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The Bhekisisa team is back from break on January 12th.
Wishing you all a safe and restful break.
Thank you for your support in 2025!
See you all in the new year!
Wishing you all a safe and restful break.
Thank you for your support in 2025!
See you all in the new year!
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Bhekisisa team is back from break on January 12th.
Wishing you all a safe and restful break.
Thank you for your support in 2025!
See you all in the new year!
Wishing you all a safe and restful break.
Thank you for your support in 2025!
See you all in the new year!
In today’s newsletter @miamalan.bsky.social asks: why is the #Trump government shutting out the world’s largest #LEN market from its overseas funding? mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In today’s newsletter @miamalan.bsky.social asks: why is the #Trump government shutting out the world’s largest #LEN market from its overseas funding? mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
“Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labour, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.”
Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labour, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.”
Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
On Thursday, the High Court ruled that the government and police have to stop vigilantes from blocking anyone seeking health services in Yeoville and Rosettenville Clinics in Johannesburg. Find out more in our latest edition of #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On Thursday, the High Court ruled that the government and police have to stop vigilantes from blocking anyone seeking health services in Yeoville and Rosettenville Clinics in Johannesburg. Find out more in our latest edition of #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
In the US, a nationwide movement is helping heal trauma by turning guns into garden tools. Read Anna-Maria van Niekerk’s pick for our latest #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the US, a nationwide movement is helping heal trauma by turning guns into garden tools. Read Anna-Maria van Niekerk’s pick for our latest #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
How much does your dog contribute to climate change? Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How much does your dog contribute to climate change? Find out in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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Who should get SA’s first #LEN shots? Today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox has an interactive dashboard where you can play around with some numbers.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who should get SA’s first #LEN shots? Today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox has an interactive dashboard where you can play around with some numbers.
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mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
[WATCH NOW]
Edwin Cameron thought he’d never know a time when #HIV prevention would be just a jab away. Now he wishes he could’ve had his hands on the nation’s purse after the crippling US funding cuts. #WorldAidsDay #lenacapavir #HIV bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
Edwin Cameron thought he’d never know a time when #HIV prevention would be just a jab away. Now he wishes he could’ve had his hands on the nation’s purse after the crippling US funding cuts. #WorldAidsDay #lenacapavir #HIV bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
[WATCH NOW]
Edwin Cameron thought he’d never know a time when #HIV prevention would be just a jab away. Now he wishes he could’ve had his hands on the nation’s purse after the crippling US funding cuts. #WorldAidsDay #lenacapavir #HIV bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
Edwin Cameron thought he’d never know a time when #HIV prevention would be just a jab away. Now he wishes he could’ve had his hands on the nation’s purse after the crippling US funding cuts. #WorldAidsDay #lenacapavir #HIV bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
Growing old with HIV — and why prevention still often misses those who need it most. #HIVPrevention #HealthBeat #WorldAidsDay bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Growing old with HIV — and why prevention still often misses those who need it most. #HIVPrevention #HealthBeat #WorldAidsDay bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
Health workers & scientists are preparing for the roll-out of #lenacapavir, a 2x a year HIV prevention jab. The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Linda-Gail Bekker is calling it a miracle, but warns that it only continues to work after six months if you go for a top-up. bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Health workers & scientists are preparing for the roll-out of #lenacapavir, a 2x a year HIV prevention jab. The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Linda-Gail Bekker is calling it a miracle, but warns that it only continues to work after six months if you go for a top-up. bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...
More than 40 years since the first Aids death in South Africa, scientific breakthroughs mean an end is in sight, but only if the world can afford it. Health Beat examines living and ageing with HIV in an era of hope. Today, at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
More than 40 years since the first Aids death in South Africa, scientific breakthroughs mean an end is in sight, but only if the world can afford it. Health Beat examines living and ageing with HIV in an era of hope. Today, at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
In 1985, Edwin Cameron faced two battles: apartheid and HIV. He survived both and now shares his #AgingWithHIV story with @miamalan.bsky.social on #HealthBeat. That’s on tomorrow at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In 1985, Edwin Cameron faced two battles: apartheid and HIV. He survived both and now shares his #AgingWithHIV story with @miamalan.bsky.social on #HealthBeat. That’s on tomorrow at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
Justice Edwin Cameron has lived with HIV for 40 years. He shares with #HealthBeat’s @miamalan.bsky.social how survival and stigma have shaped his life and what still gives him hope. That’s this Sunday, 2.30pm on eNCA. #AgingWithHIV
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Justice Edwin Cameron has lived with HIV for 40 years. He shares with #HealthBeat’s @miamalan.bsky.social how survival and stigma have shaped his life and what still gives him hope. That’s this Sunday, 2.30pm on eNCA. #AgingWithHIV
Justice Edwin Cameron has lived with HIV for 40 years. He shares with #HealthBeat’s @miamalan.bsky.social how survival and stigma have shaped his life and what still gives him hope. That’s this Sunday, 2.30pm on eNCA. #AgingWithHIV
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Justice Edwin Cameron has lived with HIV for 40 years. He shares with #HealthBeat’s @miamalan.bsky.social how survival and stigma have shaped his life and what still gives him hope. That’s this Sunday, 2.30pm on eNCA. #AgingWithHIV
In our latest newsletter:
Follow Sean Christie & Jay Caboz through the bowels of #GrooteSchuur’s ancient engineering systems to Theatre Street, where state-of-the-art surgery is performed with world-class technology.
