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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · 6h

SA plans to roll out the twice-a-year anti #HIV shot, #LEN, in 2026. To end #Aids, we need millions of people on it. Can our health system track who’s getting & staying on it? Ida Jooste and I take a deep dive. #EndAIDS #PrEP bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab is coming. But can SA keep track of millions of users? - Bhekisisa

In April next year, South Africa plans to start rolling out an anti-HIV jab, taken only twice a year, that could end Aids in the country within 14 to 18 years. But is our public health system equipped...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · 12d

In South Africa, noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease are big killers. @miamalan.bsky.social finds out why on our latest episode of Health Beat on eNCA this Sunday, at 2.30pm.

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · 15d

JUST IN: Big move in HIV prevention: Indian drugmakers Hetero & Dr Reddy’s will sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab LEN for just $40 (R692) a year — about the same as daily #PrEP pills. 💉📉 #EndAIDS #UNGA80 bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Two drugmakers will sell the 6-monthly anti-HIV jab for the price of the daily HIV prevention pill - Bhekisisa

Two Indian generic drugmakers — Hetero and Dr Reddy’s — will be funded by the Gates Foundation and Unitaid, respectively, to produce and sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV shot around R692 per person per ...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · 23d

In just over a week, our @miamalan.bsky.social will be in NYC for #UNGA2025.

Catch her on this panel hosted by @theexamination.org.

The Examination @theexamination.org · 24d

🌐 How can journalists and public health advocates collaborate to educate the public and policymakers? Join us in NYC on September 24 for a discussion with NCD Alliance and @bhekisisa.org.

🚨To RSVP, email [email protected] by September 15.

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW: By April, over 300 state clinics in SA will stock the 2x a year anti #HIV jab, #lenacapavir. The 1st clinics that will get it will be in City of Jhb, Tshwane; Ekurhuleni, eThekwini + Gert Sibande. Could this be the gamechanger we need? #PrEP bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

SA plans anti-HIV jab roll-out at 300+ clinics by April. By 2027 the government will be buying generics - Bhekisisa

The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, available at more than 300 government health districts with high HIV infection rates between April 2026 and March 2028. ...

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Extra money from the Treasury. 6MMD. #lenacapavir. Possibly increasing #healthtaxes. But we don't yet have a national think tank to deal with #HIV funding cuts. Do we need a ministerial advisory committee like we had during #COVID? I speak to
Wits RHI's Helen Rees.
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Mia Malan sits down with the head of the Wits RHI, Helen Rees

YouTube video by Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Aug 13

In communities with high rates of #HIV, teen pregnancies and school drop-outs, stress doesn't just come from one place — it hits from every angle. Here’s how some SA teen girls keep it together. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Here’s what SA’s teen girls want you to know about their state of mind - Bhekisisa

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone asks why our girls are so stressed. Sign up for our newsletter today. Think of a young woman’s world like a series of circles, each one influencing the next. At...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 31

🚦A traffic light. A grade. A daily guide. A warning label. Find out why experts recommend these types of labels on the front of unhealthy foods — and why they lean towards a warning.

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 26

Will six-monthly #ARV dispensing save time and lives? For pharmacist Lindy McKenzie from the Western Cape Health, it means fewer missed appointments and no queues. She speaks to @miamalan.bsky.social on Health Beat, Sunday 5.30pm on eNCA. #6MMD

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 26

Trump’s health funding cuts mean we must do more with less: will giving people 6 months’ worth of #ARVs at a time help?

@miamalan.bsky.social visits Cape clinics leading the roll-out of #6MMD. Health Beat this Sunday 5.30pm on eNCA. | @treatmentactiongroup.org

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 16

WEBINAR | In many countries, NCDs & mental health still don’t receive the public funding they urgently need. This is why activists, researchers & doctors — people who advocate for these causes — can help lead the charge.

Tune in this Thursday. tinyurl.com/mdr6zh3a

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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · Jul 15

"What is global health 2.0? How should the media tell that story?"

