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Series II: Administrative Files, 1984-1998
Series III: Conferences and Workshops, 1985-1992

Committee for Health in Southern Africa records, 1981-1998, bulk 1985-1991

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Series I: Correspondence, 1981-1995

This series has been divided into two subseries: alphabetical correspondence, filed either by individual correspondent name or by organization title, and chronological correspondence. There is considerable overlap and all files contain a similar mix of letters and memos between CHISA members, other human rights organizations, and medical professionals. Many discussions relate to event planning or fundraising, although others are more in-depth conversations on health issues. CHISA's president Mervyn Susser is well represented, and these files may have come from his office. There is also some material on the Maputo Workshop, but correspondence files relating specifically to this event can be found in Series III.

Subseries I.1: Alphabetical, 1984-1995

Individual Correspondents


Box 1 Folder 1 Bassett, M.T., 1989

Box 1 Folder 2 Benatar, S.R., 1990-1994

Box 1 Folder 3 Broomberg, Jonathan, 1992

Box 1 Folder 4 Brutus, Dennis, 1985-1987

Box 1 Folder 5 Cherry, Violet, 1984-1991

Box 1 Folder 6 Coodvadia, H.M., 1989-1990

Box 1 Folder 7 Crane, Charles, 1995

Box 1 Folder 8 De Sweemer, Cecile, 1985

Box 1 Folder 9-10 Dommisse, John, 1979-1990, 2 folders

Box 1 Folder 11 Geiger, H. Jack, 1994

Box 1 Folder 12 Henderson, Martha, 1989

Box 1 Folder 13-14 Kistnasamy, Barry, 1990-1991, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 1 Lackey, Miles M., 1990

Box 2 Folder 2 Mandela, Nelson, 1993

Box 2 Folder 3 McBeth, William, 1992

Box 2 Folder 4 Mennin, Stewart and Arthur Kaufman, 1989-1990

Box 2 Folder 5 Mji, Diliza, 1987-1988

Box 2 Folder 6 Orr, Wendy, 1988

Box 2 Folder 7 Reddy, Jairam, 1991

Box 2 Folder 8 Rice, Michael and Ruth Fisher, 1989

Box 2 Folder 9 Ritterman, Jeffrey, 1988

Box 2 Folder 10 Sachs, Jonny, 1988

Box 2 Folder 11 Salim Abdul Karim, 1988-1990

Box 2 Folder 12 Simonsen, Richard, 1988

Box 2 Folder 13 Sinclair, Michael, 1987-1989

Box 2 Folder 14 Sisulu, Walter and Albertina, 1989-1990

Box 2 Folder 15 Susser, Mervyn, 1991

Box 2 Folder 16 Tambo, Oliver, 1990

Box 2 Folder 17 Tobias, Phillip, 1985

Box 2 Folder 18 Yach, Derek, 1990-1993

Organizations


Box 3 Folder 1 Africa Fund, 1981-1987

Box 3 Folder 2 Concerned Nurses of South Africa, 1992

Box 3 Folder 3 Global Exchange, 1990

Box 3 Folder 4 International Council of Nurses, 1993

Box 3 Folder 5 Kellogg Foundation, 1993

Box 3 Folder 6 Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1986-1989

Box 3 Folder 7 MASA, 1989

Box 3 Folder 8 New York Academy of Sciences, 1986

Box 3 Folder 9 Operation Hunger, 1988

Box 3 Folder 10-11 Physicians for Human Rights, 1987-1989, 2 folders

Box 3 Folder 12 University of the Western Cape, 1991

Box 3 Folder 13 U.S. Aid, Pretoria, 1990

Box 3 Folder 14 U.S. Information Agency, 1995

Subseries I.2: Chronological, 1985-1994

Box 3 Folder 15 General, 1985-1986


Box 4 Folder 1-2 General, 1986-1992, 2 folders

Box 4 Folder 3-7 General, 1987-1988, 5 folders


Box 5 Folder 1-6 General, 1988-1990, 6 folders


Box 6 Folder 1-6 General, 1990-1993, 6 folders

Box 6 Folder 7 Letters of Support, 1994

Box 6 Folder 8 President's Correspondence--Faxes Sent, 1989-1990

Box 6 Folder 9 President's Correspondence--Faxes Received, 1989-1990


Box 7 Folder 1-5 President's Correspondence, 1986-1991, 5 folders

Series II: Administrative Files, 1984-1998

Documents in this series relate to the operation and promotion of CHISA as a non-profit organization. Minutes and notes for national, board, and other meetings provide an overview of CHISA activities and goals. Meeting materials are filed chronologically but not by type; a folder may contain information about several meetings from a particular year. CHISA's national meetings were often held at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA).


