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Dec 1 2022
Opinion Pieces
27 January 2023 – Changing the law on sex work will save lives, we must see it through Author(s): Marlise Richter and Pamela Chakuvinga. Access the document here .
24 August 2022 – Sex work is essential(ly) work” – Feminist sex worker rights advocacy in South Africa Author(s): Marlise Richter in conversation with Clara Singende & Ishtar Lakhani
1 July 2022 – Op-ed; Vaccine Equity: A New and Weak WTO Deal on TRIPS is Not Fit for Purpose
18 June 2022 – Opinion: New WTO deal is a slap in the face for poorer countries. Author/s: Yousuf Vawda, Fatima Hassan and Tian Johnson
15 June 2022 – South Africa must say no to rich nations and WTO bullying in Geneva. Author/s: Yousuf Vawda, Fatima Hassan and Tian Johnson
23 May 2022 – Vaccine Apartheid is racist and wrong. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
8 April 2022 – The leaked WTO COVID patent waiver text promises a very bad deal – South Africa owes it to the nations that supported its initial waiver proposal to reject the text and continue negotiations. Author/s: Fatima Hassan, Leslie London and Yousuf Vawda
30 March 2022 – What is the use of anti-HIV injections when those who need it most can’t use it? Author/s: Francois Venter, Fatima Hassan and Yogan Pillay
24 March 2022 – It is not too late to achieve global covid-19 vaccine equity. Author/s: Gavin Yamey, Patricia Garcia, Fatima Hassan, Wenhui Mao, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Madhukar Pai, Senjuti Saha, Philip Schellekens, Andrea Taylor, Krishna Udayakumar
28 February 2022 – South Africans have a right to see the country’s vaccine contracts and to know what they contain. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
17 February 2022 – When secrecy and expert advice collide in a pandemic: Access to information and the National Department of Health’s tardy publication of Ministerial Advisory Committee advisories. Author/s: M Richter, Y Nokhepheyi, Fatima Hassan
13 December 2021 – Unequal global vaccine coverage is at the heart of the current covid-19 crisis. Author/s: Fatima Hassan, Leslie London and Greg Gonsalves
3 December 2021 – Time to tackle Covid vaccine inequality in global south. Author/s: Fatima Hassan and Nick Dearden
28 November 2021 – Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
28 November 2021 – Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic | Coronavirus pandemic. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
22 October 2021 – ANALYSIS | The pandemic didn’t miss Africa — and the numbers back this up. Author/s: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves, and Fatima Hassan.
21 October 2021 – A confusing COVID caseload: Why Africa’s missing numbers show a different side to the pandemic. Author/s: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves and Fatima Hassan
21 October 2021 – Share Vaccine Know How. Author/s: Priti Krishtel and Fatima Hassan
21 October 2021 – African lives matter: Covid-19 didn’t miss the continent, as some would conveniently have it — and the numbers back this up. Author/s: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves and Fatima Hassan
12 October 2021 – An inconvenient truth: The real reason why Africa is not getting vaccinated. Author/s: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves and Fatima Hassan
5 October 2021 – Sex Worker Pride is a way of sex workers showing that they, too, take pride in their work. Author/s: Marlise Richter
27 August 2021 – OP-ED: Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Author/s: Jo Vearey , Sally Gandar, Rebecca Walker , Thea de Gruchy , Fatima Hassan, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Pinky Mahlangu, Nicholas Maple, Francois Venter and Sharon Ekambaram
16 August 2021 – Profiteering from vaccine inequity: a crime against humanity? Author/s: Fatima Hassan, Gavin Yamey, Kamran Abbasi
21 July 2021 – Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Author/s: Jo Vearey, Sally Gandar, Rebecca Walker, Thea de Gruchy, Fatima Hassan, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Pinky Mahlangu, Nicholas Maple, Francois Venter and Sharon Ekambaram
28 June 2021 – The great vaccine heist: The procurement contracts veil of secrecy violates transparency and public interest. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
18 May 2021 –Finding an HIV vaccine: Five lessons from the search for a COVID jab. Author/s: Mitchell Warren and Fatima Hassan
12 May 2021 – The TRIPS fandango: Don’t water down the waiver – lives depend on it. Author/s: Fatima Hassan, Rafia Akram and Gregg Gonsalves
11 May 2021 – Private-public politics: State control crucial for vaccine equity and to stop queue-jumping by the rich. Author/s: Fatima Hassan and Marlise Richter
23 February 2021 – Don’t Let Drug Companies create a system of Vaccine Apartheid. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
24 January 2021 – The great Covid-19 Vaccine Heist (Part Two): Moderna – when solidarity is only a word. Author/s: Fatima Hassan
21 January 2021 – Op-Ed in Le Monde: Against Covid-19, we must ensure access to vaccines in Africa. Author/s: Stéphane Besançon, Pauline Londeix & Jérôme Martin, Alioune Tine, Fatima Hassan, Els Torreele, Thomas Piketty, Cynthia Fleury, Emmanuel Bonnet & Valéry Ridde, Nathalie Ernoult, Andrew Hill
6 September 2020 – Politics, power and patents: ‘Desperate diseases require desperate measures’ Author/s: Fatima Hassan
8 July 2020 – A Covid-19 vaccine: When ‘solidarity’ meets nationalist profiteering Author/s: Fatima Hassan and Els Torreele
15 May 2020 – Auditor-General should oversee billions in the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund. Author/s: Fatima Hassan