Candy Day

Pharmacist with a love for data visualization for public health

[South African Government @GovernmentZA]

Children and teens' voices matter!

As part of the Government’s National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children and Child Protection Month, the Hold My Hand Campaign, aimed at children’s protection, will be hosting its inaugural webinar on Wednesday, the 14th May 2025 at 15h00.

The webinar sets the tone for what’s to come: elevating the voices of children and teens and showcasing the power of participation in support of the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children.

Please join the webinar on: https://t.co/MyVOF4ci1h

#HoldMyHandSouthAfrica
#ChildProtectionMonth
#GovZAUpdates

[eNCA @eNCA]

[WATCH] Calls are growing for government to fast-track the implementation of the Maternity Support Grant. It will provide vital help to vulnerable pregnant women. Deputy CEO of DG Murray Trust Kentse Radebe unpacks challenges faced by pregnant women as over half of SA lives below the poverty line. #eNCA #DStv403

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

Billions of people suffer from anemia, but there are cheap ways to reduce this—

There are few health problems that affect billions of people at any given time. There are even fewer that could be reduced substantially through pretty cheap interventions.

Anemia, a condition of reduced red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood, is one of them. Estimates suggest that one in four globally has anemia; that’s two billion people.

Around half to two-thirds of anemia cases are caused by nutritional deficiencies, especially iron.

Women and children are at a much higher risk of anemia because they often need more iron relative to the amount of calories they consume.

People are also at higher risk of anemia when they have low dietary diversity, which makes anemia much more common in lower-income countries, as the chart shows. Even in richer countries, it’s a significant problem.

But there are low-cost ways to improve this.

[Candy Day @candy_day]

@outlierafrica @mediahackza @CoveringClimate @LauraJGrant @alastairotter @LeonieJoubert @RichGemma @gemma_gatticchi @tanyapampalone Brilliant piece of work! Well done

[Candy Day @candy_day]

@lrossouw 😂

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

Putting children at the centre, nutrition support and a reduction of food costs are among the key focal areas for South Africa’s national development. Here’s why. https://t.co/F7SbTxHM7g

[Candy Day @candy_day]

This epitomises how DGMT operates - so grateful to be part of such a team!

[Candy Day @candy_day]

@Discovery_SA I drive carefully and use the app to monitor my driving. Use my Discovery virtual credit card to pay for fuel and maximize savings - thank you for the innovative product #BetterWithDiscoveryInsure

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

‘We need to act on the scale we did for HIV’: South Africa struggles to avert a diabetes ‘car crash’ https://t.co/Kky12ZJtX2

[NICD @nicd_sa]

During the current flu season, everyone, in particular those who are at high risk of developing severe flu and flu-related complications, are encouraged to get their flu vaccine. #FluSeason

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

In this interview, I argue Cholera cases in SA should be much higher than the 166 detected & 600 suspected as the 32 confirmed deaths means that the Case Fatality Ratio (CRF) of 20% (detected cases) & 5.3% (suspected), when in Malawi the worst epidemic in Africa CFR was < 3% 1/2

[Candy Day @candy_day]

Learning from One Another to Protect Lives - A Three-Day South African D... https://t.co/BnSQ5ZXIiz via @YouTube

[Vooma Vax Champs @VaxChampsSA]

Before you share information on health you are advised to fact check. Go to credible websites such as https://t.co/fYx3t2oJMD https://t.co/po1j7cRe6o https://t.co/2v5681YqhS or call the national health hotline [phone]
https://t.co/JHvUMDbdOE

[NICD @nicd_sa]

#COVID19Surveillance remains fundamental in understanding the evolution of the virus, the risk factors for severe disease and the impact of vaccination. Access our weekly #COVID19 surveillance reports here https://t.co/3y4pcsADvD

[Western Cape Gov @WesternCapeGov]

Recycling should be part of our everyday lives, as it significantly reduces the impact of manufactured material on the environment. Get your household into the habit of recycling: https://t.co/3SqyQftbiZ

[Indlela Behavioural Insights @Indlela_SA]

Exciting news to start the year on a good publication note! Our manuscript Quasi-experimental evaluation of a financial incentive for first-dose COVID-19 vaccination among adults aged ≥60 years in South Africa was published in BMJ Global Health.

[Keready SA @kereadysa]

Recently, the @nicd_sa issued a measles alert. Experts say measles can be fatal, especially to those with a weakened immune system and those not immunised.

This week the #keready doctors speak about the importance of childhood immunisation.

https://t.co/5Whl6aKCrS

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

Update of COVID-19 variants in South Africa. A new Omicron lineage (BQ.1/BQ.1.1) has been recently detected in South Africa. It is still at small prevalence (5-10%). Infectious numbers are low as well positivity rate, number of hospitalisation and deaths. A small thread 1/x

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

A major update on @OurWorldInData!

We updated our poverty entry: https://t.co/1TCWX1ppG7

And as we explain in this accompanying post [https://t.co/13DbKO3RnL] we redesigned our entries, and are trialing it with this one.

We hope you like it — let us know what you think!

[Keready SA @kereadysa]

Today is WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY🌼

“While we have come a long way in talking about mental health, there is still a far longer way to go”, says Shayni Geffen, @safmh

Join us this Wednesday as we bring more awareness around mental health

Set reminder👇
https://t.co/VrfULTks7M