Capacity Strengthening: KESS and SOPH Prepare for KESS Research Day From Practice-Based Knowledge to Research: Strengthening Research Capacity Among Khayelitsha Eastern Substructure Health Workers FIND OUT MORE What do UWC students think about mental health? The SOPH joins UWC in observing Mental Health and Wellness Week FIND OUT MORE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: UWC–VUB Caroline Pauwels–Jakes Gerwel Joint PhD Scholarship (2027) 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. FIND OUT MORE Strengthening Trauma-Informed Leadership: A Collaborative Engagement with City Health Managers Area East City Health managers partnering with UWC School of Public Health to strengthen Trauma-Informed Leadership. FIND OUT MORE
9 May 2024

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.
29 April 2024

Pharmaceutical Public Health

In 2025 the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa will offer Pharmaceutical Policy and Management as an online semester module from July-November 2025. This module may be taken as an individual stand-alone module or as part of the Master of Public Health.
1 December 2023

SPaRCS Strengthening Clinical Trials Oversight Workshop

The SPARCS Project hosted a workshop to support increased collaboration and networking between national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and national ethical committees (NECs) on the regulation of clinical trials in Southern Africa and identify priority areas for a framework for effective clinical trial oversight in the region.
1 December 2023

SPaRCS Pharmacovigilance Systems Strengthening Workshop

The SPaRCS Project hosted a Pharmacovigilance (PV) Systems Strengthening Workshop, 9-11 July 2023 in Windhoek, Namibia.  The workshop marked the final in a series of capacity strengthening and mutual learning workshops in the Pharmacovigilance Systems Strengthening thematic area, and was attended by fifteen participants from seven countries (Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, and Belgium)
7 November 2023

Pharmaceutical policies in health systems Course at ITM, Belgium.

Two SOPH staff members, Hazel Bradley and Renier Coetzee, co-facilitates in a 3-week course that equips participants with the tools to understand, analyse and propose strategies for strenghtening pharmaceutical systems and their role in universal health coverage.