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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

Government bans ‘unsafe’ baby bottles

Mia Malan –
October 28, 2011

A controversial plastic additive is said to affect foetuses and increase the risk of breast cancer.

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 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?
|Marching for cheaper drugs: HIV and Aids activists in New Delhi
Articles National Health Insurance Opinion Special Reports

NHI: History repeats itself

Gavin Mooney –
August 26, 2011

Universal healthcare schemes traditionally have been met with fierce opposition.

Gavin Mooney

Gavin Mooney is a visiting professor in health economics at the University of Cape Town. He is visiting from Australia for the fourth consecutive year and takes a keen interest in the NHI and the debate surrounding it. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by UCT as "one of the founding fathers of health economics"

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A pack-a-day smoking habit during pregnancy will reduce a baby's birth weight by an average of 230g
Articles Features Long Form

‘I saw the world through the blurry lens of an oxygen tent’

Mia Malan –
July 8, 2011

With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?

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 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?
Articles News and analysis

Dying in the line of duty

Mia Malan –
June 17, 2011

The murder of an Mpumalanga doctor on duty has exposed the lax security at public hospitals.

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 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?
An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is.
Articles Features Long Form Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

Bianca learns to Beat It

Mia Malan –
December 23, 2009

An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is. Mia Malan reports.

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 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?
Articles News and analysis Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

Death in the Free State

Mia Malan –
October 30, 2009

The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists. All Nanaki Mohajane’s sister, Masentle, wanted to do was to keep her favourite sibling alive. The treatment was quite simple — Nanaki, from Bloemfontein, was diagnosed 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 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?
Articles News and analysis

Cape doc tipped for health post

Mia Malan –
September 27, 2009

Western Cape health director general Craig Househam is widely tipped to take over the running of the National Department of Health.

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 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?
Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision.
Articles News and analysis Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

Cut and mistrust

Mia Malan –
August 30, 2009

Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision. Mia Malan reports.

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 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?
More women than men get tested. According to Sanac this may be because women go for a test when they fall pregnant.
Articles News and analysis Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

Take2: Winds of change sweep SA healthcare

Mia Malan –
August 27, 2009

Professors Hoosen Coovadia and Salim Abdool Karim, two of SA’s foremost HIV researchers, were recently the health department’s greatest enemies.

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 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?
Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.
Articles News and analysis

Nehawu lashes SA Medical Association

Mia Malan –
August 14, 2009

Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.

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 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?
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