Treatment Action Campaign

The Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF) is a group of civil society organisations that monitors the National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2007-2011 (better known as the NSP).

We want to make sure there is enough money allocated by the state and donors to meet the treatment and prevention targets of the NSP. We also want to make sure that money is spent correctly.

Our next meeting is provisionally set for 21 May 2010.
We hope to get Treasury officials to present on the challenges of health budgeting and how we can help. Email nathangeffen--AT--gmail.com if you wish to attend.

• 2nd meeting: 5 February 2010
• 1st meeting: 21 August 2009

Click here to read the report of the Forum's second meeting on 5 February 2010.

Here are the presentations from the second meeting:

• Introductory Notes - Nathan Geffen
• The New Treatment Guidelines - Francois Venter
• Procuring High Quality ARVs at Internationally Competitive Prices - Vishal Brinjlal
• Legislative Framework for Procurement - Jonathan Berger

Click here to read the report of the Forum's first meeting on 21 August 2009.

Here are the presentations from the first meeting:

• Legal Implications of Failures in in Health Budgeting - Adila Hassim
• Case Study: Budget Irregularities and Shortfalls in the Free State - Brian Honermann
• Long Term Costs and Implications for Sustainable Budgeting - Susan Cleary
• The Budget Process & Power Brokers: How to Influence It/Them - Alison Hickey Tshangana
• National AIDS Spending Assessments - Nhlanhla Ndlovu
• Tools for Community Monitoring of Budgets and Expenditures - Nhlanhla Ndlovu

• 23 October 2009: Answer to question in Parliament about ARV tender
• 22 October 2009: Minutes of meeting with Department of Health
• 22 October 2009: Briefing for Department of Health
• 10 September 2009: Letter to Minister of Health
• 10 September 2009: Letter to Minister of Finance
• 22 September 2009: Press statement announcing launch of BEMF
• 24 April 2009: Free State IST Report

• AIDS Law Project
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
• Democractic Nursing Organisation of South Africa Africa(DENOSA)
• Enhancing Children's HIV Outcomes (ECHO)
• Equal Education
• Free State AIDS Coalition
• Health Systems Trust
• NEHAWU
• Public Service Accountability Monitor
• Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
• Treatment Action Campaign