People's Health Movement South Africa

Health for All Now People's Health Movement South Africa offers community health activists a voice in dialogue with expert analysis. This channel offers conversations on different health related topics from a perspective that challenges inequality, and promotes health for all. Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

Moderator : Maaza Seyoum Partnerships & Communications Lead African Alliance Guests: Dr. Githinji Gitahi Group CEO of AMREF Health Africa Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Exec Director if the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan Management Strategist / Movement Co-ordinator at Africans Rising Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

In this episode, Peter Van Heusden talks about 'What we know and don't know about this new variant" and Lauren Paremoer (PHM SA) addresses 'The politics of the new variant and vaccine apartheid.' Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

Moderator: Kate Stegeman | Advocacy Coordinator Access Campaign MSF (South Africa) Speakers: Patrick Tippoo | Executive Director of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) and Head of Science and innovation at Biovac (South Africa) Sun Kim | Director, Health Policy Centre, People’s Health Institute (South Korea) Gustavo Matta | Associate researcher in Public Health, FIOCRUZ (Brazil) Fa...

Moderator: Prof Asha George Guests: Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo Moses Mulumba Itai Rusike Watch on YouTube · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

How greed and self-interest have expanded the gulf between the Global North and the Global South and given rise to VACCINE APARTHEID and VACCINE INEQUITY. Moderator: Maaza Seyoum Partnerships & Communications Lead: African Alliance Guests: Dr Kamran Abbasi British Medical Journal - Executive Editor for Content Dr Fifa Rahman Civil Society Representative, Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, repre...

Moderator: Prof. Leslie London | UCT & PHM SA Panelists: Candice Sehoma - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF); Prof Rodrigo Uprimny – National Univ of Columbia. Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Prof. Yousuf Abdoola Vawda - Univ of KZN During the pandemic, we have sharply highlighted the inequitable access to care and prevention for COVID-19, and the terrible impact that...

Our experiences in Community Monitoring on C19 In this episode: Facilitated by: Dr Lauren Paremoer, member of PHM SA Speakers: Bongelane Nene - Community monitor from Gauteng Caroline Mshengo - Community monitor from Mpumalanga Noluthando Nontobeko Mhlongo - Community monitor from KwaZulu Natal Dr Theresa Mwesigwa - DoH EACT is a civil society coalition working together towards equitable access to...

Since the pandemic was declared by the WHO, there has been a rush to try to find ways to stop the virus. The production of a vaccine that would help both to get immunity, as well as manage the symptoms of the disease. But the race for vaccine is a complicated one. We live in a world dominated by Big Pharma, and there is a competing interest of the health of the global population, and profit. Vacci...

In this episode we discuss overcoming barriers to medicines, vaccines, and medical tools for cancer, diabetes, HIV and TB, as well as COVID-19. This is even more important as the World Trade Organisation's TRIPS council meets to discuss the proposal by South Africa. Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

International Solidarity for the TRIPS Waiver Moderator: Kate Stegeman | Advocacy coordinator, MSF Access Campaign, South Africa Connect with Kate on LinkedIn · MSF Access Campaign · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

This seminar was a platform to share the actions of Civil Society in response to an attempt by Solidarity and Afriforum to promote private procurement and distribution of vaccines for COVID-19 in SA. Solidarity and Afriforum lodged court papers to compel government to allow the private sector, NGOs and provinces to procure and distribute vaccines independent of government. The Health Justice initi...

This webinar was organised and hosted by the International Labour, Research and Information Group (ILRIG) on 25th February 2021. Moderated by Dr. Dale McKinley from ILRIG, the three panelists were: Fatima Hassan - Health Justice Initiative Dr. Lydia Cairncross - People’s Health Movement Dr. Benjamin Kagina - Vaccines for Africa Initiative The panelists covered a lot of ground, focusing among other...

Speakers Dr. James van Duuren | PHMSA) Prof. Leslie London | PHMSA Fatima Hassan | Health Justice International Covid-19 Training Powerpoint Slides · Equitable Access - Vaccines and Patents · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website · PHM-SA 2021 01 Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and patents.pdf — PDF (1.5 MB)

What is a vaccine? What is a Covid-19 vaccine? How to debunk vaccine myths? What is a patent? What is the role of community health workers? What can we learn from the HIV access to medicines campaign? All these, and more, are answered in plain normal language in this podcast. Speakers > Prof. Leslie London | UCT and People’s Health Movement > Dr. James Van Duuren | People’s Health Movement Faceboo...

This episode presents the situational analysis conducted in October 2020 to gain insight into the current situation with respect to access to quality health technologies (PPE, diagnostic tests, ventilators) for COVID-19 in South Africa, as well as potential barriers and enablers to access to health technologies currently under development (vaccines, treatments). The situational analysis further so...

For NGOs, CBOs and cash-strapped governments, it is very easy to be seduced into taking money from anyone who is willing to provide it, especially if it will make a difference to whether or not you are able to carry out your programmes. But should you? Even if you have few viable alternatives? This is a very real dilemma faced by the non-profit sector and, to a lesser extent, government department...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges for the vulnerable and disadvantaged in accessing healthy and nutritious food. The People's Health Movement South Africa hosted a webinar to explore more on the challenges and possible solutions. Speakers > Roshila Nair > Phumeza Macwili > Professor Thandi Puoane Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

A space to hear the voices of people living through the Covid 19 experience in different scenarios and bearing witness to the suffering and to learn from these lived experience as to how we need shape future interventions and strengthen our healthcare system to deal with a medical emergency or pandemic more effectively. a. Recovered Covid 19 patient Nothemba Rixana shared her story of getting Covi...

This webinar was about struggle tactics used by the Gauteng CHWs who were recently offered permanent contracts by the Gauteng Health Department. The battle to archive permanent employment was not easy for them. It's been a winding road for our comrades in Gauteng. However, they did not give up. The struggle started when they were still employed by NGOs. They fought to be absorbed by the department...

Our experiences In the fight against Covid-19 Speakers > Nthombethemba Maduna - SACWF Chairperson > Bongelani Nene - Chiawelo CHWS > Bulelwa Faltein - EC SACWF > Noluthando Mhlongo - CHW KZN Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

A conversation early in the COVID 19 pandemic in South Africa listening to stakeholders talking about sexual and reproductive justice and what it means. This includes perspectives of SRJC members including an abortion provider and health manager, sex worker, and queer health manager. This podcast took place during lockdown and tracked the heightened vulnerabilities being experienced. A central mes...

Infodemiology and how to overcome bad messages with real information While the Covid 19 virus is spreading, so is false information about the pandemic. President Trump’s lies, conspiracy theories and misunderstandings in communities throughout SA can all cause confusion and worsen the C19 crisis. The World Health Organisation defines “Infodemiology” as the study of the spread of information and mi...

There is a lot of stigma in communities around COVID-19 cases. We hosted this webinar to address some of the stigma challenges and take lessons from HIV. The speakers spoke from their personal experience being C19 survivors, their struggle and where they found support. Speakers > Ncedisa Qabazi MCSJ > Lebogang Ramafoko Tekano > Bevil Lucas Reclaim the City Spoke as an activist and C19 survivor Fac...

Listen to the webinar. PHM-SA held a webinar on 26th June to explore the challenges facing Civil Society in ensuring equity and justice in Access to new Health Technologies for COVID-19. The webinar had two inputs. Yousuf Veriawa from UKZN mapped the Intellectual Property (IP) environment in South Africa and the important policy challenges and changes needed to ensure that the regulatory framework...