The article below was written by Emily Charrison, published online by In Daily Independent News Future doctors and health care professionals are not being effectively taught to address the “causes of the causes” in health curricula, an international public health expert ...
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People’s Health Movement of South Africa Supports The Demand to Access and Affordable Medicines!
Today the People’s Health Movement of South Africa stands in solidarity with fellow activist and civil societies in demanding the finalization of pro-public health IP policy by 7 May elections! Very recently the Mail and Guardian leaked documents that show how ...
Read More »No People’s NHI Without Community Care Workers
98 community care workers representing over 50 organisations with the Community Care Workers Forum, the Wellness Foundation and the People’s Health Movement of South Africa met to reaffirm the importance of community care workers in South Africa’s health system and ...
Read More »People’s Health Movement – South Africa Chairperson’s 2013 Report.
Introduction The context of health and ill health in 2013 has remained intensely divided and unequal. These problems have been highlighted in specific parts of the Eastern Cape where the state of health has been declared a crisis by local ...
Read More »People Health Movement South Africa hosts first SA People’s Health University!
Peoples’ Health Movement of South Africa hosted its first SAPHU in December 2013. This exciting project was inspired by the urgent need to develop a new layer of health activists in South Africa and was modelled on the tremendously successful of ...
Read More »Call for Applications! South African People’s Health University
Call for Applications! South African People’s Health University 02 – 06 December 2013 University of the Western Cape The People’s Health Movement of South Africa will be hosting the first South African People’s Health University. This course is aimed at health activists ...
Read More »Report: The Farm-worker Strikes of 2012-2013 and the Right to Health
Below is a report issued by the People’s Health Movement South Africa on Farm-worker Strikes of 2012-2013 and the Right to Health. This report was made possible with the help of Alysha Aziz a Fulbright scholarship recipient and volunteer with the People’s Health Movement South Africa. ...
Read More »Our next Public Meeting: Claiming the Right To Health
Together with the Leaning Network we will be hosting a Public Meeting: Claiming the Right To Health. If you are in Cape Town feel free to come join us for a discussion and photo exhibition about the current & potential of health ...
Read More »RIGHT TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE CAMPAIGN
Following some years of coordinating PHM’s Global Right to Health Campaign (RTHC), a Commission was set up in December 2009, tasked with defining the next phase for the global campaign. The Commission was asked to move the campaign from assessment ...
Read More »ICESCR RATIFICATION CAMPAIGN
A Civil Society Campaign to advocate for the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and its Optional Protocol, by the South African Government. A Campaign of the Community Law Centre, Socio Economic Rights project, ...
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