Are you interested in joining our team as a Key Populations Monitor? We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic people to join our team to help identify challenges LGBTQIA+ communities, sex workers, and people who use drugs experience at clinics, and help find solutions that can be put to duty bearers. The deadline for applications is Sunday 18 September.

The second Ritshidze North West State of Health Report shows that a provincial department — just emerging from being under administration since 2018 — remains a long way off from meeting public healthcare users’ needs adequately. This report has shown that massive failings in healthcare still abound that means the risk of wasting health budgets on settling court cases remain a constant drain and a continued deficiency in healthcare management in the province.

This week Ritshidze launched the 2nd edition of the North West State of Health report, that found clinics faced with persistent stockouts and long waiting times, among other challenges. The report was presented at a community meeting in Mahikeng. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Stockouts, reported by 26% of people interviewed, are among ten key issues outlined in the second edition of a new Ritshidze State of Health report. The report finds improvement in certain indicators, and deterioration in others over the last year, impacting the overall quality of HIV, TB, and other health services. The report will be launched at a community meeting in Mafikeng today. 

The second edition of the Ritshidze Mpumalanga “State of Health” report was released in Nelspruit on 23 June 2022 with some steps forward, but continued glaring failures in service delivery. It’s still staff attitudes and a culture of bullying from nurses that rank as a key problem in the province.

This week Ritshidze launched the 2nd edition of the Mpumalanga State of Health report, that found clinics faced with persistent long waiting times, among other challenges. The report was presented at a community meeting in Kabokweni. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Long waiting times reported by 64% of public healthcare users interviewed in Mpumalanga, are among ten key issues outlined in the second edition of a new Ritshidze State of Health report. The report will be launched at a community meeting in Kabokweni today.

Key populations aren’t asking for special treatment, just to be treated with dignity and basic professionalism by clinic nurses and staff. A Ritshidze report released at the end of January reveals that discrimination against KPs — including LGBTQIA+ community members, people who use drugs, and sex workers — is rampant, widespread and disgraceful.

Last week Ritshidze launched a report into the state of healthcare for key populations, that found clinic staff are unfriendly, openly hostile or even abusive to KPs. The report was presented at a community accountability meeting in Mamelodi. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.

Today Ritshidze is launching a new report into the state of healthcare services provided to key populations (KPs) — including men who have sex with men (MSM), people who use drugs (PWUD), sex workers, and trans* people. Based on the results of thousands of interviews with KPs, the report will be presented to the Department of Health and other duty bearers at a community meeting in Mamelodi.

This November marks one-year since the release of the first Ritshidze State of Health report in Gauteng. Reflecting at this milestone shows the continued shortcomings in the healthcare system, the weak implementation of recommendations, and importantly the lessons that should be learnt if the public healthcare system is to pull back from complete collapse.

This week Ritshidze launched the 2nd edition of the Gauteng State of Health report, that found clinics to be plagued with disorganised filing systems and bad staff attitudes. The report was presented at a community accountability meeting in Katlehong. Scroll through our multi-media round up from the meeting and find links to the report, the summary presentation, and a full video of the entire meeting.