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In the press
I write and speak about obesity as a treatable disease, access to newer weight medicines in Africa, and metabolic health for people living with HIV.
- Eyewitness News · FeatureDiabetes becomes SA's leading cause of natural death, Stats SA data revealsAugust 2026
- Spotlight · AnalysisPeople with HIV are living longer but have fewer years of good health - new guidelines aim to change thatJuly 2026
- Sunday Times · FeatureDr Nomathemba Chandiwana battles obesity, SA's new HIV epidemicAugust 2025
- Wits University · ProfileAlumni spotlight: Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana2025
- News24 · FeatureObesity and HIV: semaglutide should be rolled out in SAMarch 2024
- Spotlight · AnalysisTaking a spoon to a knife fight: is SA ready for rising obesity rates?June 2023
- Bhekisisa · AnalysisThe skinny on Ozempic: why it can help with weight loss, but not for everyoneMay 2023
- Northeastern University · ProfileHer HIV research shed new light on treating African women with AIDS. Now her focus is COVID-19August 2021
- Channel 4 News · BroadcastSouth Africa's obesity crisis: preventing a disasterBroadcast
- CARTA Africa · ProfileCARTA Fellow profile: Nomathemba ChandiwanaFellowship
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