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Health MEC: ‘Esidimeni wasn’t my responsibility’
The former Gauteng health MEC says it wasn't her job to visit organisations prior to transferring state patients into their care.
What if you don’t identify as a man or a woman?
Bathrooms, pronouns and growing up in a binary world. Mia Malan speaks to Demelza Bush about being genderqueer.
[LISTEN] Why contraception and the HIV prevention pill go hand in hand
If you're a young woman, would you take a two-in-one HIV prevention pill? Mia Malan and Kevin Rebe talk PrEP and contraception.
[LISTEN] PrEP: The dos and don’ts of using an HIV prevention pill safely and...
Daily PrEP use can lower your risk of getting HIV from sex by about 90%. Kevin Rebe tells Mia Malan how to use PrEP properly.
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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.
[LISTEN] 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.
[LISTEN] Non-lung TB, the silent killer
TB is not only found in the lungs. You can get TB anywhere in your body, but it is very difficult to diagnose.
[LISTEN] Most South Africans have the TB germ – so why aren’t they sick?
About 80% of people have the TB germ inside their bodies, but that doesn't mean they will all develop the disease.
[LISTEN] Can drug-resistant TB get cured?
Only half of people with multidrug resistant TB are cured, and patients run a high risk of losing their hearing due to the drugs.
[LISTEN] TB and diabetes: Are they linked?
Are people with diabetes more likely to get TB? Dr Bart Willems says yes.
[LISTEN] Zika: What you need to know
Where did the Zika virus come from, and just how closely linked to microcephaly is it? SA's National Institute for Communicable Diseases explains all.