P H I L A PROGRAMME

Responding to challenges presented during the political transition to democracy in South Africa, NPPHCN launched the Public Health Intervention through Legislative Advocacy Work (PHILA) programme in April 1995. In South Africa, legislation has become an important vehicle to bring about the social transformation outlined in the Reconstruction and Development Programme. Unfortunately, the legislative and policy formulation processes are not accessible to people working at the grassroots level.

To facilitate constructive dialogue between policy makers and communities about the future of health care system in South Africa, PHILA has attempted to demystify the legislative process. As part of this effort, PHILA translates legislative proposals into language that communities can better understand. It then feeds their comments and consents back to policy makers. In addition, the PHILA programme is attempting to build capacity within communities to help them navigate the complex legislative process to enable them to advocate for their health rights.

In order to sustain these efforts, PHILA makes its legislative analyses available to other interested parties. Additionally, PHILA provides consultancy services on a broad range of health policy issues to policy makers at the National and Provincial levels.

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Year	Title	Type
2000	The promotion of equality and prevention of unfair discrimination bill	Legislative
2000	The promotion of administrative justice bill	Legislative
2000	Promotion of access to information bill, 2000	Legislative
2000	Mental Health Care Bill	Submission
2000	Unemployment Insurance Bill	Submission
2000	Regulations in terms of the Medical Schemes Act	Legislative
2000	Medical Schemes Act, No 131, 1998	Legislative
1999	Amendment of the regulations relating to communicable disease and the notification of notifiable conditions	Legislative
1999	Pharmacy Amendment Bill, No.51	Legislative
1999	Mental Health Care Draft Bill, April 1999	Legislative
1999	Draft Developmental Welfare Governance Bill	Legislative
1998	Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Bill, Vol 4, No 3	Legislative
1998	National Development Agency Bill, Vol 4, No. 5	Legislative
1998	Tobacco Products Amendment Bill, 1998 Vol 4, No. 6	Legislative
1998	South African Medicines and Medical Devices Regulatory Authority Bill  Vol 4, No. 7	Legislative
1998	The White Paper on Local Government ,Vol 4, No. 1	Summary
1998	The 1998/99 Health Budget Vol 4, No. 2	Summary
1998	The Sterilization Act 1998 Vol 4, No. 4	Summary
1997	Proposed Water Services Bill	Summary
1997	Legislation addressing the not for profit sector - Policy Document	Summary
1997	White Paper on a National Water Policy for South Africa	Summary
1997	Green paper on the Conceptual Framework for affirmative action management of diversity in the public sector Vol 3 No 21	Summary
1997	White Paper on Environmental Management Policy for South Africa Vol 3, No 22	Summary
1997	Public Hearing on Traditional Healers, 1997 Vol 3, No 23	Summary
1997	White Paper for the Transformation of the Health System in South Africa	Summary
1997	Structural Relationships Between Government and Civil Society	Summary
1997	Green Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery	Summary
1997	Euthanasia and the Artificial Preservation of Life	Summary
1997	THE NURSING AMENDMENT BILL, 1997	Summary
1997	The 1997/98 Budget and Health	Summary
1997	The Report of the Lund Committee on Child and Family Support	Summary
1997	National Health System Document:-     Part 1     Part 2	Summary
1997	District Health System Document	Summary
1997	Local Government Transition Act, 209 of 1993	Legislative
1997	Medicines & Related Substances Control Amendment Bill	Legislative
1997	Pharmacy Amendment Bill	Legislative
1997	Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Amendment Bill	Legislative
1997	Draft White Paper on Population Policy	Legislative
1997	A Legislative Update on :Termination of Pregnancy Bill	Legislative
1997	Welfare Update	Legislative
1997	Sarafina II Controversy	Legislative
1996	1996 Legislative Calender	Legislative
1996	Two Years Postgraduate Vocational Training for Medical Doctors Proposal	Legislative
1996	Proposal to Change Medicine Dispensing System	Legislative
1996	Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 1996	Legislative
1995	Welfare Population Green Paper	Submission
1996	Additional Postgraduate Vocational Training for Medical Doctors	Submission
1996	Proposed Regulations to Change the Medicine Dispensing System	Submission
1996	Proposed Termination of Pregnancy Bill	Submission

Educational and Resource Materials (Work in Progress)
	How to write a fact sheet?
	How to write a policy brief?
	How to summarise a policy document?
	How to write a submission?

For more information on PHILA or if you have comments about any of these reports contact:
PHILA
Tel: (021) 696 4954  Fax: (021) 696 9308,
Email: philaw@wn.apc.org

The PHILA programme is supported by a grant from the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Last updated: 31/05/00