Public interest lawyer sharing news and views on current health law and policy developments in South Africa. Promoting active citizenship.
Joined December 2022
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Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
We, @DTHF_SA and partners, strongly condemn the Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed in the Ugandan Parliament on 21 March 2023. This a gross infringement of human rights and dignity and undermines sound public health policy #LGBTHealthMatters
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Profit versus health: 4 ways big global industries make people sick theconversation.com/profit-v… via @TC_Africa
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#DrunkDriving 🧵
If you live in South Africa and are against drinking and driving, now is your chance to do something about it
#RoadTrafficAmendment bill is currently making its way through the National Council of Provinces after being passed in @ParliamentofRSA in September
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Medicines regulator probes safety of pholcodine cough suppressants bit.ly/3Zd4Qf6
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[NEW] "It’s time for PR and ad agencies to come clean, end their work with the fossil fuel industry, and be a force for good, rather than part of the problem."
thedailyvox.co.za/22-south-a…[…]relations-agencies-to-cut-ties-with-fossil-fuel-companies/
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The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill has been passed by the National Assembly of @ParliamentofRSA!
@DOJCD_ZA @JhjSA
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An important submission, one that @SECTION27news has been raising concerns about from the very beginning. It is unjustified retrogression of the right to access healthcare services for a particularly vulnerable group of people.
Parl. legal services says #NHI Bill deprives asylum seekers of existing constitutional rights to access health care, without justification.
@SpotlightNSP @Bhekisisa_MG @HealthJusticeIn
@ScalabriniCT @CoRMSA @black_sash @LHR_SA
@Refugees @russ421 @MP_Baduza @alioctober
#hcsmSA
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#NEHAWUStrikeUpdate
Health Minister Joe Phaahla says following the LAC judgement, the @HealthZA has given essential #healthworkers until tom morning to report to work. @SECTION27news @AlexvandeHeever @Case4Health @PublicHealthSA @NEHAWU @DENOSAORG @SAMedicalAssoc @russ421
Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
OUT LGBT Well-being and MambaOnline publish a monthly overview of reported LGBTIQ+ rights violations, including hate speech, in South Africa. We look at February 2023. bit.ly/3YA4SNv
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Department of Health mulls legal action after four deaths linked to Nehawu’s wildcat strike iol.co.za/news/south-africa/…
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MEDIA STATEMENT || GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INTERDICTS STRIKING WORKERS
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SECTION27 has sought consent on behalf of its clients, @TAC & @MSF_southafrica to intervene as amici curiae (friends of the court) for a life-saving cystic fibrosis drug.
#Section27 #RightToHealth #MSF #HealthCare #cysticfibrosis
bit.ly/3YxPiSP
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Health activists seek to join legal fight against costly cystic fibrosis treatment businesslive.co.za/bd/nation… via @BusinessLiveSA
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No ‘dark reason’ behind delays in parliament’s meeting with legal advisers on NHI bill bit.ly/3SUeUbe
Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
This action ( Landmark SA court case takes on US maker of #cysticfibrosis drugs) is part of a global campaign for fair access for every country - please everyone, sign and RT this petition 🙏
actionnetwork.org/forms/cf-d…
@VertexSaveUs @JustTreatment @MarcCotterill @Bells50587538
Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
It's not clear which environmental licensing processes the Disaster Management Act regs hope to “streamline and expedite” (we can speculate), but there are serious questions about the lawfulness of regulations aimed at shortcutting or avoiding environmental licensing processes.🧵
Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
"Transgender people in the North West province are being forced to travel sometimes hundreds of kilometres to Soweto in Gauteng to access hormone replacement therapy (HRT)," reports @Mambaonline
Read more: bit.ly/3SqS6j2
#transgenderawareness #lgbtiqcommunity #news
Health Law & Policy Updates South Africa retweeted
#Budget2023 – opportunity missed to refocus public health spending? @SECTION27news @russ421 @RHAPnews @doctors_rural @budgetjusticesa @PSAM_AFRICA @ZukiswaKota @TreasuryRSA @EnochGodongwana @HealthZA @PARInstitute @Foster_Mohale @ClaireBotha3
spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/02/2…
