The Stop Stockouts Project (SSP) releases a new report titled: Impact, Adaptation and Opportunity – South Africa’s Health System Post-PEPFAR. For over two decades, the United States used PEPFAR to support South Africa’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This support was abruptly withdrawn in January 2025. This report assesses the Continue Reading
This article was first published by Spotlight NSP. Read the original piece on their website. By Elri Voigt One of the most notable shifts in HIV treatment over the past two decades is that the antiretrovirals used today have much fewer side effects than the older ones and do a better job at Continue Reading
This article was first published by Spotlight NSP. Read the original piece on their website. Around 50 000 people died of HIV-related causes and around 7.8 million were living with HIV in South Africa in 2023. This is according to new estimates from Thembisa, the leading mathematical model of HIV in South Continue Reading
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
29th October 2019 | Spotlight by Thuthukile Mbatha and Kholofelo Mphahlele Since the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was introduced to Parliament on the 8thof August 2019, the debate about the plan, which promises to fundamentally change healthcare in South Africa, has heated up. The latest version of the Bill proposes only Continue Reading
(Washington, DC) — Last week it was announced that a dramatic cut in U.S. funding to South Africa’s HIV response will likely be reversed, so long as quality of services for people living with HIV is increased. The turnaround is a major victory for people living with HIV in the country, as critical resources Continue Reading
Johannesburg, 5 March 2019: The Gauteng Department of Health issued Circular Letter 5 of 2019, dated 20 February 2019 (“Circular”) in which it sought to limit access to health care services by people who are not South African through a requirement that they pay for all services. The Circular makes Continue Reading
With only a year until 2020 – and the deadline to reach the 90-90-90 targets – South Africa is dangerously off track. Currently 7.1 million people are living with HIV in the country. New HIV infections remain high, according to the Thembisa model1 at 275 000 in 2017, higher than Continue Reading
The Gauteng Department of Health issued a circular limiting the rights of non-South AFrican citizens to access health care. SECTION27 drafted a letter outlining the framework of legislation which the circular violated. Read the letter here. Letter to Prof Lukhele re Circular 5 of 2019 – 4 March 2019 You can Continue Reading
Eighteen years after the Durban conference, government efforts to increase medicine access – beyond HIV treatments – have been excruciatingly slow. Though ARVs are now widely available, many more shocking cases of injustice in access to essential medicines remain.
On the 26th of July at the International AIDS conference, hosted in the Netherlands, SECTION27 and the Treatment action campaign (TAC) launched a new publication documenting the history of the access to medicines movement in South Africa.
The Facts The Free State health care system, under MEC Benny Malakoane’s leadership, is one of the worst and fastest worsening in the country. Community Health Workers (CHWs) are a critical cadre of workers. They are in intended to be the backbone of the health care system. However, their conditions Continue Reading
