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'When do I live?' A 32-year-old man in the Eastern Cape asked researchers, describing what it takes to care for his brother, who has #schizophrenia. Read about the study that explored how caregivers of those with #SevereMentalIllness cope. bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026-1…
Health Beat #40 | The mental scars of climate disasters youtu.be/ZQtE0Wq6_oE?si=Og3u… via @YouTube
Childbirth abuse is rife, so why don’t we see it? sowetan.co.za//news/2026-09-…
Childbirth abuse is rife. So why don’t we see it? businessday.co.za/news/healt…
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
Meet Precious Mafanga who got the HIV prevention jab #Lenacapavir (LEN), intended for HIV-negative people including adolescent girls, young women and other key population.
"I’m 39, a mother of four, a wife and a sex worker."
Read more:
bhekisisa.org/special-report…
@GovernmentZA
Lenacapavir shot offers hope, but access is constrained businessday.co.za/news/healt…
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
ARCHIVE | Some of these medical students have never worked with a laptop, but their pass rates are still much higher than the average at prestigious universities like Wits. Find out why. #ruralhealth #UHC bhekisisa.org/article/2022-1…
The first generic weight-loss drug hit SA in August — with many expected to follow. Will it be enough to kill the black market? bhekisisa.org/health-news-so… via @Bhekisisa
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
South Africa finally has its first generic version of the ingredient in #Ozempic. The catch? It’s only about 18.5% cheaper. And while legal #GLP1s remain expensive, a dangerous black market is thriving.
Will generics change that?
bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
Why Inequality, Not The Next Virus, Could Be the World's Greatest Pandemic Threat allafrica.com/stories/202608… via @allafrica
South Africa's roll-out of the six-monthly HIV prevention injection, #LEN, offers an early clue.
More than half of people choosing the jab had never used HIV prevention medicine before.
Choice appears to be bringing new people to #PrEP.
#AIDS2026
bhekisisa.org/article/2026-0…
Aids gains threatened by more than $1.5bn drop in international financing businessday.co.za/news/healt…
What HIV got right — but obesity still hasn’t bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026-0… via @Bhekisisa
#Aids2026: What The Polygamist gets wrong about HIV — and what would save lives in real life bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026-0… via @Bhekisisa
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
An important and powerful message from one of Zimbabwe’s opposition parties, ZAPU, which correctly says that Zimbabweans can’t wait for 2028 after the shambolic and discredited election!
Zimbabwe has the highest inflation in the world, unemployment is at 95%, hospitals have no medication or treatment equipment like radiotherapy machines.
The local currency has lost 95% of its buying power in the last twelve months, there is a looming hunger crisis and yet the looting of public funds and the plunder of the country’s natural resources by ZANUPF political elites and their surrogates continues!
#2028IsTooFar ZAPU says!
RETWEET if you agree that Zimbabweans can’t wait for 2028!
Anna-Maria v Niekerk retweeted
Today, someone living with #HIV who takes treatment properly can expect a long, healthy life — and won't pass the virus on to sexual partners.
So why are so many people still afraid to test or start treatment?
Stigma.
Read more via @matapatilah.
#AIDS2026 #UequalsU
bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026-0…
Join us for our #AIDS2026 satellite symposium on Buying into the future: Economic evidence for scaling diversified PrEP delivery in the era of injectables.
Click here to add to calendar: ow.ly/PKpS50ZmWjC.
We are looking forward to seeing you at #AIDS2026.









