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Our HIV reporting of the past decade

[WATCH] Why these three women use the anti-HIV pill and vaginal ring

Liz Fish and Tim Wege - December 8, 2023
Climate change

Heating up: Here’s how climate change works

Bhekisisa Team - December 6, 2023
Advertorial

Patient-centred care means avoiding unnecessary risk-taking

Dumisani Bomela - December 4, 2023
Advertorial

Leveraging South Africa’s maturity level 3 to strengthen regulatory systems in the Africa region: What is next?

Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela and Chimwemwe Chamdimba - December 7, 2023
Articles Bhekisisa TV Climate change Multimedia Special Reports

‘The future is frightening.’ Why climate change makes young people think twice about having kids

By Linda Pretorius –
December 5, 2023

The climate crisis is bad for people’s mental health — and it’s taken increasingly seriously at this year’s conference of the parties, COP28. In this interview from Health Beat, Bhekisisa’s monthly TV show, South African climate justice activist, Kumi Naidoo, explains what climate anxiety is — and what we can do about it.

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/
    November 30, 2023
    #COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the climate crisis change that?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 29, 2023
    #COP28: ‘You’re negotiating with our health’ — WHO
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 21, 2023
    Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 8, 2023
    Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
Articles Opinion

From Oscar to Diepsloot: Why do men become violent?

By Tanya Pampalone and Mia Malan –
December 4, 2023

Bhekisisa and Media Hack Collective’s 2021 #SayHerName project, researched what gender-based violence stories make it onto the news. The data backed up what we know anecdotally — that murders of women like Reeva Steenkamp and Leigh Matthews are the one …

Tanya Pampalone

Tanya Pampalone is Bhekisisa's business development consultant. Pampalone is the former managing editor of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, executive editor of the Mail & Guardian and head of partnerships and audience development for The Conversation Africa. Now a communications, strategy and fundraising consultant, she works with non-profit and mission-driven media groups in San Francisco and Johannesburg.

 

  • Tanya Pampalone
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/
    November 7, 2023
    We’ve come a long way, baby
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/
    December 1, 2023
    Health Beat #14 | Can we afford to not afford it? Why SA can’t give up on the anti-HIV jab, no matter the cost
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 16, 2023
    Slash the price by three-quarters — government on anti-HIV jab
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 10, 2023
    [LISTEN] The anti-HIV jab is coming to SA. Find out when and how
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
Articles Bhekisisa TV Multimedia Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports Videos

Health Beat #14 | Can we afford to not afford it? Why SA can’t give up on the anti-HIV jab, no matter the cost

By Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Mohale Moloi, Yolanda Mdzeke, Tshidiso Lechuba and Justin Barlow –
December 1, 2023

Since fewer people are using condoms, we need more ways to prevent HIV. HIV prevention pills are free at government clinics, but the catch is that you have to take them every day. A two-monthly jab and monthly vaginal ring could change the game, but can the state afford them? Watch this Health Beat episode to find out.

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/
    December 4, 2023
    From Oscar to Diepsloot: Why do men become violent?
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 16, 2023
    Slash the price by three-quarters — government on anti-HIV jab
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 10, 2023
    [LISTEN] The anti-HIV jab is coming to SA. Find out when and how
  • Mia Malan
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
Jessica Pitchford

As an SABC TV reporter in the Mandela years, Jessica Pitchford covered news events during one of the most exciting periods of South Africa’s history. She’s worked as a documentary producer for Special Assignment, story editor for current affairs shows Carte Blanche & Checkpoint, as head researcher for Netflix production ‘Senzo’  and has written five non-fiction books.

  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    November 7, 2023
    We’ve come a long way, baby
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Jessica Pitchford
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/
    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/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    October 30, 2023
    [WATCH] Why a hotter Earth makes dirty air more dangerous
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    October 9, 2023
    [WATCH] Yvette Raphael’s incredible journey of two decades with HIV
  • Mohale Moloi
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    November 20, 2023
    Bhekisisa at 10: Here’s what went down at our recent birthday party
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    November 7, 2023
    We’ve come a long way, baby
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    October 20, 2023
    #BhekisisaDiaries: Why Zano Kunene writes rugby stories
Tshidiso Lechuba

Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.

  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    November 7, 2023
    We’ve come a long way, baby
  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    October 3, 2023
    Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
  • Tshidiso Lechuba
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/
    August 29, 2023
    Health Beat #11 | Why do more Black SA women get cervical cancer than any other race in the country?
Justin Barlow
    This author does not have any more posts.
Articles Bhekisisa TV Climate change Multimedia News and analysis Special Reports Videos

#COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the climate crisis change that?

By Linda Pretorius –
November 30, 2023

Experts at COP28 have warned that the climate crisis threatens to put us back in the fight against HIV. Floods and droughts will make it harder to adhere to daily treatment and to access HIV prevention medication, and will increase the demand for transactional sex.

