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[WATCH] How Soweto is fighting ill health from gold mine dumps

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#WAD2024: How SA’s HIV fight has changed

Bhekisisa Team - December 1, 2024

The Pretoria high court has dismissed Wouter Basson's review application.

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Truth has prevailed, says Basson victim’s wife

By Ina Skosana –

December 18, 2013

Family members of victims of Wouter Basson have expressed relief that the apartheid-era doctor has been found guilty after a six-year trial.

Ina Skosana

Ina Skosana was a health reporter at Bhekisisa.

Hundreds of thousands of HIV patients could be affected by Pepfar's shift in funding policy

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US health policy weighs on SA’s HIV patients

By Mara Kardas-Nelson –

December 18, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of HIV patients could be affected by Pepfar’s shift in funding policy, according to a new report.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Mara Kardas-Nelson was an OSF fellow at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism.

Scientists say the current tests designed to detect even very low levels of HIV present in the body are simply not sensitive enough.

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KZN traffic officers wrongly conducting HIV tests

By Bhekisisa Team –

December 13, 2013

KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers have allegedly stopped drivers at the Mooi River Toll plaza on the N3 and forced them to take HIV tests.

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Simple solution: A fixed-dose combination ARV pill should make distribution and patient compliance easier.

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ARVs deliver (when delivered)

By Amy Green –

December 13, 2013

A new single-dose drug is freely available after a bumpy start.

Amy Green

Amy Green was a health reporter at Bhekisisa from 2013 until 2016.

Although South Africa's NHI will focus on primary healthcare

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Brazil and Thailand got it right – can SA really make NHI work?

By Mara Kardas-Nelson –

December 13, 2013

Rwanda, too, has succeeded in doing what this country has only been talking about for 18 years.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Mara Kardas-Nelson was an OSF fellow at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism.

Sending a message: Nelson Mandela with Aids activist Zackie Achmat. Mandela encouraged people to speak about HIV after the death of his son Makgatho from Aids.

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Madiba: The belated rise of an Aids activist

By Mia Malan –

December 13, 2013

Mandela regretted not acting on HIV during his presidency, but he made up for it in spades.

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.

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Mandela and the belated rise of an Aids activist

By Mia Malan –

December 13, 2013

Former president Nelson Mandela regretted not acting on HIV during his presidency, but he made up for it in spades.

Mia Malan

Over the last decade a growing number of studies have raised the alarm about men's low involvement in HIV services.

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Shift in mood towards HIV

By Mara Kardas-Nelson –

December 11, 2013

A recent Cape Town AIDS conference showed a shift in the global mood on HIV.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Mara Kardas-Nelson was an OSF fellow at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism.

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NHI still has a way to go before the training wheels come off

By Mara Kardas-Nelson –

December 5, 2013

Fixing healthcare needs a multidisciplinary approach, not just a medical focus.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Mara Kardas-Nelson was an OSF fellow at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism.

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How true are reports of breakthrough Aids ‘cures’?

By Melissa Meyer –

December 3, 2013

As the world recently marked World Aids Day, Africa Check has investigated the evidence behind three claims of an Aids breakthrough “cure”.