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Follow Sean Christie & Jay Caboz through the bowels of #GrooteSchuur’s ancient engineering systems to Theatre Street, where state-of-the-art surgery is performed with world-class technology.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In our latest newsletter:
Follow Sean Christie & Jay Caboz through the bowels of #GrooteSchuur’s ancient engineering systems to Theatre Street, where state-of-the-art surgery is performed with world-class technology.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
Follow Sean Christie & Jay Caboz through the bowels of #GrooteSchuur’s ancient engineering systems to Theatre Street, where state-of-the-art surgery is performed with world-class technology.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
[HAPPENING NOW]
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit? Our #climate and #HIV experts will unpack how climate shocks affect access to care, and deepen inequality.
Tune in 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit? Our #climate and #HIV experts will unpack how climate shocks affect access to care, and deepen inequality.
Tune in 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
[HAPPENING NOW]
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit? Our #climate and #HIV experts will unpack how climate shocks affect access to care, and deepen inequality.
Tune in 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit? Our #climate and #HIV experts will unpack how climate shocks affect access to care, and deepen inequality.
Tune in 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
[ONE HOUR TO GO]
In the run to #WorldAIDSDay, tell a story that bridges two crises. Join experts Christopher Jack & Coceka Nogoduka as they reveal how climate change is reshaping HIV risks and resilience.
#ClimateCrisis #HealthJournalism #HIV
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
In the run to #WorldAIDSDay, tell a story that bridges two crises. Join experts Christopher Jack & Coceka Nogoduka as they reveal how climate change is reshaping HIV risks and resilience.
#ClimateCrisis #HealthJournalism #HIV
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
[ONE HOUR TO GO]
In the run to #WorldAIDSDay, tell a story that bridges two crises. Join experts Christopher Jack & Coceka Nogoduka as they reveal how climate change is reshaping HIV risks and resilience.
#ClimateCrisis #HealthJournalism #HIV
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
In the run to #WorldAIDSDay, tell a story that bridges two crises. Join experts Christopher Jack & Coceka Nogoduka as they reveal how climate change is reshaping HIV risks and resilience.
#ClimateCrisis #HealthJournalism #HIV
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
From porters to engineers, Groote Schuur’s staff navigate underfunding and staffing shortages while maintaining world-class care at one of South Africa's most storied medical institutions, where ambiguity is the daily reality. #PublicHealth bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
From porters to engineers, Groote Schuur’s staff navigate underfunding and staffing shortages while maintaining world-class care at one of South Africa's most storied medical institutions, where ambiguity is the daily reality. #PublicHealth bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
"We're approved for 157 staff but funded for about 76. It's tight, but we make it work." How Groote Schuur Hospital's engineering head keeps a century-old institution running on a shoestring budget. #HealthcareInSA #PublicHealth bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"We're approved for 157 staff but funded for about 76. It's tight, but we make it work." How Groote Schuur Hospital's engineering head keeps a century-old institution running on a shoestring budget. #HealthcareInSA #PublicHealth bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
[HAPPENING TOMORROW]
Are you a climate or health journalist?
Discover how floods and heatwaves disrupt treatment and deepen inequality — and how you can tell these stories.
🎙️ Join our webinar.
#HIV #ClimateChange #WorldAIDSDay
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
Are you a climate or health journalist?
Discover how floods and heatwaves disrupt treatment and deepen inequality — and how you can tell these stories.
🎙️ Join our webinar.
#HIV #ClimateChange #WorldAIDSDay
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
[HAPPENING TOMORROW]
Are you a climate or health journalist?
Discover how floods and heatwaves disrupt treatment and deepen inequality — and how you can tell these stories.
🎙️ Join our webinar.
#HIV #ClimateChange #WorldAIDSDay
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
Are you a climate or health journalist?
Discover how floods and heatwaves disrupt treatment and deepen inequality — and how you can tell these stories.
🎙️ Join our webinar.
#HIV #ClimateChange #WorldAIDSDay
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
Floods. Droughts. Displacement.
For people living with HIV, these weather events make it harder to get HIV treatment and medication.
Join our webinar to uncover how climate shocks are rewriting the HIV story.
#ClimateCrisis #HIV #Storytelling
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
For people living with HIV, these weather events make it harder to get HIV treatment and medication.
Join our webinar to uncover how climate shocks are rewriting the HIV story.
#ClimateCrisis #HIV #Storytelling
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Floods. Droughts. Displacement.
For people living with HIV, these weather events make it harder to get HIV treatment and medication.
Join our webinar to uncover how climate shocks are rewriting the HIV story.
#ClimateCrisis #HIV #Storytelling
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
For people living with HIV, these weather events make it harder to get HIV treatment and medication.
Join our webinar to uncover how climate shocks are rewriting the HIV story.
#ClimateCrisis #HIV #Storytelling
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
Twisted truths. That’s what sits behind SA’s stalled new tobacco law, researchers write in an op-ed today. Check out #BhekisisaInYourInbox for more. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Twisted truths. That’s what sits behind SA’s stalled new tobacco law, researchers write in an op-ed today. Check out #BhekisisaInYourInbox for more. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
In Florida, a new pilot programme teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding and extreme heat, addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis. Read Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In Florida, a new pilot programme teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding and extreme heat, addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis. Read Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from Grist, in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
mailchi.mp/.../8480782-...
mailchi.mp/.../8480782-...
Two-thirds of people who underwent “shroom” therapy remained free from depression five years later, according to recent research. Read more in Jessica Pitchford’s pick for our latest edition of #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Two-thirds of people who underwent “shroom” therapy remained free from depression five years later, according to recent research. Read more in Jessica Pitchford’s pick for our latest edition of #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
When we write down our children's medical information on forms and meet with tutors and teachers, we trust the system will protect our children. Here’s how one mom’s school failed her child. #Disability bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When we write down our children's medical information on forms and meet with tutors and teachers, we trust the system will protect our children. Here’s how one mom’s school failed her child. #Disability bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...