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Simphiwe Phungula, Umthombo scholar and fifth-year medical student at UKZN.Simphiwe Phungula is a future leader who wants to raise awareness on sexual health in her community.
“Talking about reproductive and sexual health is almost taboo in our communities. This allows avoidable conditions such as unwanted pregnancy, cervical cancer and HIV to continue. It all starts with awareness, like making sure all women know that they should regularly do pap smears to screen for cervical cancer.”Dumisani Mthembu, Umthombo scholar and sixth-year medical student at University of Pretoria.
“My community has a lot of unresolved behavioural issues — from alcoholism to teenage pregnancy. These exacerbate the levels of crime and poverty in our society. A deeper understanding of the brain anatomy and physiology will give me the upper hand to summon the professionals in the field such as social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists, so we can eventually uproot the problem.
“I want to raise more health awareness among the women in my community. Women are the ones taking care of everyone and everything. In that process, they tend to neglect paying attention to themselves. If they have a health condition, they usually take it lightly and delay coming in for a consultation because they are busy.”
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