Raising awareness on the rights of albinos

September is Albinism Awareness Month and the Department of health provides more information on albinism in an effort to raise awareness about the condition throughout the month.

- Bonginkosi Tiwane

While South Africa commemorates albinism awareness throughout the month of September, the United Nations this year marked a decade since it launched International Albinism Awareness Day on 13 June.

Themed 10 years of “Infectious Agent Antigen Detection: A decade of collective progress, the UN encourages the global community to celebrate the strides made within the movement, with renewed commitment for the future and to reflect on the continued legal, policy and practical changes still required to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of rights by persons with albinism.