WHO’s 75th anniversary comes at a fraught moment. The
vaccine apartheid that has marked the COVID-19 pandemic
response has once again raised questions about the
influence of corporate actors and their Global North partners
on global health.
21 May 2020 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 Continue Reading
It’s an uphill drive to Butterworth Hospital, a bustling, rambling, noisy, chaotic town on the N2 between Mthatha and East London. Coming from East London you turn left and head up a hill past dilapidated houses and blocks of flat with the big hospital building perched on a hill. Everything seems Continue Reading
What the Political Declaration on UHC says and what this means for South Africa Political declarations are just that – statements of what countries say they want to achieve, individually and collectively. They are not binding in a way that a law or a treaty would be binding. Nevertheless, they Continue Reading
The days following the High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage consist of side-meetings between civil society, government and funding organisations. On Tuesday, we attended a session on funding for UHC and the role and voice of patients; and a session on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability. In both sessions, there Continue Reading
New York, 23 September 2019: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the first High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage today. He drew the link between health and the economy, noting that good health is both an outcome and a driver of economic progress and that investment in health Continue Reading
Dear Dr Zweli Mkhize and Mr Tito Mboweni, As civil society organisations, SECTION27 and the Institute for Economic Justice congratulate you on your appointment to the portfolios of Minister of Health and Finance respectively. We wish you courage and fortitude as you take on these critical portfolios at a difficult Continue Reading
NHI submission from SECTION27 and TAC – 21 September 2018
We call on national trade union leaders, from COSATU, SAFTU, FEDUSA and NACTU as well as religious leaders to step in to help resolve this ongoing crisis and assist in urgently restoring healthcare services in the province.
Lives are being lost. This is an emergency.
A few meters from the entrance to Philani Clinic in Queenstown, opposite the gate, is a black-walled tavern. On weekdays, it’s as quiet as a church; but on weekends, music bursts out of its dark interior, cars line the street and patrons dance between them, holding beer cans and bottles. The gates of the clinic are not
JOHANNESBURG, 30th MARCH 2017 – HIV and tuberculosis (TB) remains at crisis levels in South Africa. Every year around 270 000 people are still newly infected with HIV. A recent Statistics South Africa report listed TB as the number one reported cause of death in South Africa. Drug-resistant TB is a serious Continue Reading
South Africa’s health care system remains under significant strain. The quadruple burden of disease (consisting of HIV and TB, non-communicable diseases, violence and injuries and maternal, newborn and child health) continues amid human resources constraints, limited budgets, infrastructural challenges, essential medicine stock outs, and poor facility, district and provincial management. Continue Reading
