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Join us to explore how migration, gender inequality and disrupted services link climate change to HIV.
🎙️ Speakers:
- Christopher Jack (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre )
- Coceka Nogoduka (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
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🎙️ Speakers:
- Christopher Jack (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre )
- Coceka Nogoduka (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
Register now 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us to explore how migration, gender inequality and disrupted services link climate change to HIV.
🎙️ Speakers:
- Christopher Jack (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre )
- Coceka Nogoduka (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
Register now 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
🎙️ Speakers:
- Christopher Jack (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre )
- Coceka Nogoduka (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
Register now 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit?
In our latest webinar, supported by the @wellcometrust, climate expert Christopher Jack unpacks climate shocks affect #HIV care.
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In our latest webinar, supported by the @wellcometrust, climate expert Christopher Jack unpacks climate shocks affect #HIV care.
Sign up 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What happens to HIV treatment when floods or droughts hit?
In our latest webinar, supported by the @wellcometrust, climate expert Christopher Jack unpacks climate shocks affect #HIV care.
Sign up 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
In our latest webinar, supported by the @wellcometrust, climate expert Christopher Jack unpacks climate shocks affect #HIV care.
Sign up 👉 forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
Want to understand how two of the world’s biggest challenges collide?
Join our webinar to hear from Coceka Nogoduka, public health specialist and former UNAids adviser, discuss the links between climate science and public health.
Register here: forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
#ClimateCrisis #HIV
Join our webinar to hear from Coceka Nogoduka, public health specialist and former UNAids adviser, discuss the links between climate science and public health.
Register here: forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
#ClimateCrisis #HIV
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Want to understand how two of the world’s biggest challenges collide?
Join our webinar to hear from Coceka Nogoduka, public health specialist and former UNAids adviser, discuss the links between climate science and public health.
Register here: forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
#ClimateCrisis #HIV
Join our webinar to hear from Coceka Nogoduka, public health specialist and former UNAids adviser, discuss the links between climate science and public health.
Register here: forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
#ClimateCrisis #HIV
Join our webinar to hear from these health experts on how migration, gender inequality & disrupted services connect climate and HIV:
🌦️ Christopher Jack - (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
🩸 Coceka Nogoduka - (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
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🌦️ Christopher Jack - (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
🩸 Coceka Nogoduka - (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join our webinar to hear from these health experts on how migration, gender inequality & disrupted services connect climate and HIV:
🌦️ Christopher Jack - (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
🩸 Coceka Nogoduka - (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
forms.gle/nqMMhT96BtUE...
🌦️ Christopher Jack - (UCT, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
🩸 Coceka Nogoduka - (Public health specialist, former UNAids)
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
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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 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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...
In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone explains the NHI’s policy paradox. #BhekisisaInYourInbox mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone explains the NHI’s policy paradox. #BhekisisaInYourInbox mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
“Zohran Mamdani's victory reveals middle-class frustration with broken promises, not an embrace of far-left ideology.” Read more in Jessica Pitchford’s pick in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“Zohran Mamdani's victory reveals middle-class frustration with broken promises, not an embrace of far-left ideology.” Read more in Jessica Pitchford’s pick in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
2 superbugs cause 50%+ baby-killer infections in Soweto. Why is it important that we know that? Our data team breaks it down in today’s newsletter — and what can be done about it. #BhekisisaInYourInbox mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2 superbugs cause 50%+ baby-killer infections in Soweto. Why is it important that we know that? Our data team breaks it down in today’s newsletter — and what can be done about it. #BhekisisaInYourInbox mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
About 112 children under five died in #SA every day in 2023, Unicef figures show. Here’s how data is helping doctors understand what to do about it. Read more. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
About 112 children under five died in #SA every day in 2023, Unicef figures show. Here’s how data is helping doctors understand what to do about it. Read more. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal transfer scheme get no water.
Read more in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from GroundUp, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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Read more in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from GroundUp, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal transfer scheme get no water.
Read more in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from GroundUp, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
Read more in Nicole Ludolph’s pick, from GroundUp, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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Superbugs are bad. But they’re even worse for newborn babies. Here’s what data from the #SA leg of the @CHAMPS_health network study shows. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Superbugs are bad. But they’re even worse for newborn babies. Here’s what data from the #SA leg of the @CHAMPS_health network study shows. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Babies dying within the first month of life make up almost half of the roughly 4.8-million deaths in children under five worldwide. Here’s what #SA data says about the reasons.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Babies dying within the first month of life make up almost half of the roughly 4.8-million deaths in children under five worldwide. Here’s what #SA data says about the reasons.
bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
In September, the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the police minister to pay Andy Kawa more than R25-million due to the SAPS’s negligent handling of her rape case. Read her book, chosen by Jessica Pitchford, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In September, the Eastern Cape High Court ordered the police minister to pay Andy Kawa more than R25-million due to the SAPS’s negligent handling of her rape case. Read her book, chosen by Jessica Pitchford, for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
South Africa is the first African country to register the revolutionary #PrEP jab, lenacapavir (LEN).
But how does it work? Our Mia Malan explained in her recent appearance on Newzroom Afrika.
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQq...
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But how does it work? Our Mia Malan explained in her recent appearance on Newzroom Afrika.
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQq...
Read more: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
November 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
South Africa is the first African country to register the revolutionary #PrEP jab, lenacapavir (LEN).
