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South Africa
Joined March 2007
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“As the Treatment Action Campaign, we know from the fight against HIV that we can — and must — fight hunger too. The nation is hungry. People are forced to choose: do I eat or go to the clinic?” — Sibongile Tshabalala, @TAC
@UAH_za #WorldHungerDay #StopTheHungerViolence
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“As the Treatment Action Campaign we know through fighting HIV, that we can and need to fight hunger. The Nation is Hungry. Do I eat or go the clinic? There are so many social needs we need to take care of.” - @SibongileTsha14 - NC of the @TAC #HungerisaCrime #WorldHungerDay
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The march was a success.
Today in Johannesburg, people came together in their numbers to stand against xenophobia, peacefully, powerfully, and with purpose. Voices were heard, solidarity was visible, and the message was clear: we reject hate and division.
#SayNoToXenophobia #KAAX
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The UNAIDS 🇿🇦 team connected with @TAC @AneleYawa & @SibongileTsha14 taking stock of the year that was amid funding cuts&reimagining the #HIV response with new Director @AlankarMalviya. Through partnerships&sustained efforts we can #endAIDS together.
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Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX), represented by SECTION27, welcome a landmark Gauteng High Court ruling ordering the state to take immediate and decisive action to end the obstruction of access to public healthcare facilities in Gauteng.
The Court found that authorities violated patients’ constitutional rights by failing to prevent unlawful groups from blocking healthcare access.
FULL STATEMENT: section27.org.za/2025/12/civ…
#accesstohealthcare
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Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX), represented by SECTION27, welcome a landmark Gauteng High Court ruling ordering the state to take immediate and decisive action to end the obstruction of access to public healthcare facilities in Gauteng.
The Court found that authorities violated patients’ constitutional rights by failing to prevent unlawful groups from blocking healthcare access.
FULL STATEMENT: section27.org.za/2025/12/civ…
#accesstohealthcare
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5️⃣ Critically — preserve and sustainably fund community-led monitoring like @RitshidzeSA .
Without it, crucial visibility into system failures is lost, and accountability vanishes just when it's needed most.
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3️⃣Clinics need more staff — and better support systems to prevent burnout. This includes fixing filing/data systems to speed up service delivery.
4️⃣ Ensure dignity, respect, confidentiality &non-discrimination in care incl key populations, migrants&ppl re-starting treatment.
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🧵What are the recommendations to protect gains in the HIV response, clinics must restore&scale up:
1️⃣Multi-month ARV dispensing (3–6-month refills) for stable patients
2️⃣Community- and facility-based pick-up points to reduce congestion&long wait times
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@RitshidzeSA Findings ⬇️
📉 48% of public-health facilities reported reduced capacity.
85% said they don’t have enough staff. 62% of users said there were too few staff at their clinic.
22% of patients said waiting times got longer — 68% blame staff shortage.
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Bulela Vava, from @POHF_SA, leads a panel on Challenges in Advocacy and Bringing in Voices from the Ground and Community Perspectives with:
Kirsten de Klerk – SA Diabetes Advocacy
Morongwa Ntini – @TAC
Pholo Ramothwala – #LifeBeyond
Shiara Pillay – @sweetlife_orgza
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A Statement by South African Civil Society, Global Organisations and Individuals re: the Health Professions Council of South Africa's attack on @drtlaleng. On-going endorsements here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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SUBMISSION | Our Budget Researcher, Mduduzi Nkosi, will be presenting our submission, in collaboration with @TAC, to the Select Committee on Appropriations on the Special Appropriation Bill, which proposes additional funding for the 2025/26 financial year, addressing the funding cuts to the health sector.
Watch our submission presentation here: youtube.com/live/S321MjeYX-o…
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Thank you for the link. Staffing remains a huge challenge across most facilities. I am inspired that you continued with CLM regardless of PEPFAR funding cut! Amandla!
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Ritshidze, the world’s largest community-led monitoring system, is in jeopardy following the cuts to U.S development aid funds.
“We had to retrench more than a hundred people,” says @TAC’s Anele Yawa. “We’re left with a quarter of the community monitors.”
The USAID cuts immediately shrank their footprint from 25 to just 16 priority health districts with high HIV prevalence.
Find out more here: health-e.org.za/2025/10/23/w… via @GililiChris #HealthNews
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MUST READ | Ritshidze, South Africa’s powerhouse community-led healthcare monitor, is on the brink. Experts warn its collapse could unravel years of progress in our clinics, just as worrying new data emerges about HIV services.
spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/10/2… @RitshidzeSA @TAC
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[ON AIR] South Africa is set to receive R2 billion in funding over the next six months from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support and sustain its existing HIV and Aids programmes. Anele Yawa: General Secretary Treatment Action Campaign @TAC on #TheMorningBrief with Thulasizwe Simelane #sabcnews
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[ON AIR] South African HIV/AIDS activist organization, the Treatment Action Campaign (@TAC ) has strongly opposed imminent plans to shut down UNAIDS, as announced by the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
The organisation says actively dismantling the only dedicated UN body coordinating the HIV response will have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and will undermine years of hard-fought gains in the HIV response.
To discuss this further, @innocentsemosa is joined on the line Ndivuwo Ritshidze project coordinator for TAC.
#AfricaUpdate #RightToKnow #Hiv
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Today in Pretoria, we’re with @TAC calling for Front-of-Pack Warning Labels (FOPL) to help us make informed food choices.
✍️ Sign the petition: bit.ly/47dULWF
#LabelsForLife #WarningsForTheWin #RightToKnow
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WEBINAR | @SibongileTsha14 is national chairperson of @TAC.
An activist since 2000, she has led at both provincial and national levels, and is an honorary fellow at the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics.
Register here: tinyurl.com/mt2j6a7c
#HealthJustice #TBWebinar
