[PODCAST] Growing up in the time of HIV: ‘The babies we saved from HIV...
As children, they escaped the virus through revolutions in medication. But today, they face an old foe again. Renowned HIV scientist...
Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?
![[LISTEN] You bank your money each month](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/04/d360cc49-breast-is-best-how-breast-milk-banks-help-sick-premature-babies-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?")
[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?
We always tell moms breast is best but sometimes milk doesn't come when babies do. This breast milk bank is filling in these gaps.
[PODCAST] X marks the spot: Mapping our way to better health
A small private healthcare clinic on a farm in Delmas is paving the way for better patient care using new data...
![[PODCAST] Each one teach one: Doctors](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/4cf93483-mental-health-psychiatric-illness-traditional-healers-218x150.jpeg "[PODCAST] Old rites, new ways: How traditional healers were able to diagnose more patients with psychiatric disorders than specially-trained doctors")
[PODCAST] Old rites, new ways: How traditional healers were able to diagnose more patients...
Medical doctors and traditional healers often struggle to trust each other. But in this rural KZN community they learned how to work together.
![[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/fb94b171-sex-work-amsterdam-red-light-district-stigma-money-for-a-service-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it")
[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.
![[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/06cc7751-how-to-clean-your-vagina-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina")
[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina
Our Mia Malan speaks to medical doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng about how to stay happy and healthy down there.
PrEP user talks sex, condoms and HIV
Ben Brown tells Mia Malan about his experience of using a pill that reduces his chances of HIV infection.
Blessers and blessees: Why do we have so many?
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan asks reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng why older men prey on younger women.
[LISTEN] Why are women in ‘blesser-like’ relationships more likely to contract HIV?
Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.
![[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/92c45a72-clueless-about-your-period-there-are-consequences-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences")
[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences
It may come round every month, but a lot of us still don't know how our menstrual cycle works, says reproductive health doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng.
Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?
Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.
![[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/2d543e8e-listen-marijuana-in-sa-is-it-really-legal-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?")
[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?
There's a lot of confusion about marijuana in South Africa. Mia Malan sat down with Joan van Dyk to separate fact from fiction.
Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
![[PODCAST] Your GP can prescribe a pill that will make you less likely to contract HIV](https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-bhekisisa-website/wordpress-uploads/2019/02/44ac5e8a-your-gp-can-prescribe-a-pill-to-prevent-hiv-218x150.jpeg "Your GP can prescribe a pill that will make you less likely to contract HIV")
Your GP can prescribe a pill that will make you less likely to contract...
Truvada is available in SA's private health sector and is in the process of being expanded to the public sector. Mia Malan talks PrEP with Kevin Rebe.
Motsoaledi: What the NHI will mean for you – and your tax credits
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez asks health minister Aaron Motsoaledi five questions about the National Health Insurance (NHI) and your medical aid.