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What happens when your home stays hot all night? Temperatures inside some informal homes can reach 30°C — disrupting sleep. Now UCT researchers are testing surprisingly simple solutions.

More on Bhekisisa's #HealthBeat with @miamalan.bsky.social on Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA, channel #DStv403.
October 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Great read about real-life experiences with #lenacapavir by @miamalan.bsky.social.

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Meet 4 people who got the HIV prevention jab - Bhekisisa
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...
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September 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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A great post- #AIDS2026 perspective on the future from @miamalan.bsky.social.

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August 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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South Africa's roll-out of the six-monthly HIV prevention injection, #LEN, offers an early clue.

More than half of people choosing the jab had never used HIV prevention medicine before.

Choice appears to be bringing new people to #PrEP.

#AIDS2026

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#Aids2026: Daily pill. Monthly pill. Six-monthly jab. Why choice matters - Bhekisisa
A new once-a-month HIV prevention pill is moving into the final stage of testing. But early South African uptake data of the six-monthly anti-HIV jab suggest the biggest breakthrough may not be a new ...
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July 27, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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What does it take to translate evidence into clear, trusted communication? @profdevisridhar.bsky.social and our @miamalan.bsky.social tell us more at the upcoming Oxford University discussion.

Register today: tinyurl.com/2fynp8s9
April 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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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.
February 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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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...
HIV made him expect to die at 40. At 73, Edwin Cameron asks: Who’s planning for our ageing survivors? - Bhekisisa
At 33, retired Constitutional Court justice Edwin Cameron thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death from Aids to a chronic, manageable condition at 73 — and ...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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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

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January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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[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
[PODCAST] One year after Trump: The day HIV funding changed forever — and what came next
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January 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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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-...
When politics Trumps science: Why the US isn’t giving SA LEN - Bhekisisa
By shutting South Africa out of its overseas funding for the roll-out of the revolutionary six-monthly HIV prevention jab which could potentially end Aids, the Trump administration undercuts its own s...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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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-...
SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027. But there’s a hitch - Bhekisisa
The South African government says it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab to end Aids by 2043 by getting a group of local pharmaceuti...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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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
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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.

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[BREAKING] SA becomes the first African country to register the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab — at record speed - Bhekisisa
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 a...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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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-...
The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses? - Bhekisisa
One in ten clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — will start to hand out a twice-a-year anti-HIV jab as early as February. The country’s medicines regulator, Sahpra,…
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October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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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-...
The six-monthly anti-HIV jab is coming. But can SA keep track of millions of users?  - Bhekisisa
In April next year, South Africa plans to start rolling out an anti-HIV jab, taken only twice a year, that could end Aids in the country within 14 to 18 years. But is our public health system equipped...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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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.
September 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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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-...
Two drugmakers will sell the 6-monthly anti-HIV jab for the price of the daily HIV prevention pill - Bhekisisa
Two Indian generic drugmakers — Hetero and Dr Reddy’s — will be funded by the Gates Foundation and Unitaid, respectively, to produce and sell the twice-a-year anti-HIV shot around R692 per person per ...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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In just over a week, our @miamalan.bsky.social will be in NYC for #UNGA2025.

Catch her on this panel hosted by @theexamination.org.
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🌐 How can journalists and public health advocates collaborate to educate the public and policymakers? Join us in NYC on September 24 for a discussion with NCD Alliance and @bhekisisa.org.

🚨To RSVP, email [email protected] by September 15.
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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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-...
SA plans anti-HIV jab roll-out at 300+ clinics by April. By 2027 the government will be buying generics - Bhekisisa
The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, available at more than 300 government health districts with high HIV infection rates between April 2026 and March 2028. ...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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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.
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Mia Malan sits down with the head of the Wits RHI, Helen Rees
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August 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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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-...
Here’s what SA’s teen girls want you to know about their state of mind - Bhekisisa
In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone asks why our girls are so stressed. Sign up for our newsletter today. Think of a young woman’s world like a series of circles, each one influencing the next.  At...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🚦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.

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July 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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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
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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
July 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM