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		<title>Psychiatrist visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is  no test or physical examination which proves the existence of Mental Illness. The following video proves this:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=256&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DRPI Training  Workshop in Kigali</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI), has invited Annie Robb to participate in a Regional Training Workshop between January 24th – February 2, 2011, in Kigali, Rwanda. The invitation letter is copied below. We are proud of you Annie! Fédération Nationale des Personnes en situation de Handicap (F.E.N.A.P.H.) in partnership with Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.) Established [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=264&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real State of Mental Health in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times LIVE, the online version of the Sunday Times, South Africa&#8217;s premium national Sunday newspaper posted, the following story on 21 November 2010: www.timeslive.co.za:80/sundaytimes/article773952.ece/This-hospital-is-simply-unbearable The story has to do with the &#8220;unbearable working conditions&#8221; at the Tower Psychiatric Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province. The article is a lament by staff  on the woeful situation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=247&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>African Disability Protocol</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annie attended the 48th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR (African Charter for Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights) as part of the team of the Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities (SADPD), between 6 and 14 November 2010, in Banjul Gambia. The following report was just published online with regards to the proposed African [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=232&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No room for mentally ill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online article with the above title was published today by West Cape News, a Cape Town based news provider. It reports on a case which Ubuntu has been fighting to prevent a person from being evicted illegally from his residence. Mental health users/ex-users/survivors, living in Cape Town who have cases involving human rights violations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=200&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SAD LOSS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Windell, Treasurer of Ubuntu, died tragically today. He will be sadly missed by members of the board. The board sends its condolences to his wife and children.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=163&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The letter below was received from the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, Professor Marian Jacobs. The letter is in response to an emailed complaint by Annie Robb, regarding patients at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital who are forced to receive treatment by interns/students instead of being attended to by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=173&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENT ON DRAFT GUIDELINES</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Department of Health earlier this year circulated a document for comment by the end of March 2010, called: Final Draft Guidelines for Licensing of Community – based Facilities that Render Mental Health Services Annie Robb drafted the following comment which was sent to the department, which in particular focuses on Residential care facilities: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=157&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OHCHR SUBMISSION</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submission to: The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Day of General Discussion on CRPD Article 12 Drafted by Anne-Marie Robb and Moosa Salie 5 September 2009 We cease to be fully human when our consciousness is denied. This is the ultimate loss of our dignity. We want to be granted the right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=31&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary to the WHO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ubuntu Centre today submitted a commentary to the World Health Organisation&#8217;s department of Mental Health and Substance  Abuse. The Ubuntu Centre had been commissioned by the WHO in May 2009, to comment on their draft Toolkit for Assessing Quality and Monitoring of Human Rights Conditions in Mental Health Facilities. The Commentary can be downloaded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubuntucentre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313644&amp;post=72&amp;subd=ubuntucentre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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