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.

Are you a scientist/clinician + want to do a #science comms course, but don't have the money? Here's a fantastic free course of @pmcancercentre, one of world's largest cancer centres. I was lucky to have been able to contribute to it. Access it here: pmcancercampus.ca/course/view....

Join me and Mia for a conversation about PEPFAR's future.

The Global Fund pledges to roll-out a game-changing #HIV prevention shot for poorer countries with or without #Pepfar. For young women, the twice-yearly #lenacapavir jab is 100% effective. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

[LISTEN] On March 25 the US Congress will decide if #Pepfar will get reauthorised. How will it vote? I asked former #Pepfar head of staff, @JRatevosian. open.spotify.com/episode/6GUv... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC1x...

Did you miss our latest newsletter? In this edition of #BhekisisaInYourInbox, @miamalan.bsky.social explains how the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, #lenacapavir, will be rolled out with or without the US. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...

JUST IN: This week, South Africa's health department will meet with NGOs affected by #USAID to: - understand the expert of the impact - to make decisions on how to help

BREAKING: #USAID has also terminated UNAIDS’ funding.

BREAKING: It's the end. #Trump2025 has ordered #HIV projects in SA funded through #USAID to shut down —immediately and permanently. They woke up to the letters. We'll be updating the story throughout the day. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

What will happen to #Pepfar? Will it survive #Trump2025, and, if so, what will it look like? No one better to ask than a former Pepfar head of staff. I spoke to the brilliant @jirairratevosian.bsky.social, who ran staff matters at Pepfar in 2022/3. @bhekisisa.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRBb...

Can #PEPFAR survive this new US administration? And if does, what might it look like? Great to hear @jirairratevosian.bsky.social and @miamalan.bsky.social try to answer this: bhekisisa.org/multimedia/p...

SA is training more docs than ever, but now we sit with 100s of unemployed docs - and not because we don’t need them. The state sector is understaffed, but can’t afford to employ them. Will SA’s 12 March budget pay for their salaries? Find out from #HealthBeat: bhekisisa.org/bhekisisa-tv...