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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
In 2016
Multimedia Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports Videos

[WATCH] Why do more teen girls than boys have HIV?

Dylan Bush and Mia Malan –
July 28, 2023

Teen girls and young women in Africa are up to eight times more likely to contract HIV than their male peers. Biology, unequal access to education and bad laws all play a role in this. Find out more from this short video.

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?
Articles News and analysis

How dirty is Hammanskraal’s water? Very, experts say

Mia Malan –
July 27, 2023

Findings from an investigation into the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria revealed on Wednesday that the germ is not in the township’s tap water — but it is in a river close by. How will this be fixed?

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?
Articles News and analysis

M72: Three things you need to know about a TB jab that might work

Lillian Roberts –
July 25, 2023

Many tuberculosis vaccines are in the works — but only one is showing real promise. Here’s why it’s worth getting excited.

Lillian Roberts

Lillian Roberts is Bhekisisa's news reporter.

  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
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    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    August 23, 2023
    Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment — and how a new court ruling could help
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 13, 2023
    What's happening with HIV numbers?
Articles News and analysis

Three ways Africa can gear up for heat waves

Adejuwon Soyinka –
July 24, 2023

Countries in central and sub-Saharan Africa will be hit the hardest by heat waves as climate change ramps up. What can Africans do to survive?

Adejuwon Soyinka

Adejuwon Soyinka is a multiple award-winning journalist and editor, with over 20 years experience reporting for local and international media.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Articles Features Short Form

When parents behave badly

Christina Pitt –
July 21, 2023

Parents embroiled in custody disputes can turn on each other — and use their children as pawns in their battle. But claims of parental alienation are controversial and difficult to prove. In the end both children and parents lose.

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 31, 2023
    #SliceofLife: I never knew my dad — because my mom didn’t want me to
  • Christina Pitt
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/
    June 29, 2023
    Up in smoke: The black tobacco farmers British American Tobacco left behind
Articles Multimedia National Health Insurance News and analysis Special Reports Videos

The health department’s NHI branch appoints two new chief directors. Here’s what you need to know

Mohale Moloi, Linda Pretorius and Mia Malan –
July 18, 2023

The appointments for the heads of two more of the five directorates of the National Health Insurance (NHI) were approved on Monday. These two positions will oversee user and service provider management and healthcare benefits and provider payment design. In the latest episode of Bhekisisa’s monthly TV show, Health Beat, Mia Malan asked the health department’s Nicholas Crisp and Sasha Stevenson from Section27 how the NHI will play out.

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?
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
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?
Articles News and analysis

Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place

Nicole Ludolph –
July 18, 2023

Not only does South Africa have one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world, the disease is also the country’s number one killer. With the country’s new national guidelines, more people will be able to get pills to prevent TB, which is part of the government’s plan to curb infections.

Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
Articles News and analysis

A period is not a shame — yet these women were humiliated for it

Caroline Kimeu –
July 17, 2023

Police arrested three senior staff members of a food company in Kenya who strip-searched workers to find out who put a sanitary towel into the wrong bin. Activists say period shaming should stop.

Caroline Kimeu

Caroline Kimeu is the Guardian's East Africa global development correspondent based in Nairobi.

  • Caroline Kimeu
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/caroline-kimeu/
    ||||
    May 31, 2023
    The poison peaks of Dandora: Why plastic bag bans aren’t enough to cut pollution  
  • Caroline Kimeu
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/caroline-kimeu/
    February 27, 2023
    Bloody politics: Meet the politician who plans to end period poverty
Articles News and analysis Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

What’s happening with HIV numbers?

Lillian Roberts and Mia Malan –
July 13, 2023

The United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids, UNAids, has released its latest HIV figures. Fewer people got infected with HIV in 2022 than in any year since the late 1980s, but Aids still killed someone every minute. Our Mia Malan and Lillian Roberts b …

Lillian Roberts

Lillian Roberts is Bhekisisa's news reporter.

  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    August 23, 2023
    Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment — and how a new court ruling could help
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 25, 2023
    M72: Three things you need to know about a TB jab that might work
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?
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] How should the government clean your tap water?

Yolanda Mdzeke and Zano Kunene –
July 13, 2023

South Africa’s drinking water comes from rivers and dams, but it’s cleaned at water treatment works. Here’s how it’s done.

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?
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/
    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 5, 2023
    On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?
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