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State of Health Mpumalanga 2024 — Press Pack

30 July 2024

On 30 July 2024, Ritshidze will launch a detailed report into the state of the public healthcare system in Mpumalanga. While some improvement has been made, unfriendliness at clinics and denial of health services persists. The full press release is here.

The report will be presented to the Mpumalanga health department, the Gert Sibande health department, the Ehlanzeni health department & other duty bearers at two community meetings in Ermelo and Kabokweni. The Gert Sibande meeting will be live streamed here: vimeo, facebook and YouTube, and the Ehlanzeni meeting will be live streamed here: vimeo, facebook and YouTube. We will also hear the real experiences of people living with HIV, the LGBTQIA+ community, sex workers, people who use drugs, & other public healthcare users accessing healthcare in the province.

This is the fourth edition of the annual Mpumalanga State of Health report. Data in this report were collected between April and May 2024 at 45 facilities in the province (23 in Ehlanzeni, 18 in Gert Sibande, 4 in Nkangala). Additional data was collected through interviews with 1,489 members of key populations in the community.

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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.

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