Decriminalise sex work – Ana's Story
Due to domestic violence and unfaithfulness of my husband I decided to run away from my marital home of 16 years in Tembisa to look for freedom and some peace…
A Long Wait for Justice
[caption id="attachment_878" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Sibongile Nkosi[/caption] In 2011 while Oscar Mabela, a former Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) employee, was conducting treatment literacy training at Dr C N Phatudi…
Human rights & access to justice in the NSP
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa says that everyone has the right of access to health care services. This includes access to life-saving medicines and related services such…
Human rights & access to justice in the NSP
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa says that everyone has the right of access to health care services. This includes access to life-saving medicines and related services such…
TB in prisons: What does the Dudley Lee case mean for TB in South Africa?
On 28 August 2012, the Constitutional Court heard argument in a case that will have major implications for public health and human rights. This case goes to the core of…
Issue 4: Introduction
[caption id="attachment_819" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Francesco Zizola, courtesy of NOOR[/caption] In 2012 we celebrate ten years since the Constitutional Court delivered a landmark judgment obliging the state to provide…
Time for new leaders at the Medicines Control Council
[caption id="attachment_770" align="alignright" width="200"] Nathan Geffen. Photo by bookslive.co.za[/caption] Until 1997 the Medicines Control Council (MCC) was an efficient and effective institution. It was recognised internationally for its excellence. When…
New life in limpopo district AIDS councils
[caption id="attachment_750" align="alignnone" width="567"] TAC member, Lawrence Mbalati, addresses the crowd during a "Resources for Health" march in Giyani in 2010. Photos by Sibongile Nkosi[/caption] Under the previous National Strategic…
Our medicines regulatory authority: plans for reform in South Africa
[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Chelsea Maclachlan, courtesy of Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] One of the most important building blocks of any effective health system is a fully-functional medicines…
The NSP and your community
[caption id="attachment_732" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo Courtesy of the Treatment Action Campaign Archive[/caption] The new structure of SANAC places much greater focus on the links between district, provincial and national…
Provincial Powerhouse
The good and not so good in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial AIDS council [caption id="attachment_722" align="alignnone" width="567"] Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Zweli Mkhize used World AIDS Day to mobilise people to rally…
The New Structure of SANAC
After deliberations throughout 2012 the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) agreed that the organisation should be structured as shown here. View this structure as a pdf here …