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.

Health: Heterosexual males have less chance of contracting HIV after circumcision.

Articles News and analysis

Child’s death scares off patients

By Ina Skosana –

August 23, 2013

Work on HIV prevention may be undone after a boy died after a medical circumcision procedure.

Ina Skosana

Ina Skosana was a health reporter at Bhekisisa.

Researchers warn that the scale up of medical male circumcision should go hand in hand with a plan to maintain quality.

Articles Features

Circumcision: Child’s death scares off patients

By Ina Skosana –

August 23, 2013

Work on HIV prevention may be undone after a boy has died after a medical circumcision procedure.

Ina Skosana

Ina Skosana was a health reporter at Bhekisisa.

Far cry: African countries have more than their fair share of healthcare issues.

Articles Opinion

Africa-China alliance can only benefit healthcare

By Mercy Ahun –

August 23, 2013

China has reduced childhood deaths and illness from diseases that were once widespread.

Mercy Ahun

Dual epidemic: Medical resources could be overwhelmed.

Articles National Health Insurance News and analysis Special Reports

Longer lives put strain on NHI plans

By Ina Skosana –

August 23, 2013

Successes in the battle against infectious diseases are offset by chronic, noncommunicable illnesses.

Ina Skosana

Ina Skosana was a health reporter at Bhekisisa.

South African patients qualify for HIV treatment if their CD4 count – a measure of a person’s immunity – is 350 or lower.

Articles Opinion

SA could turn dread into capital

By Pieter Fourie –

August 23, 2013

HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.

Pieter Fourie

Need for balance: More than 45–million South Africans do not have access to adequate health care.

Articles National Health Insurance News and analysis Special Reports

Healthcare’s private parts to shrink

By Amy Green –

August 23, 2013

NHI details are not clear but it is certain that the priveged few will have to do with less.

Amy Green

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

[LISTEN] Health MEC: '#LifeEsidimeni families' voices were muffled’

Articles News and analysis

Member ignorance the lifeblood of medical schemes

By Amy Green –

August 21, 2013

Many medical schemes rely on the ignorance of their members, who buy more expensive cover than they may need, for their very survival.

Amy Green

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

Crisis: there is a shortage of over 80 000 healthcare professionals and

Articles National Health Insurance News and analysis Special Reports

Public private partnerships may answer doctor shortage

By Amy Green –

August 19, 2013

Politicians and industry experts say that partnerships between the public and private sectors may solve the doctor and nurse shortages in SA.

Amy Green

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

There have been a? litany of complaints against Allick Msebe Dube

Articles News and analysis

Dodgy doctor gets back top job

By Mara Kardas-Nelson –

August 16, 2013

Despite an ongoing probe into alleged misconduct, he’s back at Messina Hospital – as chief executive.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

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