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Fatima Hassan

Fatima Hassan is a human rights lawyer and social justice activist. She is Head, of the Health Justice Initiative

Latest Work

NHI Act offers no answer to high medicine prices — Covid-19 holds lessons for health equity

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

13 October 2024

NHI Act offers no answer to high medicine prices — Covid-19 holds lessons for health equity

By Fatima Hassan

8 min

0

We are unlikely to be equitably able to access lifesaving, affordable medicines under NHI

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE OP-ED

13 June 2023

We are unlikely to be equitably able to access lifesaving, affordable medicines under NHI

By Fatima Hassan

10 min

6

South Africans have a right to see the country’s vaccine contracts and to know what they contain

28 February 2022

South Africans have a right to see the country’s vaccine contracts and to know what they contain

By Fatima Hassan

5 min

0

Fatima Hassan

28 June 2021

The great vaccine heist: The procurement contracts veil of secrecy violates transparency and public interest

By Fatima Hassan

9 min

0

Fatima Hassan

24 January 2021

The great Covid-19 Vaccine Heist (Part Two): Moderna – when solidarity is only a word

By Fatima Hassan

11 min

4

‘The great Covid-19 vaccine heist’

MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED

6 December 2020

‘The great Covid-19 vaccine heist’

By Fatima Hassan

7 min

3

Politics, power and patents: ‘Desperate diseases require desperate measures’

6 September 2020

Politics, power and patents: ‘Desperate diseases require desperate measures’

By Fatima Hassan

10 min

0

A redeeming moment for the SA government: A case for compulsory licensing in the age of Covid-19

6 April 2020

A redeeming moment for the SA government: A case for compulsory licensing in the age of Covid-19

By Fatima Hassan

6 min

0

Philanthropy and Civil Society in SA, Part Three: We need a new Governance Blueprint

MAVERICK CITIZEN: OP-ED

2 December 2019

Philanthropy and Civil Society in SA, Part Three: We need a new Governance Blueprint

By Fatima Hassan

10 min

0

Philanthropy and Civil Society: Massive funding needed to support human rights work

MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED (Part 2)

12 November 2019

Philanthropy and Civil Society: Massive funding needed to support human rights work

By Fatima Hassan

8 min

0

Philanthropy and Civil Society in SA: confronting the 'patriarchy machine'

Maverick Citizen OP-ED (Part 1)

10 November 2019

Philanthropy and Civil Society in SA: confronting the 'patriarchy machine'

By Fatima Hassan

7 min

0

Op-Ed: What Durban forgets – Aids, Denialism and People Power

19 July 2016

Op-Ed: What Durban forgets – Aids, Denialism and People Power

By Fatima Hassan

13 min

0