People’s Health Movement condemns arrest of community health workers

Oscar Thomas
13 July 2014

The people’s health movement condemns the arrest of over 100 community health workers and Treatment Campaign activists in the Free State on Wednesday at the instigation of the MEC for health while they were staging a peaceful protest about their poor conditions of service after not having been paid for 2 months.

The Foundations of both good health and good health care lie in the community. They state that this simple fact is one of the fundamental principles of the Primary Health Care approach.

Chairperson of People’s Health Movement Louis Reynolds said at a basic level they provide essential home-based care to people with chronic health problems.

 “The People’s Health Movement demands the immediate release of all the arrested community health workers, the dropping of all charges against them, and immediate payment of all outstanding moneys owed to them Reynolds added.