Box 8 Folder 1 Articles about CHISA, 1985-1990

Box 8 Folder 2 By-Laws, 1987-1991

Box 8 Folder 3 Bibliography, circa 1990

Chapter Files

Box 8 Folder 4 Atlanta

Box 8 Folder 5 Baltimore, 1986

Box 8 Folder 6 Boston, 1989-1993

Box 8 Folder 7 East Bay, 1988-1989

Box 8 Folder 8 Los Angeles, 1989-1991

Box 8 Folder 9 Seattle, 1988

Box 8 Folder 10 Toronto, 1988

Financial

Box 8 Folder 11 Audit Report, 1989

Box 8 Folder 12 Financial Statements, 1992-1993

Box 8 Folder 13 General, 1987-1991

Box 8 Folder 14 Human Rights Internet Survey, 1996

Box 8 Folder 15 Information Packet

Mailings

Box 8 Folder 16 General, 1985-1989

Box 8 Folder 17 Occasional Letters #1-8, 1984-1987


Box 9 Folder 1 Occasional Letters #9-13, 1988-1989

Box 9 Folder 2 Newsletter Attachments, 1988

Box 9 Folder 3 Solicitation Letters, 1990

Box 9 Folder 4 Membership Lists, 1986-1992

Meetings

Box 9 Folder 5 CHISA-PPHC Joint Meeting, 1987

Box 9 Folder 6-12 Minutes and Notes, 1984-1991, 7 folders


Box 10 Folder 1-8 Minutes and Notes, 1992-1994, 8 folders


Box 11 Folder 1-6 Minutes and Notes, 1994-1998, 6 folders

Series III: Conferences and Workshops, 1985-1992

Most of the documents in this series relate to the highly successful Fourth International Workshop on Health in South Africa, also known as the Maputo Workshop. Although many organizations were involved, CHISA was the primary coordinator, responsible for drafting the program, inviting speakers, and raising funds. It took two years and considerable effort to plan, in part because participating organizations were scattered across fifteen countries and faced political and technical problems that made communication impossible for months at a time. Letters between CHISA members and other organizations discuss overall goals, potential workshop sessions, speakers, and logistics. Members were particularly concerned about funding, but CHISA was able to raise enough to pay for travel and accommodation for many African delegates. In addition to correspondence, the Maputo files contain workshop outlines, conference programs, follow-ups and reports on the conference's impact, and a copy of the proceedings. This series also contains smaller amounts of information on other conferences CHISA participated in, including the Symposium on Poverty and Change in Southern Africa and the National Conference in Support of the ANC.

Files are arranged alphabetically by event title.

Box 11 Folder 7 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) South African Delegation, 1990

Box 11 Folder 8 African National Congress, 1987

Box 11 Folder 9 Beyond Apartheid Health, 1992

Box 11 Folder 10 Beyond Medical Care in the South African Transition, 1990

Fourth International Conference on Health in South Africa (Maputo Conference), 1989-1990

Box 11 Folder 11 Planning Notes, 1988-1989


Box 12 Folder 1-2 Planning Notes, 1989, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 3-6 Correspondence, 1989-1990, 4 folders

Box 12 Folder 7-8 Agendas, 1990, 2 folders


Box 13 Folder 1 "Action on AIDS in Southern Africa"--Proceedings, 1990

Box 13 Folder 2 "Proceedings of Maputo Conference on Health in Transition In Southern Africa", 1990 April 9-16

Box 13 Folder 3 "Declaration on Health in Southern Africa", 1990

Box 13 Folder 4 Roster of Speakers, 1990

Box 13 Folder 5 Press Release, 1990

Box 13 Folder 6 Human Rights Delegation, 1985

Box 13 Folder 7 National Conference in Support of the ANC, 1992

Box 13 Folder 8 South African Health Workers Congress, 1989-1991

Box 13 Folder 9 Symposium on Children in Detention, 1987

Box 13 Folder 10 Symposium on Poverty and Change in South Africa, 1989

Box 13 Folder 11 Third Workshop on Poverty, 1989

Box 13 Folder 12 Workshop Programs, 1987

Box 13 Folder 13 Working Group Notes

Box 13 Folder 14 University of the Witwatesrand

Audiocassettes


Box 18 Special Section: Action on Apartheid, 1987 October 18-22, 1 audiocassettes

Box 18 Women, Children and Health in South Africa, 1987 October 18-22, 2 audiocassettes

Series IV: Activities, 1984-1995

This series contains material related to projects and causes CHISA organized or participated in.

