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Discover Healthier

Azania Mosaka hosts DiscoverHealthier – a podcast that tells stories of inspirational people and shares thoughts of specialist guests. Join the conversations and build your understanding of health conditions, healthcare cover, living a healthier life and innovations that benefit our future wellbeing. Each episode offers something new, useful and entertaining. Keep listening as Azania weaves dialogues filled with expert knowledge and the awe-inspiring work of our country’s healthcare heroes.
Weekly English South Africa Health & Fitness · Education
36 Episodes
24 – 36

Maintain your Mental Wellbeing - Laetitia du Plessis

Laetitia du Plessis is a brave, passionate and accomplished woman. She is also super-fit and strives towards ever-healthier ways of fuelling her mind and body. Be moved and inspired as Laetitia opens up about her lifelong struggle with depression and bipolar disorder and explains ways in which she supports her…
6 Apr 2020 36 min

Maintain your Mental Wellbeing - Letshego Zulu

When her beloved husband Gugu passed away on Mount Kilimanjaro three years ago, South Africans all mourned alongside Letshego Zulu. Now, Letshego chats to Azania about what it takes to overcome significant loss and the strain on mental health that follows a period of extreme stress. How did exercise, healthy…
6 Apr 2020 30 min

Understanding COVID-19 Part 2

As the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread across South Africa, we have a narrow window of opportunity to slow the spread. Social distancing is one way to help stop the virus from spreading and "flattening the curve". Listen to Dr Noach share his views on how we can respond…
19 Mar 2020 14 min

Understanding COVID-19 Part 1

It’s hard to keep up with the pace of news around the global health emergency that is the novel coronavirus 2019 – now known as COVID-19. We have an opportunity to unite in our understanding and response to the presence of COVID-19, to prevent the spread of the virus in…
13 Mar 2020 10 min

The Future Of Healthcare

Hear all about current digital healthcare services and what tech and other developments mean for consumers and providers. We chat to Discovery Health’s Dr Jonathan Broomberg and Dr Ryan Noach about how cutting edge medical technology is improving service and care. Then, we take a walk through a healthcare practice…
1 Jan 2020 1 hr 02 min

Antimicrobial Resistance Part 2: Surviving A Deadly Superbug

In part two of our investigation into Antimicrobial Resistance we cross to experts located in the UK and the US. We explore the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance with Lord Jim O’Neill. And, Dr Tom Patterson shares his chilling story of surviving a deadly superbug, thanks to his wife, Prof…
25 Dec 2019 43 min

Healthy Heart, Healthy Life

This fascinating podcast episode brings complete understanding to the symptoms, risk factors and complications of heart disease - facts that everyone should know. Listen as Azania Mosaka sheds light on early warning signs, high blood pressure, stroke, the role of cholesterol and more. Azania’s in discussion with Dr Noluthando Nematswerani,…
18 Dec 2019 45 min

Going To Hospital? What You Need To Know

Azania Mosaka explores every aspect of what it means to go to hospital. She chats to Jean Slabbert about being diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica – a condition that saw him spend 203 nights in hospital, over a two year period. Then, we explore all you need to know about the…
11 Dec 2019 51 min

Debunking Diabetes

“Debunking diabetes” gives you a complete understanding of an often silent condition. Learn all you need to know about preventing type 2 diabetes, and understand the symptoms and complications of this illness. Tony Calitz shares his brave journey through type 2 diabetes with Azania Mosaka. She also chats to the…
4 Dec 2019 47 min

Understanding The World Of Healthcare

A medical aid is similar to a “stokvel”. People contribute and agree to the rules and benefits. Similarly, in a medical scheme, the money in the pool pays for health claims. What can you do to manage costs and why are young, healthy people important in a scheme population? Dr…
27 Nov 2019 50 min
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