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Cape doc tipped for health post

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

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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.

The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital"

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Ebony and ivory toyi-toyi in harmony

By Mia Malan –

July 4, 2009

The toyi-toyiing “helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital”, says one doctor.

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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Doctors use a torch to do operations

By Mia Malan –

July 4, 2009

“This year we’ve been running out of simple things, such as Panado,” says one doctor.

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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Abused from the womb

By Mia Malan –

June 26, 2009

Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their unborn children at greater risk than they think, writes Mia Malan.

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.

Yogan Pillay, SA’s healthcare’s insider outsider

Data rules: How numbers turned our HIV plans

Many people don’t report rape. Here’s how to do it if you decide to

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