24 October 2023, Johannesburg – The Minister of Health, MEC and HoD for Gauteng Health and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital returned to Court on 23 October to report on compliance with the court order on free health care services for all pregnant and lactating women and young children. In Continue Reading
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UPDATE: 26 June 2024, Johannesburg – The judgment in the Life Esidimeni inquest is set be delivered on Wednesday, 10 July 2024 by Judge Mmonoa Teffo of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. The Life Esidimeni Inquest resumed on 26 October 2023, at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria where SECTION27 argued Continue Reading
In April 2023, SECTION27 welcomed the Court order confirming that all pregnant and lactating women and children under 6 must be provided with free healthcare services at public hospitals. Along with our partner organisations, SECTION27 has campaigned for the right to access healthcare services for all persons in South Continue Reading
20 January 202 – The Collective Voices against Health Xenophobia condemns Operation Dudula’s recent illegal attacks on patients at Jeppe Clinic in Johannesburg that not only endanger individual health, but also public health. The Collective is a consortium of progressive civil society organisations, activists, healthcare workers, and researchers working on Continue Reading
MEDIA ALERT: SECTION27 to cross-examine Dr Makgabo Manamela on behalf of bereaved Life Esidimeni families 28 November 2022, Johannesburg — SECTION27 will commence its cross-examination of Dr Makgabo Manamela in the Life Esidimeni Inquest this afternoon. Dr Manamela was the Director of the Mental Health Directorate at Gauteng Department of Continue Reading
REISSUE: HEALTH REFORM NEEDED MORE URGENTLY THAN EVER – LAUNCH OF NEW RESEARCH ON HEALTH SYSTEMS CHANGE SECTION27 and Concentric Alliance to host health stakeholders in a webinar to engage on ways forward for health reform in South Africa at launch of new research report. 19 June 2022, Johannesburg – Continue Reading
As we commemorate World TB Day in 2022, we call on stakeholders to scale up the roll-out of TB preventive therapy.
SECTION27: Adolescent vaccinations must continue to protect learners in overcrowded schools, admitted as amicus curiae in teen vaccine case.
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition urges the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH) to provide tangible plans to remedy healthcare crisis in the province.
ON WORLD AIDS DAY, SECTION27 AND THE TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN TO PRESENT ON NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 30 November 2021, Johannesburg — SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will present our concerns with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to the Portfolio Committee on Health in Parliament Continue Reading
MEDIA STATEMENT: CALL IT WHAT IT IS, GAUTENG GOVERNMENT: THERE IS A CANCER CRISIS IN GAUTENG! Health activists to march to Gauteng Premier’s office on 23 November 2021 to demand better access to cancer treatment 17 November 2021, Johannesburg — Health activists from Cancer Alliance, the Treatment Action Campaign and Continue Reading
