Healthworkers Say They Are Undervalued and Poorly Equipped

Daily Maverick (first published by GroundUp).  “We do the same work as nurses and even more, yet we are labelled as uneducated, it is painful,” says community care worker, Leamah Sixholo. She was speaking to representatives from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) during a dialogue on the impact of protest action on the right to access healthcare services in South Africa in Braamfontein on Thursday. Read the full article here. 

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