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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, ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) invites you to join our PHM-SA Steering Committee and other activist members in “walking the talk” of Health for All on Freedom Day, Saturday, 27 April 2019, from 8h00 at the Rondebosch Common, Cape ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) is joining the Movement for Change and Social Justice (MCSJ), in partnership with many other organisations, on a march on Wednesday, 24 April 2019, to demand the effective implementation of a People’s National ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) is dismayed that it has been ‘disinvited’ by the SABC from participating in the “Big Debate” on Health on Sunday evening, 14 April 2019. PHM-SA is one of very few civil society organisations ...

PHM South Africa is organising a series of National Health Insurance (NHI) workshops and public engagements with different communities and groups across the country. These workshops, in a campaign partnership with a number of other Civil Society Organisations, aim to ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) invites you to its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, 13 April 2019, in Cape Town. Date: Saturday, 13 April 2019 Time: 15:30 – 17:00 Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, Anzio Road, ...

The People’s Health Movement of South Africa (PHM-SA) notes with deep concern the reports of denial of access to emergency health care for people injured following protests against the Zimbabwe government’s recent fuel price hikes. Security forces have treated peaceful ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) ran a workshop on the National Health Insurance (NHI) for the Movement for Change and Social Justice (MCSJ) in Gugulethu on 23 November 2018. There were approximately 25 activists who brought their questions to ...

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR PROPER CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NHI BILL – STOP THE RUSH What started as a marathon has turned into a sprint. After over a decade of policy documents, each iteration being further denuded of ...

By Shehnaz Munshi At the Rural Health Conference 2018, the People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) hosted a workshop themed “Bavuse! Mobile Mobilisation for a People’s NHI”. The conference took place on 21‑24 September 2018 close to Meyerton (Gauteng). Shehnaz Munshi, a ...