3 November 2026
On 7 September 2026, the South African Learning Alliance for the District Health System (SALAD) hosted a one-hour organised session at the World Congress on Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
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3 November 2026
On 14 October 2026, SALAD hosted a webinar featuring two pairs of presentations. The first pair focused on the public sector’s perspective and the second on the private sector’s, with audience engagement in between. Across these presentations, attendees heard about how public-private partnering can advance the District Health System (DHS).
2 November 2026
The South African Learning Alliance for the District Health System (SALAD) features in Spotlight’s new in-depth piece, How to thaw a health system frozen in fear, by Joan van Dyk.
21 October 2026
On 9 September 2026, SALAD hosted a one-hour organised session at the World Congress on Public Health in Cape Town, South Africa. The session, which was attended by more than fifty local, national and international delegates, included an introduction to the DHS and SALAD as a learning network before a four-person panel shared their perspectives collaborative learning for health system strengthening.
16 October 2026
When quality meetings had lapsed, one Cape Town substructure re-launched them as quarterly Reflections on Quality (RoQ) sessions built for reflection, peer learning and wider participation. Junior staff now engage with managers as colleagues — and learning is spreading across the district, at no extra cost.
16 October 2026
From Practice-Based Knowledge to Research: Strengthening Research Capacity Among Khayelitsha Eastern Substructure Health Workers
15 October 2026
The SOPH joins UWC in observing Mental Health and Wellness Week
13 October 2026
The 2026 Annual David Sanders Lecture in Public Health and Social Justice brought together critical perspectives on one of Cape Town’s most pressing public health challenges: violence. Held under the theme “The Systems Behind Violence: Power, Profit and Prevention in Cape Town,” the lecture invited participants to look beyond individual acts of violence and consider the wider systems, social conditions and power structures that shape violence and society’s responses to it.
9 October 2026
The University of the Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), invites applications from suitably qualified South African candidates for a joint doctoral scholarship.