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If your dying baby’s organs could save an adult’s life, would you donate them?

Christina Pitt and Linda Pretorius - October 4, 2023
Bhekisisa TV

Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life

Mia Malan, Mohale Moloi, Jessica Pitchford, Yolanda Mdzeke, Tshidiso Lechuba, Tshidiso Thangwana and Dylan Bush - October 3, 2023
Articles

A ‘malaria emergency’ is in the making. Here’s why

Caroline Kimeu - September 27, 2023
Articles

The importance of being Brimey

Sean Christie - September 26, 2023
Articles Features Short Form

TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?

Nicole Ludolph and Bhekisisa Team –
September 22, 2023

In the past five years, none of the targets political leaders adopted after the previous round of high-level discussions on the fight against tuberculosis (TB) at the United Nations General Assembly have been met. Today, talks will focus on how to get us back on track to end the disease by 2030.

Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    July 18, 2023
    Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place
Bhekisisa Team
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    September 21, 2023
    #UNGA78: What the NHI means for universal health coverage in SA
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    June 12, 2023
    Here's how cholera spread through SA
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    |
    May 23, 2023
    A rehydration robot, a pinch test & more: Tips to help health workers spot cholera
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    May 9, 2023
    #HealthBudgetVote: How will provinces spend their money?
Articles National Health Insurance News and analysis Special Reports

#UNGA78: What the NHI means for universal health coverage in SA

Bhekisisa Team –
September 21, 2023

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.

Bhekisisa Team
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    June 12, 2023
    Here's how cholera spread through SA
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    |
    May 23, 2023
    A rehydration robot, a pinch test & more: Tips to help health workers spot cholera
  • Bhekisisa Team
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/
    May 9, 2023
    #HealthBudgetVote: How will provinces spend their money?
Articles COVID-19 vaccines News and analysis Special Reports

#UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic

Zano Kunene and Linda Pretorius –
September 20, 2023

We will see more pandemics like COVID in the future — which is why political leaders are convening in New York today at the United Nations first ever high-level meeting on pandemic preparedness. Being able to make vaccines locally can stop Africa having to be at the back of the queue waiting for medicines the next time round. Here’s how.

Zano Kunene

Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    August 15, 2023
    What goes into your medical aid premium — and what it means for the NHI
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    August 1, 2023
    Why hospital security guards can’t keep doctors and nurses safe — and how to fix it
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 13, 2023
    [WATCH] How should the government clean your tap water?
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    July 5, 2023
    On our mind: Could getting hit on the head during sport cause brain disease later?
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    October 4, 2023
    If your dying baby’s organs could save an adult’s life, would you donate them?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work

Yolanda Mdzeke and Mohale Moloi –
September 19, 2023

Most cervical cancer cases are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which spreads through sex. Anti-HPV injections have been around since 2006 and getting the jab as a teenager can stop cervical cancer in about nine out of 10 women later in life. We break down how they work, what they cost and why they save lives.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Articles News and analysis

More bullying? J&J will be investigated for high TB drug prices and abuse of patent laws

Mia Malan –
September 15, 2023

South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been charging the country for the tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline, as well as for extending the tablets’ 20-year patent to block cheaper generics from entering the country.

Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.

  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 31, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
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Articles News and analysis

R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?

Lillian Roberts and Linda Pretorius –
September 14, 2023

Up to one in five people can get long COVID — a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. A drug called Paxlovid can lower the chance of developing the long-haul version of COVID. But at what cost?

Lillian Roberts

Lillian Roberts is Bhekisisa's news reporter.

  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    August 23, 2023
    Why not enough people with HIV are on treatment — and how a new court ruling could help
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 25, 2023
    M72: Three things you need to know about a TB jab that might work
  • Lillian Roberts
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/
    July 13, 2023
    What's happening with HIV numbers?
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    October 4, 2023
    If your dying baby’s organs could save an adult’s life, would you donate them?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal

Yolanda Mdzeke and Mohale Moloi –
September 13, 2023

Nurse Tebogo Seleka does about 100 cervical cancer tests a month. One in ten patients test positive. This could be avoided if they were vaccinated against the human papillomavirus which causes this cancer. Our TV team travels to Hammanskraal near Tshwane to find out how Seleka is using jabs to stop cervical cancer in her community.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Mohale Moloi

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Articles News and analysis

In the bag: How buying healthy food for R115 a month can curb TB deaths in India

Amrit Dhillon –
September 12, 2023

In rural India, people with TB got healthy food parcels and vitamin pills. Their chance of dying from the disease dropped by 60% and passing on the infection to someone in their family fell by 40%.

Amrit Dhillon

Amrit Dhillon is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi.

  • Amrit Dhillon
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/
    |
    March 30, 2023
    This TB drug’s price just dropped by 80%. Meet the SA activist who helped to beat Big Pharma
  • Amrit Dhillon
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/amrit-dhillon/
    Families await medical treatment outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Ayushman Bharat
    April 30, 2019
    'This is the first time government has done something concrete for the poor'
Articles News and analysis

The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air

Nicole Ludolph and Linda Pretorius –
September 11, 2023

Our burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with lots of air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe. And those who have least, will be affected most.

Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 7, 2023
    [WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    July 18, 2023
    Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place
Linda Pretorius

Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.

  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    October 4, 2023
    If your dying baby’s organs could save an adult’s life, would you donate them?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    ||
    September 14, 2023
    R13 000 for a packet of pills to thwart long COVID. Is it worth it?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    September 5, 2023
    Why so many government patients get cervical cancer — and what to do about it
Multimedia Videos

[WATCH] How to use pills to prevent TB

Yolanda Mdzeke and Nicole Ludolph –
September 7, 2023

New guidelines from the health department say anti-TB pills are now available to anyone who’s had long contact with someone who is sick with TB, to stop them from falling ill too. Here’s how it works.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 19, 2023
    [WATCH] How anti-cervical cancer jabs work
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    September 13, 2023
    [WATCH] This nurse wants to stop cervical cancer in Hammanskraal
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 22, 2023
    TB talks: Will #UNGA78 change these three lives?
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    September 11, 2023
    The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    August 30, 2023
    Why our changing climate is bad for your health
  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    July 18, 2023
    Can taking two pills a week slow down TB in South Africa? There’s a new plan in place
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