Pandemic Lessons Compendium

Health Justice Initiative Pandemics and the illumination of “hidden things” – Lessons from South Africa on the global response to Covid-19. Edited Volume. June 2023.

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• S. Manjra & F. Hassan “Foreword” in Health Justice Initiative Pandemics and the illumination of “hidden things” – Lessons from South Africa on the global response to Covid-19. Edited Volume. June 2023. Download here.
• H. Abrahams-Fayker ”Safety nets during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic: SA’s Social Relief of Distress Grant – A perspective from the Black Sash in  Health Justice Initiative Pandemics and the illumination of “hidden things” – Lessons from South Africa on the global response to Covid-19. Edited Volume. June 2023. Download here.
• Activist Q&A with Tinashe Njanji: “Information in the time of outbreaks” in  in  Health Justice Initiative Pandemics and the illumination of “hidden things” – Lessons from South Africa on the global response to Covid-19. Edited Volume. June 2023. Download here.
• L. London The fight for equity – One Country, One Plan: The role of the state and the private sector in procuring life-saving vaccines in a pandemic – some legal aspects in Health Justice Initiative Pandemics and the illumination of “hidden things” – Lessons from South Africa on the global response to Covid-19. Edited Volume. June 2023. Download here.
• N. Dearden “” A short history of a big problem: The undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry and profiteering in shaping the Covid-19 pandemic” Download here.
• Activist Q&A with Leena Menghaney “There had been hope… but ultimately nothing has changed from the HIV epidemic where we had to fight for access drug by drug.” Download here.
• Fifa A Rahman “Lessons from the ACT-Accelerator: Into Future Pandemic Countermeasures Platforms” Download here.
• S. Shashikant “Decoding the TRIPS decision of June 2022” Download here.
• A. Gray “Regulatory approval in a public health emergency: Lessons from Covid-19 vaccines” Download here.
• L. Paremoer “Negotiating Pandemic Preparedness, Response and Recovery in a hierarchical global system” Download here.
• M. Richter “Why access to information and expert advice given to government is important in a pandemic. A case study of the Covid-19 Ministerial Advisory Committees in SA’s pandemic response transparency matters” Download here.
• P. Terblanche & M. Makhoana “Reflections from the mRNA Hub in SA: Successes, challenges, lessons and future opportunities” Download here.
• B. K. Baker & Fatima Hassan “Covid-19’s silver lining? The WHO mRNA Technology Transfer Programme for the Global South Overcoming IP Barriers is central to the South-South Innovation and Access Goals of the WHO mRNA Technology Transfer Programme” Download here.
• M. Pai “Afterword: Can Global Health abandon saviourism for justice?” Download here.