News & Analysis

Dear PHM friends, As you might be aware, the deadline for submitting comments on the NHI Bill is approaching real soon: Friday, 21 September. Our request for extension has been refused and now we are calling on all health civil ...

By Leslie London The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, gave a presentation on the National Health Insurance (NHI) at the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) Conference on 12 September 2018. Although the Minister reaffirmed a commitment to a Single-payer system in ...

[This article first appeared in The Pulse, September 2018 Edition, newsletter of the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA)] By Leslie London Affiliations: School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, and People’s Health Movement Nothing in the ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) welcomes the announcement by the Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday 3 September 2018, that South Africa is now listeriosis-free. The outbreak confirms that we need strong legislation with adequately-resourced monitoring and ...

A joint civil society submission on “Health Rights, Issues and Recommendations”  in South Africa has been made to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) by the People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) in collaboration with ...

The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has been released and is open for comments. PHM-SA, together with SECTION27, TAC, RHAP and UWC SoPH, amongst others, are in the process of mobilising civil society to request a 3-month extension of the submission ...

In 2015, South Africa ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), more than 20 years after we transitioned from apartheid to a democracy based on a constitutional commitment to human rights. This was a historic event ...

Applications are now open for “The Struggle For Health” short course by the International People’s Health University (IPHU) for young health activists from 5 to 13 November in Savar (just outside Dhaka), Bangladesh. This course is held in the lead up to the ...

By Louis Reynolds & David Sanders This article first appeared on 5 July 2018 in Spotlight. The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) welcomes the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill in that it confirms Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through a single payer ...

By Louis Reynolds This article was first published on 4 July 2018 in Elitsha, a publication of Workers’ World Media Productions. The People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM) supports the NHI, but with some reservation. The NHI is essentially a funding ...