7 April 2025

Partnerships and Co-Design Processes for Health and Gender Equality: Insights for Programme Implementers, Researchers and Funders

This session aims to illustrate the promises and pitfalls of working with a co-design approach in implementing a gender-transformative approach into adolescent and young people SRHR intervention. The perspectives of a grant manager, a programme implementer and a public health researcher are discussed in relation to participant’s own experiences.
3 April 2025

Advancing knowledge for district health system strengthening: emerging themes from the South African Learning Alliance for the DHS (SALAD)

SALAD is a learning network that connects health services managers at district, provincial and national level with health policy and system researchers. SALAD will reflect on its progress since inception through four themes: M&E, COPC, resource allocation and community-led monitoring while eliciting the perspectives of the attendees using world café.
18 March 2025

What do I do with expired medicine? Don’t use it, for a start…

Proper medicine disposal is a critical yet often overlooked issue in South Africa. In a recent article published in The Conversation, Prof Coetzee highlights the risks associated with expired medicines, emphasizing the need for safer disposal practices to protect public health and the environment.