- @bhekisisa.org's @miamalan.bsky.social 🇿🇦 #IAS2025

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AVAC @avac.org · Jul 14

At #IAS2025? Don’t miss this satellite session moderated by
@miamalan.bsky.social & Mitchell Warren happening today! We'll cover the impact of #PEPFAR funding cuts on #HIVprevention, intro plans for new #PrEP products and more!

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 11

How can the media help shape public perception, influence policy and foster accountability around the HIV response?

Tune in next Thursday, or pop in if you're at #IAS2025, as our @miamalan.bsky.social joins other journalists to discuss the question.

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jul 10

In many countries, #NCDs and #mentalhealth remain low on the list for public funding.

Join this World Bank and @who.int webinar to hear our @miamalan.bsky.social, along with other experts, discuss how to push NCDs and mental health higher up the #publichealth agenda.

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Jun 30

In less than two weeks, our @miamalan.bsky.social will be reporting live from Kigali, Rwanda for this year’s IAS Conference on HIV science.

Follow us for the latest breakthroughs in HIV treatment and prevention.

#IAS2025 #HIVPrevention #GlobalHealth #HealthReporting

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Jun 29

Will SA buy the 6-monthly anti-HIV injection, #lenacapavir? The health minister says YES. Health Beat, Sunday (29 June) 5:30, eNCA.

miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Jun 6

"It's like crossing the freeway every day the way we're living now. One day, I know I'm gonna die." The human cost of #HIV funding cuts are hitting hardest those who can least afford it. #PublicHealth bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

It’s the 'Donald disease' that’s making us sick - Bhekisisa

As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to lose from the HIV funding cuts told Bhekisisa they have been left to fend ...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · May 24

#Ketamine therapy is making headlines, but what happens when clinics rush in without rules? @miamalan.bsky.social asks the experts on Health Beat Sunday 5.30pm on eNCA. #KetamineTherapy #KetamineInfusion

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · May 21

My take on the fall out between the health minister and #HIV activists/scientists. Really, SA has brilliant experts, we should use them. Our HIV scientists are the people who got us through #COVID. Why snub them now? bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

The case of the minister and the HIV activists: Are we entering denialism 2.0? - Bhekisisa

It's been two decades since the denialism war was won in South Africa. Now HIV scientists and government are pitted against each other once again, with one side saying the health minister is in denial...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · May 7

One more day until our @miamalan.bsky.social, Linda Gail Bekker, Sibongile Tshabalala and Kate Rees unpack the devastating HIV care gaps left by #PEPFAR cuts.

Panel + Q&A included.

Register now to be part of the discussion!

Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · May 6

How badly has the #Pepfar cut actually harmed us?

Join @sahivsoc.bsky.social & Bhekisisa for an important discussion on finding workable solutions to the funding crisis.

🗓️ 8 May, 17:30 (Live)
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🗓️ 13 May, 13:00 (pre-recorded)
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@SAHIVSoc @sahivsoc.bsky.social · May 5

Join us this Thursday for a critical webinar on the impact of HIV funding cuts — and the way forward. Register (live) bit.ly/4jEhgri Register (pre-recorded) bit.ly/4cZ1Mvx @bhekisisa.org @miamalan.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social @francoisventer.bsky.social
#HIVFunding #HIVCrisis

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Apr 24

$350-million or R6.65-billion, which comes to 70% of all medical research in SA. That's how much research the #NIH funds in SA, when direct grants, subgrants and network grants are combined. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

We do the sums: The NIH funds $350-million (R6.65-billion) of research in SA - Bhekisisa

R6.65-billion — or $350-million. That’s how much South Africa receives in annual funding from the US government’s National Institutes of Health. If the country loses all of its NIH funding, the countr...

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Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Apr 17

Is National Department of Health doing anything to find money to fill the Pepfar funding gap? In today’s newsletter, @miamalan.bsky.social breaks down why the stakes are so high. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...

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miamalan.bsky.social @miamalan.bsky.social · Apr 17

SA's health department knows that funds to fill the #Pepfar funding gap won’t come from 1 source only. No one has R8-billion to give to us yearly. And neither does the government. So what now? I break it down. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

R2.82-billion. That’s what we need to plug the US funding gap — for now - Bhekisisa

The health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and TB projects in SA will end by September 30. The department has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for ...

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