by communities.
South African police Service (SAPS) was also part of the event which saw a need to come and inform students about the dangers of drug abuse, and they had a display of different drugs.
Get checked for breast cancer this October.
Nomvula Chawane 29 September 2011
Imagine your doctor telling you that you have breast cancer and it’s too late to treat it. You look back and realize that you‘ve been having the signs for some time but kept on ignoring themAccording to Sister Mihloti Maluleka from the Soshanguve Block BB clinic, women must not wait for signs to have breast cancer checks.“Every woman should have a mammogram once in every two years to have their breasts checked for cancerous tissues,” she said.October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an important reminder of one of the leading causes of death in women. Maluleka said that the clinic would be teaching women the five steps to do self-breast examination throughout the month.
A cure for breast cancer has not been found but if caught early enough the cancer can be treated. Maluleka urged women of all ages to assist the Department of Health by checking regularly. “This cancer knows no age. Though it mostly affect women who are over the age of thirty, every woman must still get checked,” said Maluleka. Women who smoke and drink are also at a greater risk of having this cancer. This October women and men are advised to wear the pink ribbons to raise breast cancer awareness and to show that they understand the seriousness of breast cancer.
Health awareness
XOLANI MATHIBELA
On the 22nd of October 2011, the Tshwane University of Technology was visited by members of heath awareness centre who demonstrated some fun games concerning the health of the people and their theme was sad concert “this is a very good thing that is done today to show the students and teach them about their health so that they can be able to take good care of their bodies” said the MC and co-founder of the group Ms Rejoice Mtshweni. This project aims to target all high schools in South Africa to educate them about HIV and AIDS. “ we started this project four years ago to educate especially girls about pregnancy, STD’s and other sorts of diseases and we are trying to curb the number of girls who are falling pregnant at an early stage” said the administrator Stella Swart.
Lots of games were played to keep the students entertained while learning games included:
Signature, traffic gem and bridges of hope. And police were there to ensure safety of every one. “we hope that students will come forward to us to report crimes that are taking place in the school yard because it is more difficult for us to enter the varsity yard, so anybody who suspects anything can come to us report and will investigate the matter, “said the Captain Marindi.
