Tanya Pampalone

United States

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It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick

2 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone |Mia Malan

06 June 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. CATALYST Sex work has always been a dangerous profession. But ever since the Trump administration stopped most of its HIV funding in February, it’s become even more risky. “Hello, sis. How are you? I hope you're fine. I mean, I'm not.” A lot has been going on out there, he told Bhekisisa in the voicemail, one of the many we recently received. “You know, I’m a gay guy.
It’s the ‘Donald disease’ that’s making us sick

3 days ago | businesslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone |Mia Malan

Here are some of their stories. We collected the stories via voice notes with the help of health workers who worked for Pepfar programmes that have now been defunded. Female sex worker: ‘My child is going to be infected’“Yoh, life is very hard. Since all this happened, life has been very, very hard.” “I have tried to go to the public clinic for my medication. But as sex workers, we are not being helped.
South Africa: It's The 'Donald disease' That's Making Us Sick

3 days ago | allafrica.com | Tanya Pampalone |Mia Malan

As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to lose from the HIV funding cuts told Bhekisisa they have been left to fend for themselves. Which is bad news for all of us.
It’s the 'Donald disease' that’s making us sick

3 days ago | bhekisisa.org | Tanya Pampalone

Our so-called HIV “key populations” — men who have sex with men, transgender women, sex workers and people who inject drugs, and, in Africa also young women — have been hard hit ever since the Trump administration stopped most of its HIV funding in February. Key populations have a much higher chance of getting HIV than general populations which is why Pepfar, over the past decade, allocated most of its funds to programmes working with such groups.
Many people don’t report rape. Here’s how to do it if you decide to

Dec 9, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Tanya Pampalone

BHEKISISA The legal steps to report sexual assault in South Africa are straightforward. But there are a lot of reasons that people don’t do it.
Many people don’t report rape. Here’s how to do it if you decide to

Dec 5, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone

06 December 2024 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. THROUGH THE CRACKS The legal steps to report sexual assault in South Africa are straightforward. But there are a lot of reasons that people don’t do it.
Many people don’t report rape. Here’s how to do it if you decide to

Dec 5, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone |Nicole Ludolph

The law also says adults can’t have sex with children under the age of 16 or mentally disabled people, even with their permission. This is because, legally speaking, they don’t have the capacity to say yes to sex. How to report a rapeIf you do decide to report, here’s how to do it. 1. Go to the police station or a Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC)You can make a statement at your closest police station or at one of the 54 TCCs around the country.
How breast milk can help fight climate change

Nov 3, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Tanya Pampalone

Adding breast milk to the economyEnter Julie Smith, an economist, who is based in Australia and the lead author of the proposal. For the past 30 years, Smith has been thinking about how to get breast milk factored into GDP, or GDP, which is how the international community measures the economic worth of a country. It was in 2022, during an online meeting with the Unicef team in Nepal, that she was gobsmacked by a single statistic.
How breast milk can help fight climate change

Oct 28, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Tanya Pampalone

BHEKISISA Feeding babies commercial formula doesn’t add up. It’s costly for caregivers, not as healthy as breastfeeding and it’s also bad for the environment. In total, only 44% of women worldwide exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives, which is what the World Health Organization recommends. Data from 2016 shows that in South Africa that number drops to 32%.
How breast milk can help fight climate change

Oct 24, 2024 | bhekisisa.org | Tanya Pampalone

Only 44% of women worldwide exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months of their lives, which is what the World Health Organisation recommends. In South Africa, data shows the number likely sits at around 32%. Breast milk naturally boosts babies’ immune systems, protecting them against illnesses like asthma, diarrhoea and diabetes, and also improves thinking skills.