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PHM Zimbabwe Applauds WHO’s Stripping of Mugabe’s Ambassadorial Role 23 October 2017, Harare, Zimbabwe The People’s Health Movement (PHM) Zimbabwe applauds the World Health Organisation (WHO) for swiftly withdrawing the appointment of President Robert Mugabe as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador ...

The article below was written by Dr Louis Reynolds and published online by the Daily Maverick Barely a week after gazetting the latest White Paper as a policy document the National Department of Health abandoned its commitment to principles of ...

Call on the government to protect our National Health Insurance from corporate greed!!!! Sign the petition here Dear Minister Dr Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi, We demand a People’s NHI that is free from capture by the private sector and professionals. We ...

The article below was published online by the Conversation. The article was written by Professor David Sanders a founding and Steering Committe member and of People’s Health Movement -South Africa and the current Co-Chair of the People’s Health Movement Global.  ...

PHM-SA Condemns The Murder of Children In The Eastern Cape. The People’s Health Movement South Africa is devastated by on-going murders and abuse of children in the Eastern Cape, especially in the Port St Johns area. In 2014 People’s Health ...

The below is a Human Rights Budget Speech supported by a number of Civil Society Organizations including The People’s Health Movement South Africa. 2017 Human Rights Budget Speech 21 February 2017 People of South Africa, I have the honour to ...

The People’s Health Movement South Africa applauds Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba’s report into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of mentally ill patients in Gauteng in 2016. The subtitle of the report — “No guns: 94+ silent deaths and still ...

The People’s Health Movement Global and South Africa together with several other Organizations endorses the letter below January 2017 Open Letter to the
 Executive Board of the
 World Health Organization Dear Members of the Executive Board, Re: Conflict of interest safeguards ...

Advancing the Right to Health in South Africa! For a People’s NHI! Foreword In December 2015, the Department of Health released the White Paper on National Health Insurance for South Africa, a 97-page document that provides a roadmap to universal ...

Below is a tribute to Dr Halfdan written by the People’s Health Movement Global Dr. Halfdan Mahler, three times Director General of the World Health Organisation, passed away in Geneva on 14th December at the age of 93. Dr Mahler’s ...