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/
    December 5, 2023
    ‘The future is frightening.’ Why climate change makes young people think twice about having kids
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 29, 2023
    #COP28: ‘You’re negotiating with our health’ — WHO
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 21, 2023
    Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 8, 2023
    Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
Articles Climate change News and analysis Special Reports

#COP28: ‘You’re negotiating with our health’ — WHO

By Nicole Ludolph and Linda Pretorius –
November 29, 2023

Health is high on this year’s COP28 agenda, with 65 health ministers attending the world’s most important climate conference. The World Health Organisation is pushing for ministers to get their governments to endorse a declaration that asks countries to commit to deal with the effects of changing weather patterns on people’s health.

Nicole Ludolph

Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Nicole Ludolph
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/
    October 10, 2023
    Will the Earth’s changing climate make TB spread faster?
  • 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
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/
    December 5, 2023
    ‘The future is frightening.’ Why climate change makes young people think twice about having kids
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 30, 2023
    #COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the climate crisis change that?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 21, 2023
    Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 8, 2023
    Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
Articles Opinion Our HIV reporting of the past decade Special Reports

Bending the curve: What a decade-long roll-out of the anti-HIV pill can teach the world

By Mitchell Warren and Wawira Nyagah –
November 28, 2023

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.

Mitchell Warren

Mitchell Warren is the executive director of Avac, a US-based HIV advocacy organisation that does extensive work in South Africa.

  • Mitchell Warren
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mitchell-warren/
    May 18, 2021
    Finding an HIV vaccine: Five lessons from the search for a COVID jab
  • Mitchell Warren
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mitchell-warren/
    Face-off: South Africa argued for patients over profits at the first high-level meeting on tuberculosis. Will it be enough to fight the global scourge?
    September 28, 2018
    Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs
  • Mitchell Warren
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/mitchell-warren/
    Will PrEP mean fewer new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa in the near future? Not exactly
    November 30, 2016
    Is the HIV prevention pill a 'magic bullet'?
Wawira Nyagah

Wawira Nyagah is the director of product introduction and access at Avac.

    This author does not have any more posts.
Events

Celebrating 10 years of Bhekisisa

By Soley Crooks Chissano –
November 24, 2023

The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism started off as a tiny health desk of three at the Mail & Guardian in 2013. A decade later, we are an independent media organisation with 20 full and part-time staff syndicating our stories to five mainstre …

Soley Crooks Chissano

Soley Crooks Chissano is Bhekisisa's programme associate.

  • Soley Crooks Chissano
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/soleycc/
    November 8, 2023
    Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
Articles Bhekisisa TV Climate change News and analysis Special Reports

Why climate change makes pollution and lung diseases worse

By Linda Pretorius –
November 21, 2023

Dirty air makes it hard to breathe. Add hotter days or extreme cold into the mix and it will become harder still, especially for people who already have lung problems. In the latest episode of Health Beat, Mia Malan spoke to Caradee Wright, a public health specialist at the Medical Research Council, about what climate change will mean for people who already struggle to breathe, and what can be done about it.

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/
    December 5, 2023
    ‘The future is frightening.’ Why climate change makes young people think twice about having kids
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 30, 2023
    #COP28: The spread of HIV has slowed down over the past 30 years. Will the climate crisis change that?
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 29, 2023
    #COP28: ‘You’re negotiating with our health’ — WHO
  • Linda Pretorius
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/
    November 8, 2023
    Why climate change is the biggest threat to health this century
Multimedia Videos

Bhekisisa at 10: Here’s what went down at our recent birthday party

By Yolanda Mdzeke –
November 20, 2023

On November 7, Bhekisisa celebrated 10 years of health reporting. Policymakers, researchers and activists joined us in marking this milestone. We also sat down to discuss the twin threats of climate change and health.

Yolanda Mdzeke

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    December 1, 2023
    Health Beat #14 | Can we afford to not afford it? Why SA can’t give up on the anti-HIV jab, no matter the cost
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    November 8, 2023
    Health Beat #13 | Why a hotter Earth could break health budgets
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    November 7, 2023
    We’ve come a long way, baby
  • Yolanda Mdzeke
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/
    October 20, 2023
    #BhekisisaDiaries: Why Zano Kunene writes rugby stories
Articles News and analysis

From start to finish: Five lessons for making mRNA jabs

By Zano Kunene –
November 17, 2023

The global rise in tuberculosis cases is showing no signs of slowing down. The need for a new vaccine is as urgent as ever, and now a local pharmaceutical company is joining the race to find one. Find out more about the work they did to propel themselves into this position.

Zano Kunene

Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.

  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    October 31, 2023
    Making the case: Why poor mental health flags the need for HIV testing
  • Zano Kunene
    https://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/
    September 20, 2023
    #UNGA78: How SA’s mRNA hub is teaching the world about preparing for the next pandemic
  • 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
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