The ALP welcomes aspects of the 2010/2011 budget
The AIDS Law Project (ALP) welcomes those aspects of the 2010/2011 budget that deal with health tabled by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan on 17 February 2010.
BEMF 2nd meeting: The treatment guidelines and the ARV tender – 5 February 2010
BEMF 2nd meeting: The treatment guidelines and the ARV tender – 5 February 2010.
Presentations:
- Introductory Notes – Nathan Geffen
- The New Treatment Guidelines – Francois Venter
- Procuring High Quality ARVs at Internationally Competitive Prices – Vishal Brinjlal
- Legislative Framework for Procurement – Jonathan Berger
Death by Delay: The moratorium on ARV initiation at Edendale Hospital
In 2009 the AIDS Law Project investigated a moratorium on initiating new patients onto ARV treatment at Edendale Hospital in Kwazulu-Natal following press reports from Health-e news and others, and a call from a concerned private practitioner in Pietermaritzburg.We now publish the report of that investigation.
Lack of oversight has led to a health emergency
Business Day, 9 February 2009
LAST November, a roadmap for health reform was finalised by a range of stakeholders in the field of health care, including the government. The purpose of the roadmap, which was developed under the auspices of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, is to provide guidance to the next government on priorities for health reform. It reflects a rare consensus regarding the achievements and failures of the health system, as well as new priorities.
HIV/AIDS: should the wealthy nations promote anti-HIV/AIDS efforts in poor nations?
HIV/AIDS: should the wealthy nations promote anti-HIV/AIDS efforts in poor nations? In Controversies in Globalization: contending approaches to international relations , Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009. Notes References
Civil Society and Uncivil Government – The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) versus Thabo Mbeki, 1998- 2008
This chapter examines the experience of one of South Africa‟s foremost pro-poor civil society movements, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), and uses it to reflect on the role that was played by social justice organisations during Mbeki‟s presidency (1999-2008).
EN and Others v Government of the Republic of South Africa and Others (Westville)
Since October 2005 the TAC and the AIDS Law Project (ALP) have assisted HIV positive inmates at Westville Prison in acquiring ARVs that have routinely been refused to them by prison authorities. Situated in Kwazulu Natal, one of the provinces most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, Westville had steadfastly prevented TAC or other NGOs from conducting treatment workshops, treatment literacy programs, or any form of HIV awareness training.
Disability Grants or Antiretrovirals – 2006
Disability grants or antiretrovirals? A quandary for people with HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Article by Chloe Hardy and Marlise Richter published in the African Journal of AIDS Research Volume 5 (1) 2006.
According to the Department of Social Development, disability grants are available to adult South African citizens and permanent residents who are incapacitated and unable to work due to illness or disability.
A number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs) have accessed disability grants once they have fulfilled the criteria set down by the Department of Social Development. Current government policies entitle PWAs, a least in theory, to access antiretroviral medications. Where PWAs have been able to access antiretroviral treatment (ART) through the government’s antiretroviral programme, this has led to an improvement in their health and subsequent disqualification for a disability grant.
Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa
Background, strategies and outcomes of the treatment action campaign case against the Minister of Health (2004) 19(2) South African Journal of Human Rights 278 by Mark Heywood Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa
Regulation Relating to Communicable Diseases, 1999
On April 23rd 1999 the Minister of Health published draft Regulations to add Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS) and AIDS related deaths to the Schedule of Notifiable conditions. If these Regulations become law all health professionals1 will be required to: