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This rapid situational analysis was conducted during October 2020 to gain insight into the current situation with respect to access to quality health technologies (PPE, diagnostic tests, ventilators) for COVID-19 in South Africa, as well as potential barriers and enablers ...

Join us for a webinar on “Barriers and Enablers to Equitable Access to COVID-19 Health Technologies in South Africa” were the findings of the situational analysis focussing on the South African situation with regards to equitable access to C19 diagnostics, ...

The EACT team at PHM Global has prepared the below policy brief on the importance of waiver of TRIPS provision (proposed by India, South Africa and other countries) in ensuring access to vaccines, medicine and other technologies to Covid-19.

The following article is part of Spotlight’s ‘Reimagining health in the Eastern Cape’ series and it was written by our steering committee member  Melanie Alperstein and our coordinator Tinashe Njanji. It was published online by the Spotlight on 6th November ...

The People’s Health Movement notes with deep concern the political, economic and social crisis engulfing Zimbabwe whose post-Mugabe leadership have abandoned any pretence of democracy. Hopes for a renewal of the economy based on respect for human rights have been ...

17 July 2020 For Immediate Release C19 People’s coalition is outraged to learn of the shooting of Community Health Workers in Bhisho, Eastern Cape. On Thursday evening, 16 July, at 7:35pm, Community Health Workers (CHW) who occupied the Eastern Cape ...

The following article was written by the following people P Benjamin, L Cairncross, L Reynolds, T Naledi, S Cox, M Stevens, I Schoeman, N Vidima, J van Duuren, L Louskieter, S Munshi and published online by the Daily Maverick. In South ...

The following statement was issued by The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa 30thJune 2020 The College of Public Health Medicine Task Team for evidence-based COVID-19 guidance released a guidance documentary in the epidemic on the 22ndMarch 2020 regarding public transport. ...

Equity and Justice: Access to Health Technologies for COVID-19 PHM-SA held a webinar on 26th June to explore the challenges facing Civil Society in ensuring equity and justice in Access to new Health Technologies for COVID-19. The webinar had two inputs. ...

The following article was written by Lydia Cairncross, Louis Reynolds and Peter Benjamin who are all steering committee members of The People’s Health Movement South Africa. It was published online by the Daily Maverick.  It is time, right now, to prove that ...