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The following is the service level agreement between Western Cape Health Department and Independent Health Care Specialists signed on 08 June 2020. COVID-19 RESPONS THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA) BETWEEN THE WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (WCDOH) AND INDEPENDENT HEALTH ...
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Thembinkosi Qondela – Sharing beautiful obituary written by Prof Leslie London
Tembi Qondela, who was a researcher in our School from 2003 to 2008, died of COVID-19 related complications in Groote Schuur Tuesday night (2 June 2020). He had developed severe infection, was admitted to Groote Schuur on Friday 29 May ...
Read More »Over 70% of surgeries in SA will be cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19 – how will we catch up?
The article below was co-authored by Dr Lydia Carncross who is our steering committee member. The article was published by Daily Maverick. Health resources are now appropriately focused on Covid-19, but we also need a post-Covid-19 Surgical Recovery Plan to ...
Read More »CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR PRINCIPLED CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE COVID-19 HEALTH RESPONSE, AS WELL AS MORE COORDINATION AND TRANSPARENCY
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 ...
Read More »Letter To Western Cape MEC of Health Hon French Mbombo: Recognition of Health Committees During COVID-19
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 ...
Read More »Join The Webinar is being organised by People’s Health Movement and Tricontinental Research Institute (India).
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 ...
Read More »It is urgent to integrate SA’s private and public healthcare systems now
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 ...
Read More »The Coronavirus crisis and the struggle for health
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 ...
Read More »COVID-19: We need a People-led not Army-enforced Lockdown
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 ...
Read More »A Programme of Action in the time of Covid-19 – a call for social solidarity
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 ...
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