Subseries IV.1: NAMDA, 1984-1993

The first subseries documents CHISA's role as the U.S. liaison for the National Medical and Dental Association (NAMDA), an anti-apartheid professional group that aimed for an equal opportunity health care system in South Africa. CHISA worked closely with NAMDA to protest the detention of health workers, plan workshops and raise funds. This subseries holds general information about NAMDA in the form of newsletters and reports, as well as correspondence between CHISA and NAMDA members, minutes and notes from joint meetings, papers on violations and health problems, and other documents that show how the two organizations worked together.


Box 14 Folder 1-7 General, 1984-1992, 7 folders


Box 15 Folder 1 Denouncement of Torture Cases, 1985

Box 15 Folder 2-3 Progressive Primary Health Care Committee, 1985-1988, 2 folders

Box 15 Folder 4 Slide Presentations, 1987-1988, 56 slides

Box 15 Folder 5 Human Rights Fellowship, 1990

Subseries IV.2: Projects, 1981-1995

The second subseries holds information on a variety of other projects such as Priorities for Prevention, a proposal outlined by a CHISA task force to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic by studying high-risk groups, training health workers, and educating the migrant worker community. CHISA often acted as a consultant, advising anti-apartheid nursing organizations and assisting in the formation of a School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape. This work is documented mainly through proposal drafts, notes, and correspondence. There are also several folders of educational brochures, printed in English and Afrikaans that represent attempts to educate the public about health problems.

Files are arranged chronologically.

Box 15 Folder 6 Medical Education for South African Blacks, 1985-1990

Box 15 Folder 7 Alexandria Township Report by Tim Wilson--Transcript, 1986

Box 15 Folder 8 Alexandria Clinic--Correspondence, 1986-1987

Box 15 Folder 9 Medical Aid Project, 1987

Box 15 Folder 10 Protest of Child Detention, 1989

Box 15 Folder 11 CHISA Center in South Africa--Proposal, 1987

Box 15 Folder 12 Reebok Award--Ceremony Packet, 1988

Box 15 Folder 13 Health-Pac Update: Health in Southern Africa, by Mervyn Susser--Report, 1988

Box 15 Folder 14 Baragwanath Hospital Crisis, 1988

Box 15 Folder 15 A Proposal for Increasing Columbia's Participation in the Education and Training of Black South Africans and Namibians" by Gail Gerheart--Draft, 1988


Box 16 Folder 1-3 Educational Health Booklets by Department of Health and Welfare (South Africa), 1981-1988, 3 folders

Box 16 Folder 3-4 Academic Boycott of South Africa, 1989, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 5 Health Assessments in Mozambique, 1989

Box 16 Folder 6 Hunger Strike by South African Prisoners, 1989

Box 16 Folder 7-8 "AIDS Prevention in Southern Africa"--Proposal, 1990, 2 folders

Box 16 Folder 9 Mervyn Susser Visit to South Africa (includes photographs), 1990


Box 17 Folder 1-2 Treatment of Black Nurses, 1991, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 3 "HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Priorities in Prevention"--Proposal, 1991

Box 17 Folder 4 Medunsa Installation Address by E.T. Mokgokong, 1992

Box 17 Folder 5 University of the Western Cape School of Public Health--Proposal, 1991-1992

Box 17 Folder 6-7 CHISA Office Proposal, 1992, 2 folders

Box 17 Folder 8 Fogarty Grant Application for Training Program, 1992

Box 17 Folder 9 "A National Health Plan for South Africa"--Draft, 1994


Box 18 Folder 1 Nkosazana Zuma's Visit to the U.S., 1994

Box 18 Folder 2 Multicountry Projects, 1995

Box 18 Folder 3 Solly Rotmanae Visit, 1995

Box 18 Folder 4 "Proposal for the Establishment of a Regional Weekly Newspaper in Durban", 1995

Box 18 Hiabisa Trust, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)