Open letter to Dr Zweli Mkhize and Mr Tito Mboweni
Dear Dr Zweli Mkhize and Mr Tito Mboweni, As civil society organisations, SECTION27 and the Institute for Economic Justice congratulate you on your appointment to the portfolios of Minister of…
FREE STATE HEALTH MORATORIUM – ROUND II
FIRE HEALTH MEC BENNY MALAKOANE! 3 JULY 2014, BLOEMFONTEIN: An effective moratorium has been placed on certain public health services in the Free State, a Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) investigation…
TAC PRESS CONFERENCE: Free State Health System in Crisis
Free State Health System in Collapse – Lives are Being Lost Urgent & Immediate Intervention from Minister of Health needed Media invite to attend a press conference with the Treatment…
Sister Sue Roberts, Extraordinary Public Sector Nurse and Pioneer of South Africa’s ARV programme.
Sister Sue Roberts On Tuesday 1 July 2014 Sue Roberts retires. I have known Sue for nearly 20 years. It’s remarkable that a large part of her life as a…
Statement: Free State Health System in Collapse – Lives are Being Lost
19 June 2014 Free State Health System in Collapse – Lives are Being Lost Urgent & Immediate Intervention from Minister of Health needed JOHANNESBURG – The Free State health system…
Statement: Civil Society expects Minister to vote Yes on memorandum to recognize Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB) as a Public Health Emergency at 4th SA TB Conference
12 June 2014, Civil Society expects Minister to vote Yes on memorandum to recognize Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB) as a Public Health Emergency at 4th SA TB Conference on 13…
A PRISON SENTENCE SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE: WE NEED A SERIOUS, URGENT, PUBLIC AND MONITORED PLAN TO STOP TB IN PRISONS
MEMORANDUM: A PRISON SENTENCE SHOULD NOT BE A DEATH SENTENCE: WE NEED A SERIOUS, URGENT, PUBLIC AND MONITORED PLAN TO STOP TB IN PRISONS To be delivered by the Treatment…
Competition Commission releases “Statement of Issues” and “Guidelines for Participation”
The Competition Commission's Private Healthcare Inquiry Panel has published the “Statement of Issues” and “Guidelines for Participation in the Market Inquiry into the Private Healthcare Sector” for public comment. The panel has invited the…
TAC and SECTION27 joint statement: NHLS oversight in crisis – Patients Pay the Price
26 March 2014 TAC and SECTION27 call on the Minister of Health to urgently bring an end to the financial woes facing the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). The continued…
Update on the Eastern Cape health crisis: ECHCAC newsletter Volume 2
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…
The Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition (ECHAC) analysis of the ECDoH’s Eastern Cape Health Systems Intervention document
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…
SECTION27 PRESS RELEASE IN RESPONSE TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH’S BRIEFING TO PARLIAMENT TODAY RE: THE EASTERN CAPE HEALTH CRISIS
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…