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Why contraception and the HIV prevention pill go hand in hand

April 6, 2016

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.

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Mia Malan

Mia Malan is Bhekisisa's editor-in-chief and executive director. Under her leadership, Bhekisisa’s online readership increased 30 fold and its donor funding eightfold between 2013 and 2019. Malan has won more than 20 African journalism awards for her work and is a former fellow of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush is Bhekisisa's senior multimedia journalist.

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