What the law actually says about migrants’ right to access healthcare in SA

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, InFocus, Latest, Opinions, Spotlight

The media has reported several incidents where people were turned away at public healthcare facilities because they did not possess South African identity documents. As related cases slowly grind through the courts, Teri Brown and Thembi Mahlathi of SECTION27 connect the dots between what the law says and what people are experiencing.

What the law actually says about migrants’ right to access healthcare in SA

Clinic blockades: It is the state’s obligation to remove every barrier to health services

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Healthcare system, InFocus, Latest, Opinions, Perspectives, Spotlight

Vigilantes have unlawfully prevented people they deemed to be foreign nationals from accessing public healthcare services. SECTION27 health activists map out the implications of a Gauteng High Court judgment delivered at the end of last year, explaining that it obliges the state to take active and coordinated steps to remove barriers hindering people’s access to healthcare.