While lawyers battle it out, clinics struggle, hospitals crumble and corruption scandals like Tembisa haunt the system. @miamalan.bsky.social looks at the NHI’s legal challenges on the latest episode of Health Beat this Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.

People living with HIV are 4x more likely to develop heart disease and diabetes as they age than those without it. Former Concourt justice #EdwinCameron talks to us about growing older with HIV by @tanyapampalone and @miamalan. bhekisisa.org/article/2026...

A year after Trump’s inauguration, global health looks very different. In our latest podcast episode, @miamalan.bsky.social talks to @avac.org's Mitchell Warren about the future of HIV prevention and treatment. #BhekisisaInYourInbox mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...

[LISTEN] 1 year after #Trump cut #HIV funding — and then stopped tracking the data. How bad is the damage to HIV testing, #PrEP and treatment? We don’t fully know. @avac.org's Mitchell Warren tells me why flying blind is so dangerous. youtu.be/ykKOFRe-VKE

The US says it wants to grow the global market for the HIV prevention jab, #lenacapavir — yet it excluded #SouthAfrica, the world’s biggest market, from its funding list. @HIVpxresearch’s Mitchell Warren says the move “undercuts the entire mission.” bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Can South Africa make its own #lenacapavir jabs? Find out about the country's plans from my latest @bhekisisa.org story. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

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

BREAKING: South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it. . bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

SA’s medicines regulator, SAHPRA will decide if #LEN — the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab — gets the green light by the end of October. If approved, roll-out starts Feb 2026 across 360 clinics via @miamalan.bsky.social. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

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-...

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.

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-...

In just over a week, our @miamalan.bsky.social will be in NYC for #UNGA2025. Catch her on this panel hosted by @theexamination.org.

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-...

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPJc...

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-...

🚦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. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

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

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

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 @miamalan.bsky.social

"What is global health 2.0? How should the media tell that story?" - @bhekisisa.org's @miamalan.bsky.social 🇿🇦 #IAS2025

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! avac.org/event/re-ima...

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. programme.ias2025.org/Programme/Se...

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. tinyurl.com/y7y4f8ax

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

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

"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-...

#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

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-...

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!

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

$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-...

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...

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-...

[LISTEN] The brain of someone with #ADHD looks different on brain scans from people without the condition. Psychiatrist @RenataSchoeman tells me it’s especially the frontal lobes where variations can be seen. Find out why. bhekisisa.org/multimedia/p...

The 6-monthly anti #HIV jab, #lenacapavir, can end #Aids in SA by 2032 — but only if between 2 and 4-million HIV-negative people use it every year over the next 8 years. But how much will it cost? I break it down. #Croi2025 bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

The Future of Africa-U.S. Health Diplomacy | A Critical Conversation 🇺🇸🤝🏾🌍 Join us for Part 1 of a compelling 4-part series examining the impact of US global health cuts on Africa-US relations. Register: annenberg.usc.edu/events/cclp/...

We head to Steve Biko Academic Hospital where we speak to Prof Zozo Nene on the rise of teen pregnancies and what she and her team are doing to end it. That’s our latest episode of Health Beat this Sunday at 5.30pm on eNCA, DSTV channel 403.

[UPDATE] Local scientists say they expect more #NIH research grant cuts this weekend. But a memo is going around that says eventually all SA's grants will be cut - and the #NIH isn't denyning it. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Ian Sanne: “It's inconceivable that #DOGE doesn't understand that there's more than just #DEI activities happening through HIV and other research." Frightening cuts: Trump pulls SA's #NIH research grants. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

And sending these letters on our Human Rights Day 😡

BREAKING Frightening cuts: In South Africa, #HIV and #TB cancellation letters for research grants funded by the US government started to roll in over the weekend.. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

"Honestly, I wanted to cry," said Kathleen Graham, a nurse in the Bronx, upon learning that the diabetes study she had participated for 25 years was ending. At Columbia's medical school, docs = in shock after their funding was terminated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/n...

Telling stories during a time of duress. Join us on March 25! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“What the people in the White House are now [again] doing is an act of premeditated murder on 40-million people living with #HIV around the world.” - @markhar77.bsky.social of @treatmentactiongroup.org in @bhekisisa.org: bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

The Global Fund says it needs $18-billion to get deaths from #HIV, #TB and #malaria down to under 1m by 2029. What if the US doesn’t add its share? We look at the numbers. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

A frightening glimpse into the future of #HIV research under #Trump2025. “Fund #HIV research, not cyber trucks.” A poster at a #Croi2025 protest in San Francisco last week, referring to #ElonMusk’s pricey #Tesla trucks. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Posters at a #Croi2025 protest in San Francisco on Tuesday against the #Trump administration’s defunding of a large proportion of medical research.

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