Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, a South African-based media start-up. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work. A former Knight International Journalism Fellow and a Reuters Institute Journalism Fellow, Mia speaks internationally about health issues in Africa and media sustainability in the Global South.
In addition to her editing and reporting, Mia is frequently asked to speak on health issues for local and international media such as National Public Radio, Vox, BBC, Channel 4 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She regularly moderates panels for high-level events. Among others, this includes the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria’s 2022 World Health Assembly media roundtable; the UNAIDS session at the UN’s General Assembly’s High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS; and World Economic Forum’s Africa meeting on the “incon...