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The following article was written Dr Lydia Cairncross and Kelly Gillespie. It was published online by the Spotlight During South Africa’s 21-day lockdown we have started to see worrying scenes of police and army officers beating and harassing citizens in ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa is among the 100 Civic Organisations, trade unions, faith-based organisations, organisations of informal workers and community-based organisations who endorsed the Programme of Action in the time of COVID-19 – A call for solidarity in ...

Public Meeting at Observatory, Cape Town.  Saturday, 14 March 202 The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will have its major impact on working class people in crowded periurban settlements where public health measures to slow it down and “flatten the curve” are ...

Below is our response to the 2020 Budget Speech The budget announced by finance minister Tito Mboweni on 26 February will intensify our national health crisis. It will weaken the public health system and, at the same time, increase our ...

The following is our submission we made to parliament on the National Health Insurance Bill of 2019  The submission was made on 29 November 2019 Introduction The 2019 NHI Bill is an improvement on the 2018 draft bill. It is ...

The People Health Movement South Africa today 10-12-19 wer picketing at the parliament of South Africa between 10am and 11am to highlight that South Africa is currently faced with the double burden of malnutrition – undernutrition and overweight with poor quality ...

People Health Movement South Africa mourns the untimely and all-too-early death of our pioneer and founder leader David Sanders. But while we are deeply grieving, we also celebrate a life that inspired people across the world and continues to inspire ...

The following article was written by Dr Louis Reynolds and Prof David Sanders, who are both our steering committee members and founding members of the PHM-SA. The article was published online by the Daily Maverick.  We must build an equitable, ...

This document is made as a consolidated representation of the position of the People’s Health Movement of South Africa on the issues and priorities within the Human Resources for Health (HRH) environment. Investment in and reorientation of HRH can and ...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) in South Africa play an important part in the delivery of health care services to communities. CHWs have been crucial in the health care system through various programmes, including testing and prevention of HIV and TB, ...