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SA’s cancer story | Are cancer rates actually going up?

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, NCDs

It isn’t always easy to know what to believe when it comes to cancer. In part 2 of a Daily Maverick and Spotlight special series on cancer, Biénne Huisman asks whether cancer cases are on the increase in South Africa, and why. On the way, she visits academic corridors and a Limpopo citrus orchard, all while trying to make sense of the available data.

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SA’s cancer story | Are cancer rates actually going up?

“When other kids were playing with dolls, I was playing being a doctor”, says SA’s new HIV and TB Czar

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus 1, Focus 2, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, HIV, Latest

Biénne Huisman meets South Africa’s recently appointed Deputy Director-General for HIV, AIDS, TB and sexually transmitted infections, discussing the latest HIV prevention medicines, her career turning points, and bedtime reading.

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“When other kids were playing with dolls, I was playing being a doctor”, says SA’s new HIV and TB Czar

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