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 message was the common experience that there are no single issues and that there is a web of compounded and intersecting challenges facing women in particular. Yet this is heightened by how one is positioned noting issues of gender, race and class but also the complexities of accessing marginalised health services such as contraceptions of ones choice, abortion and the particular needs of sex workers or queer persons.

SPEAKERS

> Dudu Dlamini of Sweat

> Sharon Cox of Triangle

> Kgaladi Mphahele of MSF South Africa

> Closing remarks of Sr Judiac Ranape from Western Cape Department of Health

> Marion Stevens from Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition website · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

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 misinformation in a pandemic. This webinar explores the difficulties of communicating truthful information about Covid, and what to do about it.

SPEAKERS

> Marion Stevens from SRJC

> Peter Benjamin from PHM SA

> Nozibele Mdayi from PHM SA and the Gugulethu Health Committee

> Paul Mc Nally from What’s Crap on WhatsApp with Africa Check

> Pontsho Pilane from Mathaba Media Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition · COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

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 Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website

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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 promoted the right of access to needed technologies. KM Gopakumar from the Third World Network sketched the global context for health technologies as a public good, identifying some of the key challenges with respect to global governance if we want to see new health technologies equitably distributed. Tracey Naledi from Tekano, a health equity NGO, then responded, outlining what she saw as the key challenge facing civil society in South Africa in working to ensure equity in access to future technologies.

Speakers

> Yousuf Veriawa UKZN

> Tracey Naledi Tekano UCT

> KM Gopakumar TWN Download the full Equity and Justice report · Facebook · Twitter · Donate · Website