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- Letter from TAC General Secretary, Siphokazi Mthathi, to Minister of Health, Dr. M.E. Tshabalala-Msimang-
19 April 2006
Dr M.E. Tshabalala-Msimang
Minister of Health
Republic of South Africa
Private Bag x 399
Pretoria, 0001
Tel: 012 328 4773
Fax: 012 325 5526
Dear Dr Tshabalala-Msimang
Re: Response to invitation to join a country delegation to UN General Assembly
Special Session on HIV and AIDS - Jonathan Berger Responds to the Minister of Health's spokesperson's racist nonsense about TAC in the Mail & Guardian.-
Jonathan Berger is a researcher in and head of the Aids Law Project's Law and Treatment Access Unit
Sibani, thanks for your insightful analysis of the TAC.
- Fatima Hassan responds to the Minister of Health's spokesperson's racist nonsense about TAC in the Mail & Guardian-
Sibani Nmngadi, the Minister of Health's spin-doctor has called Mark Heywood and myself from the ALP the 'rational and reasonable' lot in the TAC. I am offended. I have a reputation to defend and dammit I will. I have always prided my self on being anything but rational and reasonable. Ask my parents. And anyone who works with me knows that I am a foolish hotheaded lawyer who thrives on being unreasonable, especially in court. Mostly I have to be reigned in.
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- Why prisoners with AIDS must be treated-
An edited version of this article appeared in the Argus on 29 June 2006 under the heading: ARV ruling for prison spotlights access to health for all
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Long waiting list for antiretroviral treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Durban
- PRISONER DIES BECAUSE OF DELAYS BY GOVERNMENT - MINISTER OF HEALTH AND MINISTER OF PRISONS MUST BE CHARGED WITH CULPABLE HOMICID-
On 15 August 2006, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) learnt that an inmate with AIDS in Westville Corrections Centre died in King Edward Hospital.
We hold the government in particular the Minister of Correctional Services and Minister of Health responsible for this unnecessary death and suffering of this inmate.
- TAC response to allegation that we trashed SA exhibition at AIDS Conference-
Sibani Mngadi, the Minister of Health's spokesperson claimed that TAC members trashed the Department of Health stand at the International AIDS conference in Toronto. This is a gross exaggeration. We passed the exhibition's lemons and garlic cloves back and forth to mock the idiocy of the stand but these were eventually given back to the stand's officials.
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A health system in crisis and without leadership: A TAC briefing sheet
23 August 2006
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Government in contempt of court - Must treat Westville prisoners
President Mbeki, Minister Tshabalala-Msimang: Stop obstructing access to treatment
- South African Health System Requires a State of Emergency-
By Gordon Tlama Mthembu, TAC Ekhurleleni District Co-ordinator
This is an unedited version of a letter published in City Press on 3 September 2006
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TAC appeal for funds.
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March to Parliament - 19 September 2006
- Why we need a new Health Minister-
This article was published in Business Day.
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/opinion.aspx?ID=BD4A274005
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- Defend media freedom: Use Health Laws to Prosecute the Real Criminals!
TAC statement condemning the threat to arrest Sunday Times journalists. - Doctor claims unfair discrimination dismissal by Mpumalanga Provincial Dept of Health, linked to providing AIDS treatment.
AIDS Law Project statement on a case the organisation has taken to the labour court.
To subscribe, email news-subscribe@tac.org.za. Respond to the confirmation email.- A response to minister of health on mother to child transmission-
The Minister of Health has made statements to the media that the Department of Health has long been prepared to implement dual therapy regimens in all the provinces in South Africa, but has been prohibited by the 2001 Constitutional Court judgment in Minister of Health and Others v TAC and Others. She states that the judgment limited the Department of Health to implementing only 'monotherapy' nevirapine (NVP) to mothers with HIV to reduce mother-to-child transmission.
- Unethical Promotion and Testing of Medicines on Humans- A Judicial Investigation into the Presidency and Health Ministry and criminal proceedings against Christine Qunta are necessary. SUMMARY "34. (1) A person desiring to initiate or conduct a clinical trial in respect of an unregistered medicine, a new indication or new dosage regimen of a registered medicine or substance, shall apply to the Council on a form determined by the Council for authority to conduct such a clinical trial”. “(5) No person shall conduct clinical trials referred to in subregulation (1) without the authorisation of the Council.”
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