Stigma Archives - Voice of the Cape

World Menopause Day: Breaking the stigma

With the 18th October marking World Menopause Day, VOC Content Producer, Moegammad Ayyoob Allies spoke to CEO and founder of a luxury nutricosmetic brand, Toni Carroll, to raise awareness, break the stigma and highlight the support options available for improving health and wellbeing for both men and women during the grueling journey. Menopause is a natural process of aging, where the ovaries completely stop producing reproductive hormones, and there are […]

18 October 2022

Local

Stigmatization comes under the microscope on Mental Health Awareness day

LOCAL Stigmatisation remains a leading reason behind people not seeking professional help for mental illnesses. This is according to a Cape Town based mental health counsellor, Claire Williams. She says stigmatisation adds to the burden of mental health disorders, often leading to people opting not to seek professional help. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation reported that 970-million people worldwide suffered from a mental disorder. Just over 300-million […]

11 October 2022

Local

SA’s Ramaphosa calls out stigmatisation of Covid-19 patients

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called out the stigmatisation of people who have tested positive for Covid-19, urging citizens to be guided by facts and not rumours. In a weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa also said his government was attending to staff shortages at clinics and hospitals across the country, in addition to the scarcity of personal protective equipment. South Africa to date has 138,134 confirmed cases of the coronavirus […]

29 June 2020

Stigma

World Menopause Day: Breaking the stigma

Stigmatization comes under the microscope on Mental Health Awareness day

SA’s Ramaphosa calls out stigmatisation of Covid-19 patients

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