In Paris today, experts on lung health from across the globe are coming together at The Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to talk about how TB research can help to thwart one of the planet’s top killers. We’ve put together a collection of our most recent coverage on TB to help you be part of the conversation
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/December 6, 2023
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/September 22, 2023
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/September 21, 2023
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/June 12, 2023
Climate change is to public health today what Aids was 30 years ago, experts say — and it could put a spanner in the works for ending Aids as a public health threat by 2030. Yogan Pillay writes in an op-ed today what lessons we can take from responding to HIV to tackle the health effects of climate change.
Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to this he was the South Africa country director of the Clinton Health Access Initiative before which he spent more than 20 years in the national health department in various management positions.
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/March 30, 2022
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/January 30, 2020
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/October 22, 2019
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/June 12, 2019
Towards the end of the year, donated batches of the anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA, will arrive in South Africa. The two-monthly jab will be used in implementation trials and virtually wipes out someone’s chances of contracting HIV through sex. How much will donors and the South African health department have to pay for such injections and can the drugmaker, ViiV Healthcare, make enough of them? In this podcast, Mia Malan asks Mitchell Warren, who leads a group of organisations and donors who look at ways to make the jab available as fast as possible, for answers.
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 Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 4, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 1, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 16, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 8, 2023
Danny Booysen is a freelance audio technical producer and has over 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry.
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/March 23, 2023
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/February 2, 2023
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/November 16, 2022
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/June 27, 2022
The world is in a polycrisis — and climate change will highlight vulnerabilities and inequalities in healthcare. We need to understand how changing weather patterns will affect our health and draw on lessons from past research to help us become more resilient. Here’s what experts said at Bhekisisa’s 10th birthday celebration on Tuesday, 7 November.
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 Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 5, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 30, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 29, 2023
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 21, 2023
Soley Crooks Chissano is Bhekisisa's programme associate.
- Soley Crooks Chissanohttps://bhekisisa.org/author/soleycc/November 24, 2023
A hotter Earth is a threat to human health. It means more floods, droughts and heatwaves, which in turn make many diseases spread faster. Higher temperatures also exacerbate air pollution, resulting in more damage to our lungs. In this Health Beat episode we show you why climate change is our next pandemic.
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 Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 4, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/December 1, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 16, 2023
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/November 10, 2023
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 Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/December 1, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/November 7, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/October 3, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/August 29, 2023
Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/December 1, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 30, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 9, 2023
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/October 3, 2023
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 1, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 20, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/October 20, 2023
Sabelo Mabele is a freelance video director.
- Sabelo Mabelehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sabelo-mabele/November 7, 2023
Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/December 1, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/November 7, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/October 3, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/August 29, 2023
On our 10th birthday, we’ve grown from a three-person health desk at the Mail & Guardian to an independent media organisation with a staff of 20 full and part-time employees. Today, we have an average of two million annual pageviews and we’ve expanded from print-only stories to television and podcasts. Want to know more? This seven-minute video has it all.
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 Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/December 1, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/November 8, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/October 3, 2023
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/August 29, 2023
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 Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/December 4, 2023
Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/December 1, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/November 8, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/October 3, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/August 29, 2023
Sabelo Mabele is a freelance video director.
- Sabelo Mabelehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sabelo-mabele/November 8, 2023
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 1, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 20, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/November 8, 2023
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/October 20, 2023
In 1969, Esther Mwaikambo became Tanzania’s first female doctor. Today, she is arguably also the country’s most famous. She tells Sean Christie how public healthcare in Africa has changed — and what she wishes for the future.
Sean Christie is a freelance journalist and author.
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/September 26, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/August 16, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/July 6, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/April 11, 2023
A seven-year study across 12 000 people in two Indian cities shows that breathing in dirty city air for as little as one month can raise blood sugar levels. After a year of this, people have a higher chance of getting type 2 diabetes.
Swagata Yadavar is an award-winning independent journalist based in New Delhi. She writes on public policy, healthcare and gender related themes.
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Mia Malan founded Bhekisisa in 2013. Since then the centre’s staff has grown from 3 to 20 full and part-time employees. Here’s what she’s had to do to make this happen.
Dylan Bush worked at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 9, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 3, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/August 31, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/August 29, 2023
To help South Africa wipe out HIV by 2030, the country focuses on getting people who have a big chance of getting or spreading HIV access to testing and treatment. Researchers say that people with serious mental illnesses should be added to the list of these key populations in South Africa. Learn more.
Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/November 17, 2023
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/September 20, 2023
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/August 15, 2023
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/August 1, 2023