But how does it work? Our Mia Malan explained in her recent appearance on Newzroom Afrika.
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQq...
Read more: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
But how does it work? Our Mia Malan explained in her recent appearance on Newzroom Afrika.
Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQq...
Read more: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
In today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, Tanya Pampalone introduces us to a powerful essay about ubuntu, intuition and kindness. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, Tanya Pampalone introduces us to a powerful essay about ubuntu, intuition and kindness. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
South Africa's become the first African country to approve the groundbreaking twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). Our @miamalan.bsky.social spoke to CapeTalk to explain why the country what's next.
Click the link to listen to the full interview: omny.fm/shows/the-jo...
Click the link to listen to the full interview: omny.fm/shows/the-jo...
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
South Africa's become the first African country to approve the groundbreaking twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). Our @miamalan.bsky.social spoke to CapeTalk to explain why the country what's next.
Click the link to listen to the full interview: omny.fm/shows/the-jo...
Click the link to listen to the full interview: omny.fm/shows/the-jo...
In our latest #BhekisisaInYourInbox: climate change, its mental health impact and what can be done to lighten the load. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In our latest #BhekisisaInYourInbox: climate change, its mental health impact and what can be done to lighten the load. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
In KwaZulu-Natal, flood survivors are telling their horror stories and healing in the process.
Health Beat shows how science meets storytelling, today at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
Health Beat shows how science meets storytelling, today at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In KwaZulu-Natal, flood survivors are telling their horror stories and healing in the process.
Health Beat shows how science meets storytelling, today at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
Health Beat shows how science meets storytelling, today at 2.30pm, on eNCA.
Floods destroy homes, but what do they do to people’s minds?
In this episode of Health Beat, scientists & survivors come together to explore the mental toll of climate disasters & how drawing pictures and recording videos about it is helping communities heal.
Watch eNCA this Sunday, at 2.30pm.
In this episode of Health Beat, scientists & survivors come together to explore the mental toll of climate disasters & how drawing pictures and recording videos about it is helping communities heal.
Watch eNCA this Sunday, at 2.30pm.
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Floods destroy homes, but what do they do to people’s minds?
In this episode of Health Beat, scientists & survivors come together to explore the mental toll of climate disasters & how drawing pictures and recording videos about it is helping communities heal.
Watch eNCA this Sunday, at 2.30pm.
In this episode of Health Beat, scientists & survivors come together to explore the mental toll of climate disasters & how drawing pictures and recording videos about it is helping communities heal.
Watch eNCA this Sunday, at 2.30pm.
When the worst floods in nearly 40 years hit Durban, the damage wasn’t just physical.
It was also emotional and invisible.
Three years on, researchers uncover just how deep those scars run.
Watch Health Beat to find out how storms and floods scar the mind.
This Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.
It was also emotional and invisible.
Three years on, researchers uncover just how deep those scars run.
Watch Health Beat to find out how storms and floods scar the mind.
This Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When the worst floods in nearly 40 years hit Durban, the damage wasn’t just physical.
It was also emotional and invisible.
Three years on, researchers uncover just how deep those scars run.
Watch Health Beat to find out how storms and floods scar the mind.
This Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.
It was also emotional and invisible.
Three years on, researchers uncover just how deep those scars run.
Watch Health Beat to find out how storms and floods scar the mind.
This Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.
Older people with #HIV are up to 4x more likely to have diabetes or high blood pressure.
Why send them to different clinic lines when 1 will do?
Integration = savings + better care.
#PrimaryHealthFirst
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Why send them to different clinic lines when 1 will do?
Integration = savings + better care.
#PrimaryHealthFirst
bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Older people with #HIV are up to 4x more likely to have diabetes or high blood pressure.
Why send them to different clinic lines when 1 will do?
Integration = savings + better care.
#PrimaryHealthFirst
bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
Why send them to different clinic lines when 1 will do?
Integration = savings + better care.
#PrimaryHealthFirst
bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
Time to innovate, not panic. SA has 6-million people on #HIV treatment — the biggest programme in the world. Here’s how to keep the momentum with donors stepping back. #DoMoreWithLess bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Time to innovate, not panic. SA has 6-million people on #HIV treatment — the biggest programme in the world. Here’s how to keep the momentum with donors stepping back. #DoMoreWithLess bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
The golden age of HIV donor funding is over. Now what? SA must stretch every rand — and rethink how #HIV and primary healthcare work together. #HIVFunding #SmartHealth bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The golden age of HIV donor funding is over. Now what? SA must stretch every rand — and rethink how #HIV and primary healthcare work together. #HIVFunding #SmartHealth bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
1 in 10 clinics in South Africa could start to hand out the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN), as early as February. Who should get LEN first for the highest impact? Our @miamalan.bsky.social explains on Radio 702.
Listen: omny.fm/shows/aftern...
Read: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Listen: omny.fm/shows/aftern...
Read: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1 in 10 clinics in South Africa could start to hand out the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN), as early as February. Who should get LEN first for the highest impact? Our @miamalan.bsky.social explains on Radio 702.
Listen: omny.fm/shows/aftern...
Read: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
Listen: omny.fm/shows/aftern...
Read: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
The Global Fund will give SA enough #LEN doses for 456 000 people for a period of 2 years. In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan breaks down who should get them.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Global Fund will give SA enough #LEN doses for 456 000 people for a period of 2 years. In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan breaks down who should get them.
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...