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Findings from a survey on obstetric violence show that 1.79-million women who gave birth in the past 10 years in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were mistreated. We unpack the numbers to show what they really mean. The post Childbirth abuse is rife. So why don’t we see it? appeared first on Bhekisisa.
Across South Africa, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique, 37 people who lived through major floods are turning their own experiences into evidence. Here’s the project rethinking who counts as an expert on climate change and mental health. The post Can flood survivors’ stories make climate science…
Our website holds years of health reporting, investigations and data. Now you can explore it in a different way: through a crossword. Test your knowledge of South Africa’s healthcare landscape, revisit some of our stories and get to know the team behind the journalism. The answers are waiting for…
Four South Africans from groups the government wants to reach with the six-monthly HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir (LEN), tell us why they chose the shot, what happened at the clinic and whether they’ll go back for another dose. The post Meet 4 people who got the HIV prevention jab appeared…
Newsrooms compete for stories, audiences and money. But for two days, we tried something different: Bhekisisa shared what we've learned about the six-monthly HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir, with journalists who are usually our competitors. Here’s why I think we need to do more of it. The…
Our website holds years of health reporting, investigations and data. Now you can explore it in a different way: through a crossword. Test your knowledge of South Africa’s healthcare landscape, revisit some of our stories and get to know the team behind the journalism. The answers are waiting for…
The Ngong in Nairobi and the Jukskei in Johannesburg run through some of Africa's most crowded neighbourhoods. Both are killing and sickening the people who live alongside them. We compare the floods, the filth and the fixes. The post Rivers of pain in Nairobi and Johannesburg: How bad are they…
South Africa’s first generic semaglutide injection arrived in August, with many more expected. More competition should push down the price of blockbuster GLP-1 drugs — but will they become cheap enough to stamp out a booming black market and reach the public-sector patients who need them? The post…
Early data shows South Africans and Zambians have a big appetite for the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection. But clinics don’t yet have enough doses for everyone who wants it. It’s a balancing act: how do you persuade people to want a new medicine when there isn’t enough of it to go around? The…
Think you know South Africa’s health system? Put your knowledge to the test with Bhekisisa’s health crossword. Drawing on years of reporting, investigations, data and policy coverage, the puzzle offers a fun way to explore the stories, issues and people that have shaped healthcare in South Africa…
His wheelchair no longer fits, and the local clinic often runs out of his medicine. Add to that three decades of living with cerebral palsy. The post ‘This is how we do it’: 30 years of caring for a son with cerebral palsy appeared first on Bhekisisa.
Think you know South Africa’s health system? Put your knowledge to the test with Bhekisisa’s health crossword. Drawing on years of reporting, investigations, data and policy coverage, the puzzle offers a fun way to explore the stories, issues and people that have shaped healthcare in South Africa…
Very clever people with a decade or four of subject expertise in public health need to know how to talk to the rest of us about their work in plain English. Here’s why, and how they can get started. The post Why scientists have to stop speaking in High Alien appeared first on Bhekisisa.
