Every second year, South Africa releases a national antenatal HIV survey, which looks at the proportion of pregnant women who are HIV-positive and have syphilis. In the first of a three-part series, we help you make sense of the survey’s results and what it means for the country’s HIV outlook.
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/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
Implementation trials start early 2024 in South Africa to help researchers find out what will make people use a two-monthly anti-HIV jab. Linda-Gail Bekker of the University of Cape Town, heads up one of the studies and spoke to Mia Malan on Bhekisisa’s TV show, Health Beat.
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/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
In July, Rudo Mathivha handed in her notice at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, ending a rightly celebrated 25-year stint as head of the intensive care unit. It was after a truly terrible year. Her story underscores the extent to which quality healthcare for the country’s most vulnerable people remains at the mercy of the indifferent and the corrupt.
Sean Christie is a freelance journalist and author.
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/February 28, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/November 3, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/September 26, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/August 16, 2023
Mapeseka Mabena has spent a decade getting her HIV patients to start and stay on treatment. Taking ARVs every day can be taxing, but Mabena motivates people with a reminder that meds can help them have HIV-free children and stop them passing on the virus through sex. She explains how in this video.
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 11, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 2, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 12, 2024
Before the festive season kicks off, take a look at Bhekisisa’s most-read stories of 2023.
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 15, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 14, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 10, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. Droughts and floods cause financial hardship, and therefore increase the market for sex in exchange for rewards.
Lillian Roberts was Bhekisisa's news reporter from July to December 2023.
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/October 27, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/September 14, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/August 23, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/July 25, 2023
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/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
Budget cuts to the provincial departments will leave close to 200 health science graduates without spots for their community service. The knock-on effect will be that fewer people who use state hospitals will have access to health services like dentists and physiotherapists.
Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/March 19, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 23, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 6, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/November 17, 2023
Nicole Ludolph is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/February 19, 2024
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/February 6, 2024
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/November 29, 2023
- Nicole Ludolphhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/nicoleludolph/October 10, 2023
South Africa’s medicines regulator is helping to process pharmaceutical companies’ applications for medicines to be approved by the African Medicines Agency. But the country won’t have a say in the appointment of the agency’s head because it hasn’t yet ratified the treaty for its establishment.
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/April 29, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 2, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/February 26, 2024
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/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
Around 500 people in South Africa get infected with HIV each day. A number that Mbali Jonas from the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation wants to reduce to zero. They’re doing this by telling youth about medications that can stop HIV infection. We take you to their communities and show you how they work.
Liz Fish is an investigative journalist and producer.
- Liz Fishhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/liz-fish/May 13, 2024
- Liz Fishhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/liz-fish/April 29, 2024
Tim Wege is a documentary filmmaker and cameraman based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela is the chief executive officer at the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra).
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Chimwemwe Chamdimba is the head of African medicines regulatory harmonisation at the African Union Development Agency (Auda-Nepad).
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