Soph_Spotkolours, Author at University of the Western Cape

9 July 2026

Navigating resources management at a district level

This May 2024 webinar explores district-level resource management, with a focus on the financial management capacities required within the DHS. Speakers share their work in resource management and the skills required to function effectively in financial management roles while a panel shares recommendations for effective and efficient financial management in the DHS.

8 July 2026

Quality Health Systems

Quality healthcare in South Africa requires the careful management of limited financial resources. Here, we look at strategies for managing those resources in innovative ways.

8 July 2026

Leadership

Leadership in South Africa’s DHS requires motivating and coordinating local providers while facilitating whole-of-government and whole-of-society collaboration. Here, we explore how to strengthen and conceptualise leadership without exercising traditional command-and-control managerial authority.

8 July 2026

Health Financing

Quality healthcare in South Africa requires the careful management of limited financial resources. Here, we look at strategies for managing those resources in innovative ways.

8 July 2026

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning

To address the complex frontline realities of South African communities, the district health system must continually monitor, evaluate and learn (MEL) about what is working, what is not, and how needs are changing. Here, we explore innovative approaches to MEL across the health system.

8 July 2026

Community-Oriented Primary Care

Across South Africa, district health system leaders are imagining innovative ways to understand community health needs and integrate community voices and priorities into primary health care and public health through community-oriented primary care (COPC). Here, we explore COPC approaches implemented across South Africa.

7 July 2026

GT4Afica Closing webinar

The Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) cohort brings together seven implementation research projects (2022–2025) across Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Malawi, and South Africa. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the cohort addresses critical gaps in gender-transformative approaches to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health (SRMH).

7 July 2026

Jounal Supplement Launch

The Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) cohort brings together seven implementation research projects (2022–2025) across Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Malawi, and South Africa. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the cohort addresses critical gaps in gender-transformative approaches to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health (SRMH).

7 July 2026

Knowledge Translation for Gender Transformative Approaches to SRMH

The Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) cohort brings together seven implementation research projects (2022–2025) across Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Malawi, and South Africa. Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the cohort addresses critical gaps in gender-transformative approaches to sexual, reproductive, and maternal health (SRMH).