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An awareness of the effects of poverty, inequality, and injustice on communities is essential for mental health. Students face up to these multiple challenges daily. Higher Health has developed a curriculum to address students' social and health challenges. They launched a civic education and health
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The situation facing graduates is not much better. Of the 1 million people who exit post-school education every year, only 20% of graduates find employment within the year. Another 20% find employment later on. But 60% remain without a formal work. The cumulative effects of under employment are both
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Inherited and spatial disadvantages have effects on student's mobility Remote students, who study in rural locations or disadvantaged neigbourhoods, face many challenges in accessing healthcare services. Higher Health addresses remote students
Healthcare needs with a roving fleet (10 vehicles) of
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Ten (10%) of all reported rape cases originate from young women in the higher education sector. Gender-based violence impacts a person's sense of self-worth and self-esteem. The DHET has created a Policy
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proportion of the population (aged 15 to 24) are unemployed. Or political instability, that interrupts a program from start to finish and prevents the completion of an educational process. These are some of the many factors that contribute towards depression and/or anxiety.
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Higher Health is committed to ensuring a more robust, collaborative and more focused response to violence against women, as expressed the minister's summit speech. It is also expected that another online GBV course will follow soon.
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