[caption id="attachment_910" align="alignnone" width="567"] Photo by Gideon Mendel, courtesy of gideonmendel.com and throughpositiveeyes.org[/caption] Changes to South Africa’s patent laws are long overdue As it currently stands, South Africa’s intellectual property…
[caption id="attachment_897" align="alignnone" width="567"] This picture were taken by a participant during a photo project titled, “Working the City: Experiences of Migrant Women in Inner-City Johannesburg”. It was a collaboration…
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…
[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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[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…