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Any woman (and even men) can get breast cancer which is why it is so important to know about the disease and know about all potential treatments. It is often not clear why some people get cancer and others do not, and the more we learn about the disease, the better we get at curing it. Read more…

RSS Cancer Alliance

  • Implications of Constitutional guarantees
    Implications of Constitutional guarantees Cancer Alliance A seminar was hosted by the Cancer Alliance and Cansa on Thursday October 6, 2022. Titled Unpacking the Implications of Constitutional Guarantees on the Right to Health for Cancer Patients, it was facilitated by Sibongile Tshabalala, National Chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign. Panelists included Ouma Mamtela, a breast […]
  • SA’S MEDICINE PATENT LAWS MUST BE CHANGED
    SA’S MEDICINE PATENT LAWS MUST BE CHANGED Cancer Alliance – INTERVIEW SALOME MEYER SABC TV interviewed Salome Meyer from the Cancer Alliance on the problems around the cost of cancer medications, particularly Herceptin (trastuzumab), an important drug used for certain types of breast cancer. The post SA’S MEDICINE PATENT LAWS MUST BE CHANGED appeared first […]

RSS Fix The Patent Laws

  • The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now! 
    Media Statement: Thousands are dying and suffering because they can’t access patented medicines. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now!  8 November 2021 — Activists from the Fix The Patent Laws Campaign will march to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) tomorrow 9 November 2021 to urge the government to […]
  • MEDIA ADVISORY: ACTIVISTS TO MARCH TO DTIC TO #FIXPATENTLAW ON 9 NOV 2021
    MEDIA ADVISORY: ACTIVISTS TO MARCH TO DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION TO #FIXPATENTLAW ON 9 NOV 2021 People in South Africa are needlessly suffering and dying because many patented medicines are unaffordable. The time to Fix South Africa’s Patent Laws is now!  5 November 2021 — Activists from the Fix The Patent Laws Campaign […]

RSS Reach for Recovery

  • RFR BOARD CHAIRPERSON ELECTED ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REACH TO RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL
    The Board of Management of RFR is pleased and extremely proud to inform you that our Chairperson, Stephné Jacobs, has been elected to serve as a director on Reach to Recovery International’s board of directors. This is a wonderful achievement and acknowledgement of Stephné’s exceptional skills and talent. We know that she will make an […]
  • R587 262 RAISED IN THE 2022 POWER OF PINK CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THE DITTO PROJECT
    Reach for Recovery has once again received a wonderful donation from the Power of Pink campaign which centers around the selling of pink punnets of mushrooms during the month of October at Pick n Pay stores countrywide.  R1 of each punnet sold is donated to Reach for Recovery’s Ditto Project which provides underprivileged breast cancer […]