by Tinashe Njanji | May 21, 2020 | Home, News & Analysis
The undersigned civil society organisations welcome the measures put in place by government to combat the spread of COVID-19. The nationwide screening, testing and contact tracing programmes are to be commended. We applaud the Department of Health (DOH) for developing...
by Tinashe Njanji | Apr 23, 2020 | Home, News & Analysis, NHI
The following article was written by three members of our steering committee who are Dr Lydia Cairncross, Dr Louis Reynolds, Prof Leslie London together with Russell Rensburg from RHAP. The article was published online by Daily Maverick. As we approach the probable...
by Tinashe Njanji | Apr 6, 2020 | Home, News & Analysis
The article below was written by our steering commitee member Dr Louis Reynolds, it was published online by the Amandla Media. The Coronavirus crisis and the struggle for health The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa has resulted in welcome signs that our government, at...
by Tinashe Njanji | Apr 2, 2020 | Home, News & Analysis
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 streets....
by Tinashe Njanji | Mar 25, 2020 | Home, News & Analysis
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...
by Anneleen De Keukelaere | Mar 17, 2020 | CHWs, Clinic Committees, Home, News & Analysis, NHI
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 difficult...