[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina

16 Mar 2018

Our Mia Malan speaks to medical doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng about how to stay happy and healthy down there.

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Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founding director and editor of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism at the Mail & Guardian. She heads up a team of fifteen permanent and freelance staff members. She loves drama, good wine and strong coffee, not necessarily in that order.

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Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.

Mia Malan - 12 Jun 2019

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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[LISTEN] You bank your money each month, so why not bank your breast milk?

Mia Malan & Gavin Fischer - 25 Mar 2019

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.

Mia Malan - 13 Mar 2019

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

Mia Malan - 8 Feb 2019

Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.

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[PODCAST] Each one teach one: Doctors, traditional healers tackle psychiatric illness

Bhekisisa Team Author - 13 Dec 2018

Medical doctors and traditional healers often struggle to trust each other. But in this rural KZN community they learned how to work together.

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[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences

Mia Malan - 22 May 2018

It may come round every month, but a lot of us still don't know how our menstrual cycle works, says reproductive health doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng.

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[LISTEN] Why are women in ‘blesser-like’ relationships more likely to contract HIV?

Mia Malan - 9 May 2018

Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.

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Blessers and blessees: Why do we have so many?

Mia Malan - 4 Apr 2018

Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan asks reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng why older men prey on younger women.

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