Mia Malan

Johannesburg

Editor-in-Chief at Bhekisisa

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The 6-monthly anti-HIV jab could end Aids in SA by 2032

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

09 April 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. WORTH A SHOT Lenacapavir could end Aids in South Africa by 2032. How much should we pay for it? “If HIV could talk, it would say, ‘thank God for the US president, because I can now spread more easily. I love the Trump administration,’” says HIV activist Mitchell Warren, who’s the executive director of the New York-based advocacy organisation, Avac.
Six-monthly anti-HIV jab could end Aids in SA by 2032

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

A modelling study shows that lenacapavir could end Aids in South Africa by 2032 – but only if between two and four million HIV-negative people in the country use the jab every year over the next eight years. How much should we pay for it? ‘If HIV could talk, it would say ‘thank God for the US president, because I can now spread more easily. I love the Trump administration’,” says HIV activist Mitchell Warren, executive director of the New York-based advocacy organisation, Avac.
The 6-monthly anti-HIV jab could end Aids in SA by 2032

2 weeks ago | bhekisisa.org | Mia Malan

A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the six-monthly anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while. The health department needs to step in, as the US government is unlikely to stick to a December commitment to buy the medicine for countries like South Africa, along with the Global Fund for HIV, TV and Malaria.
WATCH | Why are thousands of babies dumped each year in SA instead of being safely aborted?

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

Every year, hundreds of newborns and foetuses are found dumped in the open 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. While it’s difficult to track exact numbers, some experts estimate that abandoned babies and foetuses make up 2% of the 70,000 unnatural deaths recorded in South Africa annually.
BHEKISISA | SA research grants potentially on hold, says leaked NIH memo

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

30 March 2025 - 09:36 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A Lancet editorial published on March 20 cautions against “the emergence of widespread drug resistance”, “leading to a dramatic increase in infectious disease burden worldwide”.
South African research grants on hold, says leaked memo - and the NIH isn’t denying its existence

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

NIH response to Bhekisisa’s questionsOn Thursday March 27 Bhekisisa asked the media office of the NIH to confirm the veracity of the latest memo, and if it is indeed genuine, to explain what the timeline is for cutting South Africa’s grants and why South Africa has been listed as a country of concern.
SA research grants potentially on hold, says leaked US govt's National Institutes of Health memo

3 weeks ago | brnw.ch | Mia Malan

A leaked memo for grant management staff of the US government's National Institutes of Health instructs officers to hold "all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa". Some experts estimate that as much as 70% of SA's medical research, or up to $400 million (about R7.2 billion), is funded through the NIH. The latest NIH memo lists SA as a "country of concern", saying "it is the policy of the NIH not to prioritise diversity, equity and inclusion research programmes...
Cancellation letters roll in: Trump ends SA’s HIV and TB research grants

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

Cancellation letters, which end billions of rands of South African universities’ US-government-funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend. Last Friday evening, the University of the Witwatersrand’s Wits Health Consortium received a cancellation letter for a grant of $ 943,730 (R17.1 million), run by researchers Helen Rees and Ian Sanne. Several other internationally acclaimed researchers have reportedly also had their study grants terminated.
South African research grants potentially on hold, says leaked NIH memo

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

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. Some experts estimate that as much as 70% of South Africa’s medical research, or up to $400m, is funded through the NIH.
All South Africa’s US-funded research grants may be on hold

4 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Mia Malan

SOUTH AFRICA-UNITED STATES A leaked memo for grant management staff of the United States government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated 25 March, instructs officers to hold “all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa”. The confidential memo, of which the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, based in South Africa, has seen a copy, is labelled “draft”. It states that it replaces a previous document sent on 13 February and explains which research grants to terminate.