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

Podcasts 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.

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

Podcasts 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.

Did the apartheid government inject black people with HIV? We look to science.

Podcasts 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?

[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it

Podcasts Mia Malan - 8 Feb 2019

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

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

Podcasts 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.

[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences

Podcasts 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.

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

Podcasts 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.

Blessers and blessees: Why do we have so many?

Podcasts Mia Malan - 4 Apr 2018

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

[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina

Podcasts Mia Malan - 16 Mar 2018

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

Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?

Podcasts Staff Reporter - 6 Dec 2017

Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.

#LifeEsidimeni: Inside the arbitration hearings

Podcasts Nelisiwe Msomi & Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 6 Nov 2017

As the hearings continue this week, Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Nelisiwe Msomi about the arbitration process.

#LifeEsidimeni: What will arbitration mean for the families?

Podcasts Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 30 Oct 2017

Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Tim Modise about who might be held accountable for the tragedy.

[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?

Podcasts Joan Van Dyk & Mia Malan - 9 Oct 2017

There's a lot of confusion about marijuana in South Africa. Mia Malan sat down with Joan van Dyk to separate fact from fiction.

[LISTEN] What can the fight against corruption learn from the Aids struggle?

Podcasts Mia Malan - 1 Aug 2017

Those most at risk of HIV are still fighting to be heard. But there's a lot we can learn from the fight against HIV.

Mark Heywood: ‘I was pitched against the very government I had fought for’

Podcasts Mia Malan - 15 Jul 2017

Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences

[LISTEN] What price will Motsoaledi pay for turning against Zuma?

Podcasts Mia Malan - 12 Jun 2017

HIV activist Mark Heywood tells Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan the president and health minister are direct opposites.

Motsoaledi: What the NHI will mean for you – and your tax credits

Podcasts Staff Reporter - 24 May 2017

Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez asks health minister Aaron Motsoaledi five questions about the National Health Insurance (NHI) and your medical aid.

[LISTEN] Health MEC: ‘#LifeEsidimeni families’ voices were muffled’

Podcasts Laura Lopez Gonzalez & Mia Malan - 23 Feb 2017

New Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa speaks about the Life Esidimeni tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 94 mental health patients.

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