Family Digest 58 – #WorldSuicidePreventionDay by Lois Law
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed on 10th September every year as a way of…
2023 Family Digests
Family Digest 57 – Drowning Prevention Day by Lois Law
July 25th was marked as Drowning Prevention Day by the UN General Assembly in 2021 to…
Family Digest 56 – The Marrakesh Treaty on Copyright and the Right to the Printed Word by Lois Law
Many of us may be unfamiliar with the Marrakesh Treaty, which seeks to ‘Facilitate Access to…
Family Digest 55 – South Africa’s 11th AIDS Conference by Lois Law
The 11th South African AIDS Conference took place from 20th to 23rd June at the Durban…
Family Digest 54 – World Tuberculosis Day by Lois Law
Each year World Tuberculosis Day (TB) is commemorated on 24th March to raise public awareness about…
Family Digest 53 – World Cancer Day by Lois Law
Cancer is a public health issue of major concern. According to the Department of Health (DoH),…
Family Digest 52 – The Outbreak of Measles by Lois Law
Late in December 2022, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced that South Africa was…