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@bhekisisa.orgScientists predicted ‘Friday 13 November 2026’ will be ‘doomsday.’ Should you be worried?
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@bhekisisa.orgIn today’s newsletter, Refiloe Motaung from the Wits Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office explains why LEN won’t sell itself. Find out more. #BhekisisaInYourInbox
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@avac.orgReposted by @bhekisisa.orgAnother important read by @bhekisisa.org, bhekisisa.org/opinion/2026....
"South Africa helped prove that #LEN works. The next question is whether we can make it affordable and widely available, while also strengthening our ability to make medicines in Africa."
@bhekisisa.orgResearchers from the Africa Health Research Institute studying climate change in four African countries have found that flooding accounts for a quarter of all mental disorders. #HealthBeat finds out how they’re helping to rebuild the minds of survivors.
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@bhekisisa.orgWhen climate disasters follow you home and invade your sleep. More in today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox. mailchi.mp/bhekisisa.or...
@bhekisisa.orgHealth Beat explores how rising heat is disrupting sleep in Khayelitsha, and how simple home improvements can mean a better night’s rest.
#TooHotToSleep #HeatwaveSleep #HotSummerNights #SummerInsomnia #SleepStruggles #SweatingInBed
@bhekisisa.orgHow do floods, cyclones and drought affect mental health, and what are researchers learning about helping people recover?
@bhekisisa.orgWhat happens when your home stays hot all night? Temperatures inside some informal homes can reach 30°C — disrupting sleep. Now University of Cape Town researchers are testing surprisingly simple solutions.
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@bhekisisa.orgThe Africa Health Research Institute researchers studying climate change in 4 African countries have found that flooding accounts for a quarter of all mental disorders. Find out how they’re helping to rebuild the minds of survivors on #HealthBeat later today at 2.30pm on eNCA, channel #DStv403.
@bhekisisa.orgFrom the trauma left by floods to the sleepless nights caused by heat, #HealthBeat with @miamalan.bsky.social finds out what researchers are learning about helping people recover from the health costs of floods and weather disasters.
That’s on Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA, channel #DStv403.
@bhekisisa.orgWhat happens when your home stays hot all night? Temperatures inside some informal homes can reach 30°C — disrupting sleep. Now UCT researchers are testing surprisingly simple solutions.
More on Bhekisisa's #HealthBeat with @miamalan.bsky.social on Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA, channel #DStv403.
@bhekisisa.orgThe Africa Health Research Institute researchers studying climate change in four African countries have found that flooding accounts for a quarter of all mental disorders. Find out how they’re helping to rebuild the minds of survivors on #HealthBeat, Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA.
@bhekisisa.orgHow do floods, cyclones and drought affect mental health, and what are researchers learning about helping people recover? Watch HealthBeat with @miamalan.bsky.social on Sunday at 2.30pm on eNCA, channel #DStv403.
@bhekisisa.orgWould African-made #LEN cost more?
Possibly, especially at first.
But if African countries combine their orders and buy larger quantities, locally made LEN could become cheaper.
The question isn’t only can we make it. It’s: who will buy it?
@bhekisisa.orgHere’s the problem with making #LEN in SA:
A company can spend money preparing to manufacture it — only to discover there aren’t enough guaranteed buyers to make it affordable.
Without enough demand, local production may simply cost too much.
@bhekisisa.org@bhekisisa.org@bhekisisa.org“A spoonful of sugar: how South Africa’s weigh-and-pay shops are tackling ‘poverty tax’ head on.” Find out in @nicoleludolph.bsky.social’s pick for today’s #BhekisisaInYourInbox, from The Guardian.
@bhekisisa.orgSo what happens before a man becomes violent — and where can we intervene?
South African Medical Research Council researchers explain why preventing #GBV means looking at the frightened boy who came before the violent man.
