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Government bans ‘unsafe’ baby bottles

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.

|Marching for cheaper drugs: HIV and Aids activists in New Delhi

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NHI: History repeats itself

By 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"

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

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

By 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.

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Dying in the line of duty

By 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.

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

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Bianca learns to Beat It

By 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.

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Death in the Free State

By 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.

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Cape doc tipped for health post

By 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.

Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision.

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Cut and mistrust

By 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.

More women than men get tested. According to Sanac this may be because women go for a test when they fall pregnant.

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Take2: Winds of change sweep SA healthcare

By 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.

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

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Nehawu lashes SA Medical Association

By 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.

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