EASTERN CAPE HEALTH CRISIS ACTION COALITION Press conference: Deadline looms for Eastern Cape Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana On September 13 2013 the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) handed a memorandum to Eastern Cape head of department Thobile Mbengashe. In it we raised a number of issues in which Continue Reading
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) has launched a newsletter series with regular updates on the state of healthcare in the province. The first edition was released on the 4th of October and details the commitments made by the Minister of Health in response to the TAC/SECTION27 report into Eastern Continue Reading
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi held a press conference to respond to the SECTION27/TAC report, “Death and Dying in the Eastern Cape” as well as the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition’s (ECHCAC) calls for better health care in the province. Please find the full press statement attached. Dr Continue Reading
Today, 11 September 2013, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) launch this investigative report into the collapsing health system in the Eastern Cape. The report is not about statistics and numbers but are stories from those at the coalface of the health system in the Eastern Cape – health Continue Reading
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) invite all media to an important media conference. The conference will feature the release of a special SECTION27 and TAC investigative report into the collapsing health system in the Eastern Cape as well as several announcements on a groundbreaking public campaign to fix Continue Reading
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC), which includes SECTION27, RHAP, TAC and DENOSA among others have written an open letter to the Premier of the Eastern Cape enquiring about the appointment of a permanent Head of Department for the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH). Please follow the Continue Reading
RuDASA is hosting its annual Rural Health Conference in St. Lucia, KwaZulu Natal from the 8th until the 10th of August. The theme is “going back to the roots”. SECTION27 is represented by John Stephens. Please find the presentation he is going to give attached. Whistleblowing and the role of actvism Continue Reading
SECTION27 is proud to launch its Health Reform Briefs in an effort to broaden discussion about the different ways in which the health sector is changing. The briefs will look at reform in the health care sector through the lens of the Constitution and public interest, tying together economics, health systems theory and the law.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), supported by SECTION27, RHAP and MSF have been involved in a campaign to ensure that villagers in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape get a clinic which ensures their rights to dignity and health. Attached is a presentation with pictures showing the Village clinic of the past at Continue Reading
SECTION27 staff were recently in Ermelo to give presentations on the NHI pilots in the Gert Sibande district. Please find them attached. Gert Sibande pilot presentation NHI Gert Sibande NHI monitoring tool presentation NHI policy Presentation – Mpumalanga
On 15 May 2013 the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, delivered his annual National Health budget and policy speech (here). The speech provides an opportunity for the Minister and his department to communicate progress they have made in delivering health services, the challenges they face and what they plan to do to advance the right to health.
Every month, Lusikisiki Village Clinic serves up to 8,500 people in the OR Tambo District of the Eastern Cape. At the beginning of 2013, the Eastern Cape Department of Health moved the clinic from a building in central Lusikisiki to a plot of dirt on the outskirts of town.