Biénne Huisman

1 week ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Siyabonga Kamnqa |Elri Voigt |Biénne Huisman

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. (Photo: Kopano Tlape/GCIS) News & Features17th April 2025 | Jesse Copelyn In late-January, the US suspended billions of dollars worth of international aid, including for HIV-related programmes in South Africa. The South African government could have responded by triggering an emergency funding mechanism but has failed to do so yet.

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Biénne Huisman

NEW THEORIES Recent data indicates that casual interactions in social places contribute significantly to the spread of TB. Stock photo. For centuries, it was believed that tuberculosis spread primarily when a vulnerable person spends hours in a poorly ventilated space with someone infectious. But new findings suggest that much TB transmission also occurs through casual contact.

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Biénne Huisman

NEW THEORIES Recent data indicates that casual interactions in social places contribute significantly to the spread of TB. For centuries, it was believed that tuberculosis spread primarily when a vulnerable person spends hours in a poorly ventilated space with someone infectious. But new findings suggest that much TB transmission also occurs through casual contact.

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Biénne Huisman

For centuries, it was believed that tuberculosis spread primarily when a vulnerable person spent hours in a poorly ventilated space with someone who was infectious. But new findings suggest that much TB transmission also occurs through casual contact. Conventional thinking held that enclosed spaces such as households, prisons, and shelters, where people spent long periods of time together, were where most TB transmission took place.

1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Biénne Huisman

SPOTLIGHT Elzette Rousseau from the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation told attendees at the top HIV conference in the US about a project taking HIV prevention services to schools in Cape Town. Biénne Huisman visited one of the sites to find out how it works.