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National State of Health 2025 — Press Pack

10 October 2025

On 10 October 2025, Ritshidze launched a report into the state of the public healthcare system in South Africa. Between April and June 2025, a scaled down team at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) began monitoring through Ritshidze to assess the state of our clinics. During the three months we carried out 32,530 surveys with public healthcare users, and spoke to facility staff to assess 326 facilities in 16 districts, across 6 provinces. The data reveal the impact of the PEPFAR disruptions following the U.S funding cuts earlier in the year.

The full press release is here.

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About RITSHIDZE

“Ritshidze” — meaning “Saving Our Lives” in TshiVenda — has been developed by people living with HIV and activists to hold the South African government and aid agencies accountable to improve overall HIV and TB service delivery.

Partner organisations include the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), the National Association of People Living with HIV (NAPWA), Positive Action Campaign, Positive Women’s Network (PWN) and the South African Network of Religious Leaders Living with and affected by HIV/AIDS (SANERELA+)—in alliance with Health Global Access Project (Health GAP), the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), and Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.

CLICK HERE to read more and see where we work.