Forty years after the groundbreaking Alma Ata declaration, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) will return to Bangladesh for the 4th People’s Health Assembly (PHA4). The event will take place on 15-19 November 2018 in Savar (near Dhaka), Bangladesh, 18 years after ...
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Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018 for People’s Health Movement South Africa
PHM-SA Steering Committee members, James Irlam and Leslie London, will be cycling the 40th staging of the Cape Town Cycle Tour on 11 March 2018 to raise money for the People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA). PHM-SA calls for implementation ...
Read More »ICESCR Shadow Report – Call for Inputs
South Africa’s ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 2015 meant that the South African government had to submit a first progress report on implementing the Covenant, which it did in April 2017. This ...
Read More »Northern Cape SAPHU Activities, 2017
Introduction A South African People’s Health University (SAPHU) programme is offered by the People’s Health Movement South Africa (PHM-SA) in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Although the Northern Cape is not one of the poorest provinces, unemployment is ...
Read More »PHM Zimbabwe Applauds WHO’s Stripping of Mugabe’s Ambassadorial Role
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 ...
Read More »Op-Ed: Has the National Health Insurance process been captured?
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 ...
Read More »Please sign petition; Defending a People’s National Health Insurance – quality health for all, not private profit
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 ...
Read More »The WHO’s new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries
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. ...
Read More »Media Statement; PHM-SA Condemns The Murder of Children In The Eastern Cape.
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 ...
Read More »2017 Human Rights Budget Speech.
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 ...
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