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Health Beat #14 | Can we afford to not afford it? Why SA can’t give up on the anti-HIV jab, no matter the cost
Our HIV reporting of the past decade
Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Mohale Moloi, Yolanda Mdzeke, Tshidiso Lechuba and Justin Barlow -
Since fewer people are using condoms, we need more ways to prevent HIV. HIV prevention pills are free at government clinics, but the catch is that you have to take them every day. A two-monthly jab and monthly vaginal ring could change the game, but can the state afford them? Watch this Health Beat episode to find out.
#COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the climate crisis change that?
Experts at COP28 have warned that the climate crisis threatens to put us back in the fight against HIV. Floods and droughts will make it harder to adhere to daily treatment and to access HIV prevention medication, and will increase the demand for transactional sex.
#COP28: ‘You’re negotiating with our health’ — WHO
Health is high on this year’s COP28 agenda, with 65 health ministers attending the world’s most important climate conference. The World Health Organisation is pushing for ministers to get their governments to endorse a declaration that asks countries to commit to deal with the effects of changing weather patterns on people’s health.
Bending the curve: What a decade-long roll-out of the anti-HIV pill can teach the world
What can the roll-out of a two-monthly HIV prevention injection learn from how the daily anti-HIV pill was introduced? Create demand, make the jab easy to get hold of and ensure it’s not stigmatised, write Wawira Nyagah and Mitchell Warren.
Celebrating 10 years of Bhekisisa
The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism started off as a tiny health desk of three at the Mail & Guardian in 2013. A decade...
Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse
Dirty air makes it hard to breathe. Add hotter days or extreme cold into the mix and it will become harder still, especially for people who already have lung problems. In the latest episode of Health Beat, Mia Malan spoke to Caradee Wright, a public health specialist at the Medical Research Council, about what climate change will mean for people who already struggle to breathe, and what can be done about it.