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Womankind By Zoie Health

Womankind By Zoie Health is a podcast where we explore topics that affect women’s health & wellness that matter to you. This is hosted by Dr Nonie Sitole, Co-Founder of Zoie Health, your All In One Women’s Health and Wellness platform. We love interacting with you so please join the conversation in our community chat to let us know what your views are or to share your own stories about the topic we’ll be covering today. For more information visit www.zoiehealth.com
Monthly English South Africa Health & Fitness · Society & Culture
12 Episodes

111.Womankind: Testing for HPV at Home

A lot of women in South Africa can’t afford regular gynecology visits with private doctors and are often either left with the overburdened public hospitals or no form of testing at all. Which often leads to women detecting cancerous cells too late, a problem that HPV home test kits are…
11 Oct 2022 52 min

110.Womankind: Living with Fibroids

Many South African women are silently suffering from untreated uterine fibroids. Even though living with uterine fibroids is quite common for a lot of women of reproductive age, this condition goes by largely ignored in the mainstream health conversations because the symptoms such as painful and long periods are considered…
24 Aug 2022 48 min
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109.Womankind: Why I would use the ZoiePlus Panic Button

So far we have brought you affordable, convenient and caring healthcare and now we're excited to be introducing the ZoiePlus Emergency Panic Button. This week we're chatting to the team behind your favorite women's health and wellness app about what the Zoie Panic Button means to them. We're tackling issues…
17 Jul 2022 23 min

108. Womankind: Get To Know Our ZoiePlus Partner Aura

Women's safety has increasingly become a contentious issue in South Africa. Crime has been on the rise in the last two years and crimes against women in particular have increased significantly. 183 sexual offences are being reported daily with 36 kidnappings also being reported daily. The typical response times from…
15 Jun 2022 20 min

107. Womankind: Talking Intimacy After Having A Baby

The introduction of a baby into you and your partner's lives will likely change how you have sex and how often. It is normal for women's interest in sex to take from 1-3 months to return even though the doctor gives you the greenlight at 6 weeks. There are many…
2 Jun 2022 42 min

106. Womankind: Changes To Your Body After The Baby

Motherhood is one of the most beautiful journeys that women can experience; however it does leave us with complicated relationships with our bodies. It's an undeniable fact that our bodies will change after bringing life into this world, but how do we learn to accept our new bodies? How do…
11 May 2022 47 min

105. Womankind: Breastfeeding Tips and Tricks

Many new mothers experience difficulty with breastfeeding especially during the first month. They may experience insufficient milk supplies, pain, and fatigue. This can be quite frustrating and isolating for the moms because they may not be aware of just how common this is. This week we’re joined by a doctor…
2 May 2022 43 min

104. Womankind: Caring For Your Mental Health Part 2

Mental health has become an increasingly important topic especially for women during the pandemic. Some women may be living with mental health illnesses caused by their work or their personal life circumstances without realising it. That is why it is important to educate ourselves about the warning signs as well…
11 Apr 2022 34 min

104. Womankind: Caring For Your Mental Health Part 1

Mental health has become an increasingly important topic especially for women during the pandemic. Some women may be living with mental health illnesses caused by their work or their personal life circumstances without realising it. That is why it is important to educate ourselves about the warning signs as well…
4 Apr 2022 24 min

103. Womankind: Eliminating Cervical Cancer

Just over 5,000 new cases of cervical cancer are reported in South Africa every year, with approximately 3,000 of these proving fatal. Even though cervical cancer is preventable, it has robbed many women of their lives while also robbing society and those they leave behind of their mothers, wives, sisters,…
4 Mar 2022 50 min

102. Womankind: The Elusive Big O

Up to 40% of women report either having never experienced or have trouble experiencing an orgasm, compared to 75% of men who almost always orgasm during sex. For a long time discussions around pleasure and intimacy in relation to women have been taboo, however over the last few years we…
11 Feb 2022 1 hr 01 min

101. Womankind: All Things Fertility

A woman in her early to mid-20s has a 25–30% chance of getting pregnant every month. Fertility generally starts to reduce when a woman is in her early 30s, and more so after the age of 35. By age 40, the chance of getting pregnant in any monthly cycle is…
20 Jan 2022 52 min