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Life between cyclones: How Beira's people carry the mental weight of storms that never really end - Bhekisisa Six years after Cyclone Idai ripped through Beira, the city's wounds — physical and psychological — are still raw. As a new storm gathered in the Indian Ocean in February, journalist Sean Christie…

Cyclone Idai killed 500+ people in #Mozambique. The #MentalHealth toll? Still being counted — six years later. Read our story from Beira, as the next storm gathers. #ClimateChange bhekisisa.org/features/202...

Life between cyclones: How Beira's people carry the mental weight of storms that never really end - Bhekisisa Six years after Cyclone Idai ripped through Beira, the city's wounds — physical and psychological — are still raw. As a new storm gathered in the Indian Ocean in February, journalist Sean Christie…

Life between cyclones: How Beira's people carry the mental weight of storms that never really end. Read the latest in our series on #MentalHealth and #ClimateChange in #Africa. bhekisisa.org/features/202...

In Nicole Ludolph’s pick for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, from Monga Bay, communities in Lesotho have filed a complaint with the African Development Bank over a controversial initiative that transfers water from the country to neighbouring South Africa.

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"A house you can rebuild, but a child you cannot get back." 6 years after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Sean Christie reports from a city still waiting for the next storm.

#ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Mozambique

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Life between cyclones: How Beira's people carry the mental weight of storms that never really end - Bhekisisa Six years after Cyclone Idai ripped through Beira, the city's wounds — physical and psychological — are still raw. As a new storm gathered in the Indian Ocean in February, journalist Sean Christie…

500 dead. Thousands of homes gone. Six years after Idai, Beira hasn't stopped bracing. "This is oppression by weather — if such a thing can be said to exist," writes journalist Sean Christie as a new cyclone brewed in #Mozambique. #MentalHealth bhekisisa.org/features/202...

Life between cyclones: How Beira's people carry the mental weight of storms that never really end - Bhekisisa Six years after Cyclone Idai ripped through Beira, the city's wounds — physical and psychological — are still raw. As a new storm gathered in the Indian Ocean in February, journalist Sean Christie…

In the last decade alone, 10 named cyclones have killed over 1 000 people in #Mozambique. Idai alone killed more than 500. And the #MentalHealth fallout? We're only beginning to understand it. #ClimateChange bhekisisa.org/features/202...

More details on #SouthAfrica production of #lenacapavir for #PrEP.

A 7th generic license for a SA–based manufacturer could help accelerate the path from licensing to large-scale supply for regions most affected, but, how long & at what price are the questions. Read more, avac.org/blog/global-...

HAPPENING NOW | South Africa’s warming is outpacing the global average.

What does that mean for people with asthma? For children? For urban communities?

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South Africa’s warming is outpacing the global average.

What does that mean for people with asthma? For children? For urban communities?

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#ClimateChange isn’t just an environmental beat — it’s a lung health story.

What’s driving the risk? What’s fixable at local level?

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The climate story doesn’t have to end with “and things will get worse.”

There are practical interventions that improve the air people breathe.

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Bringing it home: SA is leading the charge to make an anti-HIV jab for Africa - Bhekisisa South Africa’s National Aids Council, Sanac, has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an anti-HIV jab that could end Aids by 2043 in the country.…

Africa carries the biggest #HIV load — but makes almost none of the medicines used to fight it. SA now wants to change that by producing the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab locally. #PrEP #LEN bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

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Many of the biggest risks to the air we breathe are local — and fixable.

Pollution laws. Cleaner transport. Better housing. Early warnings.

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Less than two days to go until the next #BhekisisaWebinar, where atmospheric scientist explains how #climatechange and air quality interact — and what that means for reporting in Southern Africa.

