Sipokazi Fokazi

Cape Town, South Africa

Senior Health Journalist at Bhekisisa

Senior health journalist @Bhekisisa_MG. Mother of 3 amazing, gorgeous souls. Christ follower... News and travel enthusiast. My tweets are my own.

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Can SA afford to not have climate-friendly ARVs? | Business

Nov 21, 2024 | brnw.ch | Sipokazi Fokazi |Zano Kunene

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Can South Africa afford the price of not having climate-friendly antiretrovirals?

Nov 21, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Sipokazi Fokazi |Zano Kunene

BHEKISISA Antiretrovirals like dolutegravir help keep people healthy. But their use adds to global warming, which drives climate change. Switching to newer forms of medicines can help to lower the carbon emissions from these medicines. But we don’t have enough to make this a reality. Here’s what has to change. The anti-HIV drug dolutegravir is part of the world’s arsenal to end Aids as a public health threat by 2030.
How hospitals fuel climate change

Nov 21, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Zano Kunene |Sipokazi Fokazi

BHEKISISA Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run and deal with waste can get this figure down. But South Africa’s healthcare workers say regulations prevent them from doing this — and so playing their part in slowing climate change.
Can SA afford to not have climate-friendly ARVs?

Nov 20, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Sipokazi Fokazi |Zano Kunene

21 November 2024 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. TRIPLE VISION Reaching the 95-95-95 goals (for which the numbers currently sit at 86-89-93) doesn’t have to cost us the earth, analyses show. Stock photo. The anti-HIV drugdolutegravir (DTG for short)is part of the world’s arsenal toend Aids as a public health threat by 2030.
Can South Africa afford to not have climate-friendly ARVs?

Nov 20, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Sipokazi Fokazi |Zano Kunene

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. Antiretrovirals like dolutegravir help keep people healthy. But their use adds to global warming, which drives climate change. Picture: NIAID/Flickr The anti-HIV drug dolutegravir (DTG) is part of the world’s arsenal to end Aids as a public health threat by 2030.
Waste, food and power: how hospitals fuel climate change

Nov 18, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Zano Kunene |Sipokazi Fokazi

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. Nearly 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the health-care sector, says a report launched at COP29, the UN’s annual climate change conference, on Tuesday — and money for dealing with the disastrous effects of changing weather patterns on people’s health is “urgently needed”.
Waste, food and power: How hospitals fuel climate change

Nov 18, 2024 | mg.co.za | Sipokazi Fokazi |Zano Kunene

Nearly 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector, according to a report launched last week at COP29, the UN’s annual climate change conference — and money for dealing with the disastrous effects of changing weather patterns on people’s health is “urgently needed”.
Waste, food and power: How hospitals fuel climate change

Nov 16, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Zano Kunene |Sipokazi Fokazi

16 November 2024 - 11:46 Nearly 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector, says a report (https://url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nxIQCWnKZyhpzjJBCKiKHo5wb6?domain=lancetcountdown.org/) launched at COP29 (https://url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/HC_WCX6X1zI6BnwYuksxHWtyAg?domain=cop29.az), the UN’s annual climate change conference on Tuesday — and money for dealing with the disastrous effects of changing weather patterns on people’s health is “urgently needed”. ..
South Africa: By 2025, Sangomas Are Likely to Be Unable to Practise Without Registration

Nov 14, 2024 | allafrica.com | Sipokazi Fokazi

New regulations likely to come into force early next year mean South Africa's roughly 200,000 healers will have to register with a regulatory council which will oversee their practice. But opposing views between healers and the Health Department could scupper the plan. At weddings in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, Gogo Selby Mawelele mixes Shangaan disco tunes.
By 2025, sangomas likely unable to practise without registration

Nov 13, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Sipokazi Fokazi

BHEKISISA New regulations likely to come into force early next year mean South Africa’s roughly 200,000 healers will have to register with a regulatory council which will oversee their practice. But opposing views between healers and the Health Department could scupper the plan. At weddings in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, Gogo Selby Mawelele mixes Shangaan disco tunes.