TAC

'You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action'. TAC is a human rights movement fighting for quality health care for all

[TAC @TAC]

TAC & @RitshidzeSA welcome the target set by @HealthZA to enrol 1.5 million people on 6 month supply of ARVs by March 2027 #MoreARVPillsNow
Read more: https://t.co/8FwYugHa90

[TAC @TAC]

TAC will not be attending the “Conference of the Left”, being convened by SACP. As always we remain independent from any political parties & our primary responsibility remains to serve the interests of our members & other public healthcare users
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[HEALA @heala_SA]

“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

[Union Against Hunger @UAH_za]

“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

[Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia KAAX @KopanangAfrica]

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

[UNAIDS South Africa @UNAIDS_ZAF]

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.

[Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia KAAX @KopanangAfrica]

This is good news. Thanks @SECTION27news @MSF @TAC

[SECTION27 @SECTION27news]

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: https://t.co/0zQlYDgmEy

#accesstohealthcare

[TAC @TAC]

At today's community meeting in Makgwabe TAC called on Deputy President & Minister of Health to hold provinces accountable to fix the crisis in our health system. They must use Ritshidze’s reports as an early warning system to quickly respond to challenges on the ground #SAHealth

[TAC @TAC]

“We’ve brought 1000s of people back to facilities to help them start/restart ARVs. But if @HealthZA doesn’t fix clinic conditions – how long until the people we found stop going back? We are mopping up, without switching off the tap” – Daniel Mathebula, TAC #SAHealth

[UNAIDS South Africa @UNAIDS_ZAF]

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.

[TAC @TAC]

Hormonal care IS lifesaving care. 50% of trans people would have wanted to access hormones at the facility. A change in national policy is critical to ensure that hormones could be prescribed by doctors at primary level, just like they are by private GPs #SAHealth #KeyPopsHealth

[TAC @TAC]

Harm reduction remains out of reach – 68% of facilities say they provide info about where to get sterile needles, but most facilities either referred people to private pharmacies to buy needles themselves, or to hospitals that do not provide them #SAHealth #KeyPopsHealth

[UNAIDS South Africa @UNAIDS_ZAF]

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.

[TAC @TAC]

Critical HIV prevention tools either missing, withheld, or not offered to those who could benefit: 28% of sites not providing external condoms in Lejweleputswa, 21% in Ekurhuleni, and 20% in the City of Tshwane. Only 53% of sites provide lubricants #SAHealth

[TAC @TAC]

Again Mangaung had the most reports of people being denied services. We are particularly concerned by the poor quality of services in Mangaung. We call for special monitoring of the situation in Mangaung at both the national & provincial levels #SAHealth #FSHealth

[TAC @TAC]

Additionally people can be denied services without an ID. 777 people told us they or someone they knew had been denied services without an ID (up from 665 in April to June 2025) – but 12% if the population doesn't even have an ID #SAHealth

[UNAIDS South Africa @UNAIDS_ZAF]

🧵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

[TAC @TAC]

464 people told us they or someone they knew had been denied services without a transfer letter in the last 3 months (up from 320 in April to June 2025) #SAHealth

[TAC @TAC]

PLHIV who move are routinely denied care and access to services when nurses demand that they produce a transfer letter from their previous clinic. Yet transfer letters are not required by ART guidelines to start or restart your ARVs #SAHealth