Peoples' Health Movement South Africa
17 July 2020 For Immediate Release C19 People’s coalition is outraged to learn of the shooting of Community Health Workers in Bhisho, Eastern Cape. On Thursday evening, 16 July, at 7:35pm, Community Health Workers (CHW) who occupied the Eastern Cape ...
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What a people-centred response to Covid-19 would look like
The following article was written by the following people P Benjamin, L Cairncross, L Reynolds, T Naledi, S Cox, M Stevens, I Schoeman, N Vidima, J van Duuren, L Louskieter, S Munshi and published online by the Daily Maverick. In South ...
Read More »Press Release Clear evidence for restrictions on public transport exists
The following statement was issued by The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa 30thJune 2020 The College of Public Health Medicine Task Team for evidence-based COVID-19 guidance released a guidance documentary in the epidemic on the 22ndMarch 2020 regarding public transport. ...
Read More »A fundamental shift is required to pool health resources to ensure public sector patients aren’t left behind
The following article was written by Lydia Cairncross, Louis Reynolds and Peter Benjamin who are all steering committee members of The People’s Health Movement South Africa. It was published online by the Daily Maverick. It is time, right now, to prove that ...
Read More »THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA) BETWEEN THE WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (WCDOH) AND INDEPENDENT HEALTH CARE SPECIALISTS
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 ...
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 »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 ...
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