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The ECHO trial is out: Depo Provera doesn’t lead to HIV

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jun 2019

After 30 years of speculation about whether the three month shot makes women more likely to contract HIV, we finally have an answer.

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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.

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There’s more to gender than ‘men’ & ‘women’. Here’s why.

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 3 Jun 2019

Cisgender, transgender, non-binary. What does it all mean? We give you the low down.

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Forced abortions: The crime no one is talking about

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 10 May 2019

Nomthandazo* thought her and her partner were happily expecting their first baby together. She was wrong.

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Precarious politicking: What the law says about foreigners and healthcare in SA

Videos Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 6 May 2019

Did you know that anyone hailing from SADC has the right to be treated just like a South African?

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Sex work and soccer: More alike than you think?

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 26 Apr 2019

One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?

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Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 23 Apr 2019

Programmes letting people swap illegal highs for medications are popping up all over the country. Here’s how they work.

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This is how a SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela

Videos Joan Van Dyk - 6 Feb 2019

Find out what you need to know about Bosasa’s alleged corruption in just minutes with our Joan van Dyk.

Leaving home means leaving family – and could have health implications

Videos Joan Van Dyk - 23 Jan 2019

Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it's worse than that.

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On the road: Go inside the farm clinics making sure workers are never far from care

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 13 Dec 2018

They're not only good for workers' health, they're good for business too.

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Nurse: ‘I had to supplement my income. That’s when I got into sex work.’

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 12 Dec 2018

Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that's not the only way she made a living.

WATCH: All the ways the world polices sex

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 22 Oct 2018

The Swedish model, legalisation, decriminalisation — does the sex work debate leave you confused? Look no further.

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Watch this man’s amazing transformation after he kicked heroin with the help of this

Videos bogdan TagDiv - 14 Sep 2018

When people with diabetes inject insulin, we don't see that as an addiction. So why is opioid substitution therapy considered one?

[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.

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