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Depressed TB patients ‘skip meds, imperil others’
A UCT study says counselling is needed to keep tuberculosis sufferers on treatment, without which they risk developing more dangerous forms of TB.
Sex life leaving a bad taste in your mouth?
Poor oral hygiene doesn't just affect your gums; it can also lead to impotence.
Taken by storm: Why climate change will make transactional sex more common
Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. Droughts and floods cause financial hardship, and therefore increase the market for sex in exchange for rewards.
South Sudan turns to tourism in bid to draw line under past unrest
Travel firms adopt wait-and-see approach as government seeks to entice visitors with safaris, Nile rafting and climbing trips.
Let’s talk about sex, baby – help is just an SMS away for young...
Nearly 36 000 young Mozambicans have signed up for SMS-based health counselling but will the new technology curb HIV infections?
Bending the curve: What a decade-long roll-out of the anti-HIV pill can teach the...
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.
We should be allies, not enemies, Gwede Mantashe
An open letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
What’s the one thing rape crisis centres in SA & Malawi are missing?
Why the woes facing South Africa’s Thuthuzela Care Centres may not be as unique as we thought.
Five ways to host a webinar that works during COVID-19
Bhekisisa just wrapped up its first online event, which was presented in partnership with the South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition. Here are a few things we learned along the way about reaching our readers during the coronavirus lockdown.
#LifeEsidimeni: Qedani Mahlangu’s ego and the death of 143 patients
The former Health MEC claims her subordinates withheld information from her. But she’s being accused
of misleading the legislature.
Condoms at school? Yes, says a new education policy
Parents and staff can no longer keep contraception out of schools in the case of children 12 years and older.
#UNGA78: What the NHI means for universal health coverage in SA
The third day of high-level meetings at the 78th United Nations General Assembly is dedicated to talks on universal health coverage. In South Africa, this means talking about the proposed National Health Insurance fund — something that’s getting people hot under the collar. We’ve put together a one-stop page with information to support constructive debate.
What to do about South Africa’s unemployed doctors
It’s official. Austerity budgets may be here to stay. Here’s how South Africa should be working with what it’s got to provide healthcare.
Vaccine hesitancy could derail efforts to end COVID. Here’s how South Africa could fix...
Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new – people have delayed or refused vaccination since immunisations existed. But vaccine hesitancy poses a significant threat to health efforts – particularly during a pandemic.
Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers
Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.
The secret is in your cells: How the body can protect you from getting...
Omicron is the most mutated form of SARS-CoV-2 that the world has seen. These changes allow it to spread faster and outsmart your body’s natural defences. But the immune system has some tricks up its sleeve that help protect you from getting severely ill.