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Mia Malan

Q&A: 9 things to know about Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial

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In about a year we’re likely to know if a candidate vaccine we’re beginning to test this week is effective against a virus that has devastated our country
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Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.

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Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.
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Shot-caller, calculated, master of survival. SA, meet your new health minister.

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Will Ramaphosa’s new health minister wield enough power to bring recalcitrant MECs to heel?
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[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?

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We always tell moms breast is best but sometimes milk doesn't come when babies do. This breast milk bank is filling in these gaps.
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Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

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This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?
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[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it

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Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.
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Elsa and Nosipho: they both sell sex for a living but in opposite worlds

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Does sex work legislation have an impact on gender-based violence and HIV infection rates? We traveled to Amsterdam and Durban to find out.
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Selling sex

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From Amsterdam’s glittering canals to Durban’s dark streets, take a look at how the world legislates sex — and why it matters.
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Will decriminalising sex work increase trafficking?

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In 2003, New Zealand did away with all laws against consensual adult sex work. Activists say South Africa can take a few lessons from it.
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Go inside a day in our newsroom: The realities of donor-funded journalism

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What’s a day in a donor-funded journalism centre like? Mia Malan reveals all in her latest article for the journal of African Journalism Studies.
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Show us the data: Bhekisisa responds to #BigTobacco

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Dear Tisa, you have a point but we’ve got a reason to be wary.
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Why two pills before and after sex could help to save you from HIV

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Men who have sex with men can now take on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, safely.
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