Most cervical cancer cases are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which spreads through sex. Anti-HPV injections have been around since 2006 and getting the jab as a teenager can stop cervical cancer in about nine out of 10 women later in life. We break down how they work, what they cost and why they save lives.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 1, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 20, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 8, 2023
Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/December 1, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/November 8, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 30, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 9, 2023
South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been charging the country for the tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline, as well as for extending the tablets’ 20-year patent to block cheaper generics from entering the country.
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 Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 4, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 1, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 16, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 10, 2023
Up to one in five people can get long COVID — a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. A drug called Paxlovid can lower the chance of developing the long-haul version of COVID. But at what cost?
Lillian Roberts is Bhekisisa's news reporter.
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/October 27, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/August 23, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/July 25, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/July 13, 2023
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 Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 5, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 30, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 29, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 21, 2023
Nurse Tebogo Seleka does about 100 cervical cancer tests a month. One in ten patients test positive. This could be avoided if they were vaccinated against the human papillomavirus which causes this cancer. Our TV team travels to Hammanskraal near Tshwane to find out how Seleka is using jabs to stop cervical cancer in her community.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 1, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 20, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 8, 2023
Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/December 1, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/November 8, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 30, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 9, 2023
In rural India, people with TB got healthy food parcels and vitamin pills. Their chance of dying from the disease dropped by 60% and passing on the infection to someone in their family fell by 40%.
Amrit Dhillon is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.
- Amrit Dhillonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/March 30, 2023
- Amrit Dhillonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/April 30, 2019
Our burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with lots of air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe. And those who have least, will be affected most.
Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/November 29, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/October 10, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/September 7, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/August 30, 2023
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 Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 5, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 30, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 29, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 21, 2023
New guidelines from the health department say anti-TB pills are now available to anyone who’s had long contact with someone who is sick with TB, to stop them from falling ill too. Here’s how it works.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 1, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 20, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 8, 2023
Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/November 29, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/October 10, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/September 11, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/August 30, 2023
Will the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme make things worse rather than better? Here’s the response to this question from the head of the NHI, Nicholas Crisp.
Nicholas Crisp is the deputy director general in the national health department responsible for implementing the country’s National Health Insurance scheme.
- Nicholas Crisphttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicholas-crisp/June 10, 2022
- Nicholas Crisphttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicholas-crisp/June 10, 2022
Thousands of South African women die of cervical cancer, caused by the human papillomavirus, every year. But it needn’t be so: it’s preventable and treatable — if caught early enough. Gynaecologic oncologist Langanani Mbodi explains to Mia Malan what can be done to help government patients.
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 Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 5, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 30, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 29, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 21, 2023
Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/December 1, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/November 8, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 30, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 9, 2023
Female sex workers in South Africa have more than double the HIV infection rates of adult women. Health workers’ negative attitudes towards sex workers and the criminalisation of the profession are big reasons. We break it down.
Dylan Bush worked at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/November 2, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 9, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 3, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/August 29, 2023
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 Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 4, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 1, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 16, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 10, 2023