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Bringing it home: SA is leading the charge to make an anti-HIV jab for Africa - Bhekisisa South Africa’s National Aids Council, Sanac, has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an anti-HIV jab that could end Aids by 2043 in the country.…

The HIV prevention jab #lenacapavir is almost foolproof at stopping HIV through sex. But SA needs tens of millions of doses to end #Aids. Now Sanac is asking local companies to apply to make it via @miamalan.bsky.social. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Find out how your quest for perfect sleep is keeping you awake in Rosaline Daniel’s pick, from Time Africa, in today's #BhekisisaInYourInbox.
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Bringing it home: SA is leading the charge to make an anti-HIV jab for Africa - Bhekisisa South Africa’s National Aids Council, Sanac, has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an anti-HIV jab that could end Aids by 2043 in the country.…

Six generic drugmakers in India, Pakistan and Egypt already have licences to make generic #lenacapavir. None are in sub-Saharan #Africa. Now SA is trying to secure a 7th licence — to bring manufacturing for the anti-HIV jab home. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

SA could start making the world’s most powerful anti-HIV jab within a year — if drugmakers secure licences from its inventor, Gilead Sciences.

Find out more from @miamalan.bsky.social in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox.

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Bringing it home: SA is leading the charge to make an anti-HIV jab for Africa - Bhekisisa South Africa’s National Aids Council, Sanac, has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an anti-HIV jab that could end Aids by 2043 in the country.…

SA wants to make its own version of the 2X yearly #HIV prevention jab that could help end #Aids. Local drug companies now have until April 7 to apply to be on a government shortlist to make the shot. But only if Gilead, who has the recipe, approves. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate? - Bhekisisa The implementation of the NHI is effectively frozen in court and constitutional clashes, blocking South Africa's most sweeping health overhaul since 1994. We talked to health economist Susan Cleary…

UCT health economist Susan Cleary on the #NHI: We still don't know what it will actually cover. No defined benefits package = no real costing. "Until we know which services are covered, we can't cost it." bhekisisa.org/special-repo...

The climate story doesn’t have to end with “and things will get worse.”

There are practical interventions that improve the air people breathe.

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Did you know that dandelions are rich in vitamins K and A, iron and calcium? And purslane (hogweed) is a source of omega-3 fatty acids? Find out more in Jessica Pitchford’s pick for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...

Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate? - Bhekisisa The implementation of the NHI is effectively frozen in court and constitutional clashes, blocking South Africa's most sweeping health overhaul since 1994. We talked to health economist Susan Cleary…

R5 000 per person per year = roughly what SA's public sector spends. Private sector? ~R15 000. Covering everyone at private sector rates = nearly 30% of GDP on healthcare. #NHI #HealthEconomics bhekisisa.org/special-repo...

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What’s happening with the NHI? Almost as soon as Ramaphosa put pen to paper in May 2024, the lawsuits started piling up. At least 12 court cases now challenge the National Health Insurance Act, with charges ranging from procedural...

In our latest newsletter: the most ambitious health reform since apartheid is frozen in court. At least 12 cases are challenging the #NHI. Health economist Susan Cleary breaks down what's working, what isn't. And what should happen next. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...

Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate? - Bhekisisa The implementation of the NHI is effectively frozen in court and constitutional clashes, blocking South Africa's most sweeping health overhaul since 1994. We talked to health economist Susan Cleary…

"A unitary system is not required for universal health coverage." — UCT health economist Susan Cleary explains what universal health coverage means, and why South Africa doesn't need to scrap everything to fix its health system. #NHI

Climate science needs to be at the top of the media agenda. Here’s what researchers can do to make it happen - Bhekisisa Reporters Qaanitah Hunter and Estelle Ellis offer five tips on how researchers can break into the headlines, fight misinformation and make their science count where it matters most.

The journalist's core question is: so what? Why does this matter, why now, and to whom?

Scientists who can answer that — quickly and clearly — are the ones who make it into the story. Five ways to get there. #ClimateScience #ScienceCommunication

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Climate science needs to be at the top of the media agenda. Here’s what researchers can do to make it happen - Bhekisisa Reporters Qaanitah Hunter and Estelle Ellis offer five tips on how researchers can break into the headlines, fight misinformation and make their science count where it matters most.

Most journalists would welcome an email from a scientist saying: "Hey, I see you cover this topic — want to chat?" That's it. That's the pitch. Read five ways climate scientists can work better with the media. #ClimateHealth #ScienceCommunication

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Drug reactions, hives, airborne allergens — and now climate-linked respiratory risks.

University of Cape Town physician-scientist Jonny Peter joins our #BhekisisaWebinar to help journalists translate complex lung science into accurate, accessible stories.

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