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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

What goes into your medical aid premium — and what it means for the NHI

Zano Kunene –
August 15, 2023

Pooling funds to cover people’s medical bills makes sense — but only if the funds are managed well. Here’s what actuaries and economists look at when calculating your monthly premium — and what it could mean for the proposed National Health Insurance plan.

Zano Kunene

Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    August 1, 2023
    Why hospital security guards can’t keep doctors and nurses safe — and how to fix it
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 13, 2023
    [WATCH] How should the government clean your tap water?
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 5, 2023
    On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?
Articles Features Short Form

Dying for a souvlaki: How climate change fuels inequality

Phoebe Greenwood –
August 11, 2023

This July, Greek islands were far from idyllic. In fact, people working in the tourism industry there say it was hell. With raging wildfires and surging temperatures, the effects of climate change are hitting home.

Phoebe Greenwood

Phoebe Greenwood is a former Guardian correspondent based in Greece.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Articles National Health Insurance Opinion Special Reports

NHI: The problem with trying to kill two birds with one stone

Dave Martin –
August 10, 2023

The National Health Insurance scheme aims to solve two problems — fixing poorly-run health facilities and distributing the money available for healthcare in the country in a more equitable way — simultaneously. But trying to fix two things at once may make things worse, writes Dave Martin.

Dave Martin

Dave Martin is the co-founder of a rural health and education nonprofit in the Eastern Cape. He writes in his personal capacity.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Articles Bhekisisa TV Multimedia Videos

[VIDEO] Why this community is fed up with pollution in the Vaal River

Mohale Moloi, Tshidiso Lechuba, Yolanda Mdzeke and Jessica Pitchford –
August 8, 2023

The Emfuleni local municipality needs over R600-million to fix its broken wastewater plants. An activist in one township worries that cholera may spread because people can’t afford the soap needed to stay safe. In this Health Beat episode, we take you to Bophelong, a township south of Johannesburg, and show you what dirty water does to people’s health.

Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Tshidiso Lechuba

Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.

  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    August 2, 2023
    Health Beat #10 | What SA’s dirty water does to your health
Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Jessica Pitchford

As an SABC TV reporter in the Mandela years, Jessica Pitchford covered news events during one of the most exciting periods of South Africa’s history. She’s worked as a documentary producer for Special Assignment, story editor for current affairs shows Carte Blanche & Checkpoint, as head researcher for Netflix production ‘Senzo’  and has written five non-fiction books.

  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    August 2, 2023
    Health Beat #10 | What SA’s dirty water does to your health
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    June 28, 2023
    Health Beat #9 | Cancer and the NHI: Will patients see better treatment?
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    May 30, 2023
    Health Beat #8 | ‘They looked at me like I’m an animal’: Why discrimination spreads HIV
Articles Features Long Form

#ToiletPaperPromises: Why Limpopo’s schools still have pit toilets

Christina Pitt –
August 7, 2023

Nine years after a Grade R learner, Michael Komape, drowned in a pit toilet at his school in Limpopo, 2 334 schools in the province still have these structures on their premises. Here are the hits and misses of the education department’s efforts to get rid of them since — and what they can learn from India.

Christina Pitt

Christina Pitt is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    August 28, 2023
    Caught in the middle: When divorced parents use kids as pawns
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    July 31, 2023
    #SliceofLife: I never knew my dad — because my mom didn’t want me to
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    July 21, 2023
    When parents behave badly
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    June 29, 2023
    Up in smoke: The black tobacco farmers British American Tobacco left behind
Articles Features Short Form

The walking dead: Why it’s dangerous to walk, talk and text

Prince Kwame Odame and Enoch F Sam –
August 4, 2023

Walking on the road in Accra can be dangerous, say researchers. Using a cellphone while doing so can up the chance for an accident even more. Here’s what a study found should be done to keep pedestrians safe.

Prince Kwame Odame

Prince Kwame Odame is a geography lecturer at The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), a university in Winneba, Central Region of Ghana.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Enoch F Sam

Enoch F Sam is a geography lecturer at The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), a university in Winneba, Central Region of Ghana.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Multimedia Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports Videos

[WATCH] Why transgender folks, gay and bisexual men have a higher chance of getting HIV

Dylan Bush and Mia Malan –
August 3, 2023

Men who have sex with men have a 28 times higher chance of getting HIV through sex than heterosexual men. And transgender women’s odds of getting HIV via sex is 14 times higher than non-transgender women. We break down why.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.

  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
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?
Bhekisisa TV Multimedia Videos

Health Beat #10 | What SA’s dirty water does to your health

Mia Malan, Yolanda Mdzeke, Mohale Moloi, Jessica Pitchford, Tshidiso Lechuba, Tshidiso Thangwana and Dylan Bush –
August 2, 2023

About two in five wastewater systems in South Africa are falling apart. Their dysfunction has disastrous effects. It exposes people to dirty water that can carry diseases like cholera. This episode of our monthly television show, Health Beat, looks at water safety and explores how climate change makes disease-causing germs spread faster.

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?
Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Jessica Pitchford

As an SABC TV reporter in the Mandela years, Jessica Pitchford covered news events during one of the most exciting periods of South Africa’s history. She’s worked as a documentary producer for Special Assignment, story editor for current affairs shows Carte Blanche & Checkpoint, as head researcher for Netflix production ‘Senzo’  and has written five non-fiction books.

  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    August 8, 2023
    [VIDEO] Why this community is fed up with pollution in the Vaal River
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    June 28, 2023
    Health Beat #9 | Cancer and the NHI: Will patients see better treatment?
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    May 30, 2023
    Health Beat #8 | ‘They looked at me like I’m an animal’: Why discrimination spreads HIV
Tshidiso Lechuba

Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.

  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    August 8, 2023
    [VIDEO] Why this community is fed up with pollution in the Vaal River
Tshidiso Thangwana

Tshidiso Thangwana is a freelance cameraman working in Johannesburg.

  • Tshidiso Thangwana
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-thangwana/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's production and multimedia manager.

  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
  • Dylan Bush
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/
    August 21, 2023
    [WATCH] How Tshwane’s water is cleaned
Articles News and analysis

Why hospital security guards can’t keep doctors and nurses safe — and how to fix it

Zano Kunene –
August 1, 2023

When things get heated at hospitals or clinics, security guards often need to step in. But they’re not always trained to handle situations the right way. A new training programme can help.

Zano Kunene

Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    August 15, 2023
    What goes into your medical aid premium — and what it means for the NHI
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 13, 2023
    [WATCH] How should the government clean your tap water?
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 5, 2023
    On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?
Articles Features Short Form

#SliceofLife: I never knew my dad — because my mom didn’t want me to

Christina Pitt –
July 31, 2023

Abigail Olivier’s* mother was angry at the father of her child. So she made sure that he couldn’t have a relationship with his daughter. As an adult, Olivier realised it could be a case of what some experts call parental alienation.

Christina Pitt

Christina Pitt is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    August 28, 2023
    Caught in the middle: When divorced parents use kids as pawns
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    August 7, 2023
    #ToiletPaperPromises: Why Limpopo’s schools still have pit toilets
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    July 21, 2023
    When parents behave badly
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    June 29, 2023
    Up in smoke: The black tobacco farmers British American Tobacco left behind
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