Mia Malan

Johannesburg

Editor-in-Chief at Bhekisisa

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WATCH | Baby Saver boxes: lifelines to moms or criminal tools?

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Anna-Maria Van Niekerk |Anna-Maria van Niekerk |Mia Malan |Jessica Pitchford |Yolanda MDZEKE |Thatego Mashabela | +1 more

02 May 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Are baby boxes a harmful tool that makes child abandonment and trafficking easy, or a lifesaver for mothers with nowhere to turn? Watch our latest episode of Health Beat. In 1999, a metal box called the “Door of Hope” was installed at a church in Johannesburg, offering birth mothers in crisis a safer way to leave their babies.
SA needs R2.82bn to plug the US funding gap — for now

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Mia Malan

BHEKISISA The Health Department has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year after the Trump administration cut more than half of such support to the country in February. (Photo: Flickr / NIAID) The Health Department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and TB projects in South Africa will end by September 30. It has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year. But these funds have...
Fighting for funds: a new era of HIV activism

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Mia Malan

HIV ACTIVISTS The Health and Human Rights Oral History Project's video testimonies that capture three decades of health activism from around the world, might provide a blueprint for the next wave of HIV activism. “So the US funding cuts happened, and I was looking for the noise! I was asking the other day, where are my people, why aren’t they shouting?” says Sisonke Msimang, the South African writer and political scientist.
R2.82 billion. That's what we need to plug the US funding gap – for now | News24

3 weeks ago | brnw.ch | Mia Malan

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R2.82bn: that’s what we need to plug the US funding gap - for now

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Mia Malan

The national health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and TB projects in South Africa will end by September 30 and has calculated that it needs R2.82bn to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year after US President Donald Trump’s administration cut more than half of such support to the country in February. The government’s financial year runs from April 1 to March 31.
South Africa: R2.82-Billion. That's What South Africa Needs to Plug the US Funding Gap - For Now

4 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Mia Malan

The national health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) projects in South Africa will end by September 30 and has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year after the Trump administration cut more than half of such support to the country in February. The government’s financial year runs from April 1 to March 31 .
R2.82-billion. That’s what we need to plug the US funding gap — for now - Bhekisisa

4 weeks ago | bhekisisa.org | Mia Malan

The national health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) projects in South Africa will end by September 30. The department has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for the rest of the financial year after the Trump administration cut more than half of such support to the country in February.
LISTEN | 8 in 10 ADHD cases are genetic. Can you outgrow it?

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Mia Malan

15 April 2025 - 17:14 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. In this podcast episode, Mia Malan speaks to psychiatrist Renata Schoeman, who is the co-author of South Africa’s ADHD management guidelines and chairs the special interest ADHD group of the SA Society of Psychiatrists. Up to 16% of school-aged children and 4% of adults have attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, show international studies.
[LISTEN] 8 in 10 ADHD cases are genetic. Can you outgrow it?

1 month ago | bhekisisa.org | Mia Malan

In South Africa, the proportion of primary school children with ADHD who use government health facilities is as low as 1.72% because the public sector doesn’t have enough of the right health workers to diagnose people. Eight in 10 people with the condition have a child, parent or sibling with it. Many adults only discover they have ADHD when their children get diagnosed and they recognise the symptoms in themselves. Malan asks Schoeman: can you outgrow the condition? Find out.
Why are thousands of babies dumped in South Africa each year?

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Anna-Maria Van Niekerk |Anna-Maria van Niekerk |Mia Malan |Jessica Pitchford |Yolanda MDZEKE

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Every year, hundreds of newborns and foetuses are found dumped in the veld, dumps and public toilets. Abandonment is often because of a lack of options. When mothers feel desperate, they may choose to dispose of their newborns.