Opinion Pieces and Statements
- 2 April 2024 – The global health community must call for an immediate ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian aid in Gaza. BMJ
Authors: Shuaib Manjra, Fatima Hassan, Leslie London - 1 March 2024 – Israel’s war on Gaza is a health justice issue, too. Al Jazeera
Author: Fatima Hassan - 14 February – Israel’s unrelenting war on Gaza healthcare requires urgent action. Al Jazeera
Authors: Fatima Hassan, Shuaib Manjra, Leslie London - 25 July 2023 – It is our right to see the Covid-19 vaccine procurement contracts. News24
Authors: Fatima Hassan and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - 13 June 2023 – We are unlikely to be equitably able to access lifesaving, affordable medicines under NHI. Daily Maverick
Author: Fatima Hassan - 5 June 2023 – Opportunities and challenges of leveraging COVID-19 vaccine innovation and technologies for developing sustainable vaccine manufacturing capabilities in Africa. The Lancet
Authors: Bavesh D Kana, Patrick Arbuthnot, Benjamin K Botwe, Yahya E Choonara, Fatima Hassan, Hechmi Louzir, et al. - 25 March 2023 – It is time for ambitious, transformational change to the epidemic countermeasures ecosystem. The Lancet
Authors: Els Torreele, Christine McNab, Olusoji Adeyi, Roxana Bonnell, Mandeep Dhaliwal, Fatima Hassan et al. - 6 March 2023 – Open Letter – Collective Voices against Health Xenophobia’s appeal to the health minister. Daily Maverick
Author: Marlise Richter - 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 AfricaAuthor(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. Authors: Yousuf Vawda, Fatima Hassan and Tian Johnson
- 15 June 2022 – South Africa must say no to rich nations and WTO bullying in Geneva. Authors: Yousuf Vawda, Fatima Hassan and Tian Johnson
- 23 May 2022 – Vaccine Apartheid is racist and wrong. Author: 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. Authors: 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? Authors: Francois Venter, Fatima Hassan and Yogan Pillay
- 24 March 2022 – It is not too late to achieve global covid-19 vaccine equity. Authors: 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: 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. Authors: M Richter, Y Nokhepheyi, F Hassan
- 13 December 2021 – Unequal global vaccine coverage is at the heart of the current covid-19 crisis. Authors: Fatima Hassan, Leslie London and Greg Gonsalves
- 3 December 2021 – Time to tackle Covid vaccine inequality in global south. Authors: Fatima Hassan and Nick Dearden
- 28 November 2021 – Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic. Author: Fatima Hassan
- 28 November 2021 – Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic | Coronavirus pandemic. Author: Fatima Hassan
- 22 October 2021 – ANALYSIS | The pandemic didn’t miss Africa — and the numbers back this up. Authors: 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. Authors: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves and Fatima Hassan
- 21 October 2021 – Share Vaccine Know How. Authors: 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. Authors: Tian Johnson, Tom Moultrie, Gregg Gonsalves and Fatima Hassan
- 12 October 2021 – An inconvenient truth: The real reason why Africa is not getting vaccinated. Authors: 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: Marlise Richter
- 27 August 2021 – OP-ED: Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Authors: 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? Authors: Fatima Hassan, Gavin Yamey, Kamran Abbasi
- 21 July 2021 – Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Authors: 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: Fatima Hassan
- 18 May 2021 –Finding an HIV vaccine: Five lessons from the search for a COVID jab. Authors: Mitchell Warren and Fatima Hassan
- 12 May 2021 – The TRIPS fandango: Don’t water down the waiver – lives depend on it. Authors: 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. Authors: Fatima Hassan and Marlise Richter
- 23 February 2021 – Don’t Let Drug Companies create a system of Vaccine Apartheid. Author: Fatima Hassan
- 24 January 2021 – The great Covid-19 Vaccine Heist (Part Two): Moderna – when solidarity is only a word. Author: Fatima Hassan
- 21 January 2021 – Op-Ed in Le Monde: Against Covid-19, we must ensure access to vaccines in Africa. Authors: 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: Fatima Hassan
- 8 July 2020 – A Covid-19 vaccine: When ‘solidarity’ meets nationalist profiteering Authors: Fatima Hassan and Els Torreele
- 15 May 2020 – Auditor-General should oversee billions in the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund. Author: Fatima Hassan
