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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 ...

The following letter was sent to the Western Cape MEC for Health by the People’s Health Movement South Africa Letter For Recognition of Health Committees During COVID-19 We write to you to urge you to use the COVID-19 regulations to ...

Over the years, international organisations such as the WHO, have been systematically weakened. With the neoliberal paradigm spreading its tentacles far and wide, the independence and integrity of WHO as a global health authority has been seriously compromised with. This ...

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 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 ...

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 ...