Dear MyPE This is an extract of a speech delivered by Celeste Barker (MPL) in Nelson Mandela Bay today during a protest march against the Department of Health's decision to stop supplying baby immunisation meds to private clinics. This is fundamentally a rights-based health event. The South African Constitution enshrines the rights of all our people to- inter alia - decent healthcare and freedom of choice. However these rights can be - and are - infringed when the state makes ill … [Read more...] about NMBMM Immunisation March
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A mothers plight: Immunise and lose my job
On Monday, 25 May 2015, the DA will be marching to the district offices of the Department of Health in Port Elizabeth, led by Athol Trollip MPL (DA Federal Chairperson and Eastern Cape Provincial Leader) and Celeste Barker MPL (DA Shadow MEC for Health). Lee Anne Aylward, a Mom who takes her baby to a private clinic, will tell us why she does so and a picket will be held in Conynham Road opposite the District Offices of the DOH because of the life threatening DOH decision to stop … [Read more...] about A mothers plight: Immunise and lose my job
Primary school girls to be immunised against HPV
Primary school girls will from this year be immunised against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. President Jacob Zuma made the announcement at the launch of Ngidini Primary School in Libode in the Eastern Cape. He said government will target girls aged between nine and 12 years of age, through the Integrated School Health Programme. "The Departments of Basic Education and Health will work closely together in this national programme to protect our girls from … [Read more...] about Primary school girls to be immunised against HPV
