Discovery South Africa Discover Healthier

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
12 – 32

Raising healthy children

Raising healthy children is one of the toughest challenges facing today’s parents. That’s why this podcast is a must-listen for parents and caregivers of children and young teens. Azania speaks to three experts - paediatrician, Dr Hanneke Heyns; Principal clinical specialist and Head of Research at Vitality South Africa, Dr…
4 May 2020 1 hr 25 min

Healthy moms and babies: Psychologist, Katharine Frost on The First 1000 days

Are you planning or expecting a baby? How well do you understand the concept of “The First 1000 days”? This is a window of phenomenal opportunity to determine a child’s mental, physical and emotional potential for the rest of its life. Azania talks to psychologist Katharine Frost to explain it…
4 May 2020 29 min

Healthy employees and healthy businesses

To really determine the health of a business, we must take a holistic view – one that includes the health of its employees. Their health determines their productivity and a company’s growth and potential. Every year South Africa loses billions of rands to absenteeism and a huge proportion of that…
29 Apr 2020 1 hr 09 min

Understand mental illness: Gugu Masondo and Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile

Azania interviews two brave young women – Gugu Masondo and Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile – about their personal journeys through mental illness. Each has a unique journey, one that led them to connect and start public conversations aimed at demystifying mental illness and addressing the stigmas faced by those who suffer…
29 Apr 2020 1 hr 04 min

Understand mental illness: Dr Noluthando Nematswerani and Cassey Chambers

Have you ever felt sad or down, found it hard to concentrate, had excessive fear or worry? Ever had mood changes with highs or lows, significant tiredness and maybe withdrawn from loved ones? Have you ever felt unable to cope with daily problems and stress or turned to substance abuse…
29 Apr 2020 49 min

Understand mental illness: Dr Sebolelo Seape

Azania speaks to the dynamic Dr Sebolelo Seape, a psychiatrist whose passion for empowering others towards a deep understanding of mental illness and mental health knows no bounds. She practices in Parktown and Soweto, is presently the Chair of PsychMg, and also the President-elect of the South African Society of…
29 Apr 2020 37 min

Fight the call of the fridge!

Vitality dietician Terry Harris unpacks why many of us can’t resist emotional eating right now. Plus: her tips for healthy snacking and meal preparation while we stay at home.
6 Apr 2020 6 min

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
12 – 32