ECHCAC calls on the provincial and national health departments to urgently intervene before any more lives are lost. The Coalition urges the departments to act swiftly to avoid the situation degenerating to the state which occurred in the North
Mothers giving birth at home; babies developing disabilities due to difficult unsupervised births; diabetics unable to reach treatment; old women crossing rivers and spending most of their pensions to get…
ECHCAC STATEMENT ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S HEARING INTO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE EASTERN CAPE “I am grateful to hear that the government provides these things called…
A recently launched website unveiling the secrecy around the annual initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape has sparked a large outcry among sections of the Eastern Cape population, notably the…
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHCAC) has released the second volume of their newsletter with updates on the state on healthcare in the province. It is titled Response to…
Read the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition’s analysis of the ‘Eastern Cape Health Systems Intervention’ which is being presented this morning to the Portfolio Committee on Health in Parliament…
CAPE TOWN – National health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and newly appointed Head of the Eastern Cape health department Dr Thobile Mbengashe today addressed the Portfolio Committee on Health regarding…
The Keiskamma Trust, a community organisation that works with vulnerable groups in the Amatole region in the Eastern Cape has released a statement announcing that they are officially and publicly…
EASTERN CAPE HEALTH CRISIS ACTION COALITION 15 October 2013 ECHCAC press statement: Request for a meeting with Premier, Provincial Government and the ANC following non-response from MEC Sicelo Gqobana EAST…
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…
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 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…