bhekisisa.org news headlines

How a boy born on World TB Day helped turn the tide on SAs deadliest TB

How a boy born on World TB Day helped turn the tide on SAs deadliest TB

👁225
24 Mar 2026
A R60 test could help SA find millions more TB patients but will it miss the most dangerous cases

A R60 test could help SA find millions more TB patients but will it miss the most dangerous cases?

👁247
23 Mar 2026
180 000 infections in 2024 47 000 by 2045 if SA rolls out the twice a year HIV prevention jab fast e

180 000 infections in 2024, 47 000 by 2045 if SA rolls out the twice-a-year HIV prevention jab fast enough

👁254
19 Mar 2026
CAB LA The prevention jab that never had its moment and what it leaves behind as LEN arrives

CAB-LA: The prevention jab that never had its moment, and what it leaves behind as LEN arrives

👁246
16 Mar 2026

👁5
02 Mar 2026
HIV made him expect to die at 40 At 73 Edwin Cameron asks Whos planning for our ageing survivors

HIV made him expect to die at 40. At 73, Edwin Cameron asks: Whos planning for our ageing survivors?

👁98
16 Feb 2026
Obesity The chronic disease that isnt treated like one

Obesity: The chronic disease that isnt treated like one

👁35
09 Feb 2026
What will HIV funding look like in 2026

What will HIV funding look like in 2026?

👁47
05 Feb 2026
The real nanny tax Not being able to breastfeed your own baby

The real nanny tax? Not being able to breastfeed your own baby

👁126
03 Feb 2026
The anti HIV jab Buhle trusts and 456 000 South Africans can soon get for free

The anti-HIV jab Buhle trusts and 456 000 South Africans can soon get for free

👁222
29 Jan 2026
Heavy weather and the mind of the West African farmer

Heavy weather, and the mind of the West African farmer

👁120
27 Jan 2026
Cutting Why teens turn to self harm when they dont have words for their pain

Cutting: Why teens turn to self-harm when they dont have words for their pain

👁159
22 Jan 2026
One year after Trump The day HIV funding changed forever and what came next

One year after Trump: The day HIV funding changed forever and what came next

👁139
20 Jan 2026
Heres whats on South Africas 2026 public health agenda

Heres whats on South Africas 2026 public health agenda

👁170
14 Jan 2026
Bhekisisas top read stories and staff picks of 2025

Bhekisisas top read stories and staff picks of 2025

👁148
12 Dec 2025
When politics Trumps science Why the US isnt giving SA LEN

When politics Trumps science: Why the US isnt giving SA LEN

👁123
11 Dec 2025
Editors pick 2025 Our favourite essays and longform stories on public health in South Africa

Editors pick 2025: Our favourite essays and longform stories on public health in South Africa

👁176
08 Dec 2025
BREAKING Court orders government police to block vigilantes from two clinics and put up warnings at

BREAKING: Court orders government, police to block vigilantes from two clinics and put up warnings at entrances

👁182
04 Dec 2025
SAs first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February Use our dashboard to find out who should get the

SAs first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February. Use our dashboard to find out who should get them

👁178
02 Dec 2025
Health Beat 36 Aids at 44 Will HIV negative people take anti HIV jabs

Health Beat #36 Aids at 44: Will HIV-negative people take anti-HIV jabs?

👁222
01 Dec 2025
SA wants to make its own six monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027 But theres a hitch

SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027. But theres a hitch

👁309
01 Dec 2025
Anatomy of a hospital Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts

Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts

👁115
24 Nov 2025
How Big Tobacco stalls SAs smoking and vaping law

How Big Tobacco stalls SAs smoking and vaping law

👁277
19 Nov 2025
What one mom learned when a teacher ripped out her sons hearing aid

What one mom learned when a teacher ripped out her sons hearing aid

👁198
17 Nov 2025