GOVERNMENT MUST #FIXTHEFORGOTTENSCHOOLS, SAYS SECTION27 SECTION27 takes education authorities to court for suspending infrastructure projects at Limpopo schools during Covid-19. UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 9AM 3 October 2022 – SECTION27 has filed papers with the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division, Pretoria) to ensure that the Department of Basic Education Continue Reading
Joint Statement: SECTION27 and TAC welcome strong CERD statement on COVID vaccine inequity Johannesburg, 5 May 2022 – The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and SECTION27 welcome the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s (CERD) ‘Statement on the lack of equitable and non-discriminatory access to COVID-19 vaccines’ at Continue Reading
MEDIA ADVISORY: SECTION27 TO ARGUE IN SUPPORT OF VACCINATION OF ADOLESCENTS IN COURT ON 28 AND 29 APRIL SECTION27 appearing as amicus curiae in court case about COVID-19 vaccines for teenagers 25 April 2022, Johannesburg – SECTION27 will argue in support of the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers in Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT: SECTION27 MAKES SUBMISSIONS ON THE NOTIFIABLE CONDITIONS REGULATIONS 22 April 2022, Johannesburg – The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, yet again, the importance of the surveillance and control of notifiable medical conditions. Accordingly, SECTION27 welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the proposed amendments to the Regulations Relating to Continue Reading
SECTION27 has filed heads of argument in support of continued vaccination against Covid-19 for teenagers in ACDP v Health Department case.
SECTION27: Adolescent vaccinations must continue to protect learners in overcrowded schools, admitted as amicus curiae in teen vaccine case.
With our partners, we return to court for school meals for learners that education departments have left behind during COVID-19. #SchoolMealsNow!
Open Letter: Former Heads of State and Nobel Laureates Call on President Biden To Waive Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines Dear President Biden, We the undersigned former Heads of State and Government and Nobel Laureates are gravely concerned by the very slow progress in scaling up global COVID-19 vaccine Continue Reading
Against a backdrop where myths and misinformation about vaccines against Covid-19 and immunisation programmes more generally are widespread, this manual aims to put public health messaging first. In this manual, we dispel common fictions and fears about the Covid-19 vaccine. Why this manual? A proportion of South Africans demonstrate vaccine Continue Reading
Fix The Patent Laws Coalition will picket outside the Department of Trade and Industry to call for patent reform for access to medicines.
On International Women’s Day in 2021, SECTION27 salutes women on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout 2020, owing to Covid-19, pupils’ right to basic education was undoubtedly compromised, particularly among the poor and working class. As school is set to resume on 15 February, there are mistakes the sector cannot afford to repeat. Motheo Brodie, Julia Chaskalson and Mila Harding Providing print learning materials and Continue Reading
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