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TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?

Nicole Ludolph and Bhekisisa Team - September 22, 2023
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National Health Insurance

#UNGA78: What the NHI means for universal health coverage in SA

Bhekisisa Team - September 21, 2023
COVID-19 vaccines

#UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic

Zano Kunene and Linda Pretorius - September 20, 2023
Multimedia

[WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work

Yolanda Mdzeke and Mohale Moloi - September 19, 2023
Articles News and analysis

More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws

Mia Malan –
September 15, 2023

South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been charging the country for the tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline, as well as for extending the tablets’ 20-year patent to block cheaper generics from entering the country.

Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.

  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 3, 2023
    [WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV
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Articles News and analysis

R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?

Lillian Roberts and Linda Pretorius –
September 14, 2023

Up to one in five people can get long COVID — a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. A drug called Paxlovid can lower the chance of developing the long-haul version of COVID. But at what cost?

Lillian Roberts

Lillian Roberts is Bhekisisa's news reporter.

  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    August 23, 2023
    Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment — and how a new court ruling could help
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 25, 2023
    M72: Three things you need to know about a TB jab that might work
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 13, 2023
    What's happening with HIV numbers?
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal

Yolanda Mdzeke and Mohale Moloi –
September 13, 2023

Nurse Tebogo Seleka does about 100 cervical cancer tests a month. One in ten patients test positive. This could be avoided if they were vaccinated against the human papillomavirus which causes this cancer. Our TV team travels to Hammanskraal near Tshwane to find out how Seleka is using jabs to stop cervical cancer in her community.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 24, 2023
    Why your toilet water is turned into drinking water — and which provinces get this right
Articles News and analysis

In the bag: How buying healthy food for R115 a month can curb TB deaths in India

Amrit Dhillon –
September 12, 2023

In rural India, people with TB got healthy food parcels and vitamin pills. Their chance of dying from the disease dropped by 60% and passing on the infection to someone in their family fell by 40%.

Amrit Dhillon

Amrit Dhillon is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.

  • Amrit Dhillon
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/
    |
    March 30, 2023
    This TB drug’s price just dropped by 80%. Meet the SA activist who helped to beat Big Pharma
  • Amrit Dhillon
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/
    Families await medical treatment outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Ayushman Bharat
    April 30, 2019
    'This is the first time government has done something concrete for the poor'
Articles News and analysis

The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air

Nicole Ludolph and Linda Pretorius –
September 11, 2023

Our burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with lots of air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe. And those who have least, will be affected most.

Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    July 18, 2023
    Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB

Yolanda Mdzeke and Nicole Ludolph –
September 7, 2023

New guidelines from the health department say anti-TB pills are now available to anyone who’s had long contact with someone who is sick with TB, to stop them from falling ill too. Here’s how it works.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    July 18, 2023
    Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place
Articles National Health Insurance Opinion Special Reports

Right of reply: “It’s far more complex” — the health department responds to one of our NHI op-eds

Nicholas Crisp –
September 6, 2023

Will the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme make things worse rather than better? Here’s the response to this question from the head of the NHI, Nicholas Crisp.

Nicholas Crisp

Nicholas Crisp is the deputy director general in the national health department responsible for implementing the country’s National Health Insurance scheme.

  • Nicholas Crisp
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicholas-crisp/
    June 10, 2022
    Inequality kills: How race, money and power affect who survives COVID
  • Nicholas Crisp
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicholas-crisp/
    June 10, 2022
    Inequality kills: How race, money and power affect who survives COVID
Articles News and analysis

Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it

Linda Pretorius and Mohale Moloi –
September 5, 2023

Thousands of South African women die of cervical cancer, caused by the human papillomavirus, every year. But it needn’t be so: it’s preventable and treatable — if caught early enough. Gynaecologic oncologist Langanani Mbodi explains to Mia Malan what can be done to help government patients.

Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 24, 2023
    Why your toilet water is turned into drinking water — and which provinces get this right
Multimedia Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports Videos

[WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread

Dylan Bush and Mia Malan –
August 31, 2023

Female sex workers in South Africa have more than double the HIV infection rates of adult women. Health workers’ negative attitudes towards sex workers and the criminalisation of the profession are big reasons. We break it down.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.

  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 3, 2023
    [WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV
Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.

  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    September 15, 2023
    More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 3, 2023
    [WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread

Dylan Bush and Mia Malan –
August 30, 2023

Female sex workers in South Africa have more than double the HIV infection rates of adult women. Health workers’ negative attitudes towards sex workers and the criminalisation of the profession are big reasons. We break it down.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.

  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 3, 2023
    [WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV
Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.

  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    September 15, 2023
    More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 3, 2023
    [WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV
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