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 ...
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PHM-SA Response to the 2020 Budget Speech
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 ...
Read More »The People’s Health Movement of South Africa Submission on the National Health Insurance Bill
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 ...
Read More »Picket Today: People’s Health Movement Statement Against Non-Communicable diseases!
The People Health Movement South Africa today 10-12-19 wer picketing at the parliament of South Africa between 10am and 11am to highlight that South Africa is currently faced with the double burden of malnutrition – undernutrition and overweight with poor quality ...
Read More »People Health Movement South Africa mourns the untimely and all-too-early death of our pioneer and founder leader David Sanders.
People Health Movement South Africa mourns the untimely and all-too-early death of our pioneer and founder leader David Sanders. But while we are deeply grieving, we also celebrate a life that inspired people across the world and continues to inspire ...
Read More »To have or not to have an NHI
The following article was written by Dr Louis Reynolds and Prof David Sanders, who are both our steering committee members and founding members of the PHM-SA. The article was published online by the Daily Maverick. We must build an equitable, ...
Read More »The People’s Health Movement South Africa Submission to Ministerial Task Team on Human Resources for Health
This document is made as a consolidated representation of the position of the People’s Health Movement of South Africa on the issues and priorities within the Human Resources for Health (HRH) environment. Investment in and reorientation of HRH can and ...
Read More »National Community Health Workers Summit Resolutions, Bloemfontein, 1 March 2019
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, ...
Read More »Walking the Talk for People’s National Health Insurance, Freedom Day, 27 April 2019
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 ...
Read More »Too poor to be treated? March for a People’s NHI! Cape Town, 24 April 2019
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 ...
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