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National and International News

December 17, 2020

Universal Health Coverage: We need an overhaul of current systems

December 7, 2020

Amref Establishes Independent Commission to Review Progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa

December 4, 2020

Doubts about Covid info

November 25, 2020

Graduate doctors in distress

November 25, 2020

Covid-19 and GBV make a deadly combo

November 10, 2020

STIGMA OF CLEFT PALATE AFFECTS GIRLS’ LIVES

November 3, 2020

ANOTHER HARD LOCKDOWN ‘UNNECESSARY’ SAYS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS

November 1, 2020

SECOND COVID-19 WAVE NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR, EXPERTS SAY

September 20, 2020

DID SA GET IT RIGHT WHEN TACKLING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC?

September 1, 2020

South Africa: The Long-Term Effects of Covid-19

August 21, 2020

ENOUGH IS STILL NOT ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING FOR GENDER EQUALITY

August 2, 2020

HEALTH EXPERTS SLAM CALLS FOR REINTRODUCTION OF HARD LOCKDOWN RULES IN GAUTENG

July 14, 2020

ANTIBODY TESTING WILL HELP INFORM THE FUTURE OF COVID-19 FIGHT

June 23, 2020

TO CREATE REAL CHANGE, YOUTH MOVEMENTS NEED TO DROP THEI EGO

June 2, 2020

AFRIKAN NARRATIVE: A FRANK DIAGNOSIS ON THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT

May 25, 2020

AFRICA DAY: A FRANK DIAGNOSIS OF THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT

April 23, 2020

DR CHOONARA IS OPTIMISTIC CONCERNING GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19

April 22, 2020

SHAKIRA CHOONARA: REFLECTING ON THE GIFT OF FREEDOM DURING LOCKDOWN

April 2, 2020

ODD DROP IN HOW COVID-19 NUMBERS GROW

March 24, 2020

SA LOCKDOWN IS A DILEMMA FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN

March 20, 2020

NEW AFRICA CORONAVIRUS CRISIS LOOMS WITH INTERNAL SPREAD

February 18, 2020

THE AU HAS TOSSED ASIDE ITS YOUTH COUNCIL.

February 16, 2020

Africa needs activists, not leaders: Meet SA’s AU youth council member

February 7, 2020

DR SHAKIRA CHOONARA AN AWARD WINNING PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCHER

January 14, 2020

SA Youth Employment

June 30, 2019

Clinics deny women their full reproductive health rights

May 6, 2019

The Morning Show: African Union launches new initiative to invest on African youth.

March 1, 2019

Public called to #UniteAgainstRacism – ARNSA

December 25, 2018

Dr Shakira Choonara on being AU Youth Advisory Council member

December 10, 2018

Issues affecting youth in Africa

November 30, 2018

Leaving no one behind: Solutions to vulnerability, inaccessability and condom usage

August 10, 2018

Doing it for the kids: Engaging youth to help lift burden of NCDs

July 17, 2018

Forever inspired, Women’s Day 2019 in South Africa

Special features

August 26, 2020

We’re telling it like it is in Women’s Month videos

August 26, 2020

The Networking Woman

April 25, 2020

Global Health: all eyes on COVID-19

August 26, 2019

O Bohlokwa, You are worthy

May 26, 2019

Champion people segment with Dr. Shakira Choonara.

April 26, 2019

Inspiration Couch features Dr. Shakira Choonara

April 26, 2019

My NRF Story: Dr Shakira Choonara

January 26, 2019

Ray White chats to an award health researcher – Dr Shakira Choonara

December 26, 2018

Witsie set to fly SA flag high at AU Youth Council

December 26, 2018

How effective is the AU?

December 26, 2018

Eight young leaders, across the African continent will form part of the inaugural African Union Youth Advisory Council.

March 26, 2017

A journey to being Woman of the Year 2017

March 26, 2017

#BeBoldForChange: Shakira the Young Health Leader

High Impact Blogs

December 11, 2020

Unscripted, Unfiltered: Why we need a Marvel-Type Health System

October 26, 2020

Wheels of the bus go round and round: racism in women’s health organizations

September 26, 2020

Let’s look at the Her in Heritage Day

June 28, 2020

In Conversation: Getting to Know Inspiring YouthLead Ambassadors

June 26, 2020

When Women’s Spaces Don’t Deliver!

March 26, 2020

EV Live Reporting: My Mental State during the Lock Down in South Africa

March 2, 2020

EV live reporting: The morning after #CoronaVirus was declared a national disaster in #SouthAfrica

December 26, 2019

The powerful push for Universal Health Coverage

November 26, 2019

We Have not Galvanised: The International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi – #ICPD25

October 2, 2017

In Conversation with Brisa De Angulo

Webinars

November 22, 2020

The Demographic Impact of COVD-19: Global, Regional and National Experiences (Webinar 1)

November 20, 2020

Future of Health Summit

November 11, 2020

Healthcare in the age of opportunity: Perspectives from the next generation of professionals

October 18, 2020

UNICEF Youth Panel on Preventing NCDs in South Africa & Angola supported by Young Health Programme

September 14, 2020

Youth in the Digital Health (R)evolution: stakes, challenges, and opportunities

September 8, 2020

#NoSilenceAboutViolence

July 6, 2020

RealTalk – Feminism: Opportunity or Complexity

June 10, 2020

World YWCA #YoungWomenLeaders Virtual Panels: COVID-19 Impact on Women’s SRHR and Mental Health

May 16, 2020

What the Health?

May 5, 2020

Don’t Go Viral

May 5, 2020

HagueTalks online event: How can we make our voices heard in the time of Covid-19 crisis?

April 8, 2020

Youth and Sport Webinar for Africa

Published work

November 13, 2020

Changing the narrative: responsibility for youth engagement is a two-way street

November 13, 2020

Getting Started: Surviving and Succeeding During the Pre-Doctoral Stage Getting Started: Surviving and Succeeding During the Pre-Doctoral Stage

November 13, 2020

Sustainable Development girls: mapping youth advocacy and action to achieve sexual and reproductive health rights in Africa

November 13, 2020

Urgency for transformation: youth engagement in global health

November 13, 2020

World Health Organization at the European Development Days 2015

November 13, 2020

A Better World: Hope from Africa

November 13, 2020

The Future of Public Health: Engaging Students and Young Professionals

November 13, 2020

Engaging young people for health and sustainable development

November 13, 2020

Addressing Noncommunicable Diseases in Adolescence

October 23, 2020

Value of ethnography: Understanding health system financial management

October 23, 2020

Factors influencing the usage of different types of malaria prevention methods during pregnancy in Kenya

October 23, 2020

Financing Universal Health Care in SA

October 23, 2020

Out of control: profit-seeking behaviour, unnecessary medical procedures and rising costs of private medical care in South Africa

October 23, 2020

National Health Insurance: South Africa’s most progressive reform to date

October 23, 2020

Significance of informal (on-the-job) learning and leadership development in health systems: lessons from a district finance team in South Africa

October 23, 2020

Research Excellence Award for Next Generation Researchers

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