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It’s a shocking reality: most children in our country feel they need mental health support — that’s according to Unicef. Health Beat finds that depression and anxiety, especially in teens, are playing ...

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We specialise in credible narrative, evidence-based solutions journalism, focusing on health and social justice issues across Africa. Our editorial approach is grounded in making impact by ...

Bhekisisa was launched in January 2013 as the Mail & Guardian’s (M&G) health desk with financial support from the German government’s Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The ...

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work ...

David Harrison is a medical doctor and the chief executive officer at the DG Murray Trust, a public innovation fund based in Cape Town.

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In the eight years since the Gauteng health department ended its contract with a private psychiatric hospital group, Life Esidimeni, to look after long-term state mental health patients, a tragedy of ...