KidCare: Dr Mandy-Lyn Meyer

10/04/2026

Such a powerful message ❤️

18/03/2026

Measles is a completely preventable devastating disease, make sure your kids have been vaccinated.

Cough/runny nose/fever, conjunctivitis and a rash are all signs of measles.

    Several schools in Hout Bay have reported suspected cases of measles, amid growing concerns over child declining immunisation rates.   The Western Cape Health and Wellness Department confirmed that a total of 39 suspected cases have been reported in the area since December last year.   “Th...

13/02/2026

The HPV vaccine reduces the risk of cervical cancer by up to 90% in women vaccinated at a young age.

NATIONAL HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS ( )
VACCINATION ROLLOUT

📍 WHERE: Public Schools & Special Schools

📅 WHEN: 2 February – 27 March

👧 WHO: Girls aged 9–15 years

🎗️ WHY: To protect girls from developing
cervical cancer later in life

💉 HOW: Single-dose HPV vaccination
Schedule

Stop before it starts!

15/12/2025

It’s December and kids are having fun in and about the water, please be cautious out there.

Kids under 14 make up about 29% of annual drownings.

Please be safe and supervise children around all bodies of water and make sure you have a safe pool net.

Every year, far too many young children in South Africa drown in home swimming pools. It’s a heartbreaking reality – and one that is almost entirely…

24/09/2025

For those who follow US health. There is no link between panado (Acetaminophen) in pregnancy or vaccines and Autism.. I love these short slides, created by an epidemiologist who I follow.

21/07/2025

RSV season, we had a rough month, 🤧

Check out Melomed Private Hospitals’s video.

11/07/2025

A big win for our team, the little 24 weeker who made it home. 🙏🏻

Http://www.facebook.com/100080317835363/posts/771587638861824/

02/04/2025

Four happy healthy girls all born under us at Tokai, such a joy to have them all visit the practice ❤️ Thanks Ndikes!

15/11/2024

Preemie day 2024 at Melomed Tokai, celebrating all the little people and their special caregivers!

25/09/2024

Always a pleasure joining Expresso SABC, this time to chat about pet allergies.

23/08/2024

Hope you caught us on Expresso SABC; talking about families, ‘our village’ and the support we all need as mothers.

18/07/2024

Hope you managed to catch our chat on Expresso- SABC 3- live, about unwelcome visitors, worms.

If not here is the link to the full interview.

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