SOPH at HSR: The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems ResearchHealth Systems Global (HSG) organizes a Symposium every two years to bring together its members with the full range of players involved in health systems, policy and research.FIND OUT MORECentre of Excellence for Strengthening Health Products Safety Monitoring across Southern African countries (2 posts)The School of Public Health and School of Pharmacy at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium are establishing a cutting-edge Centre of Excellence (CoE). FIND OUT MOREToward an ethics of epistemic justice: Research on health disparities related to sexual orientation, gender identity in restrictive settingsThe School of Public Health and Women’s and Gender Studies, UWC Jointly invite you to a seminarFIND OUT MOREThe Hidden Dangers of Improper Medication DisposalThe holiday season is approaching and clearing out cupboards and wardrobes is often part of the to-do-list for many. However, many South Africans are unaware of how to dispose of expired or surplus medication properly and are likely to flush...FIND OUT MORE
By: Solange Durão, Jacob Burns, Bey-Marrié Schmidt, David Tumusiime, Ameer Hohlfeld, Lisa Pfadenhauer, Clémence Ongolo-Zogo, Eva Rehfuess and Tamara Kredo
In 2021 the SPARCS Project held a series of three virtual workshops aimed at strengthening the Pharmacovigilance (PV) Systems in the four countries in Southern Africa, based on an assessment of needs.
by Star Khoza, Carnita Ernest and Hazel Bradley
Since late 2021 the SPARCS Project has been developing a pilot training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) on Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance
Despite growing recognition, calls for gender transformation are not matched with corresponding rigorous research and learning on what it entails at scale and over time. It is common to come across published papers that merely mention the need for more gender responsive / transformative interventions/approaches but often fall short of articulating, why, how and what is needed to move the needle forward.
The University of the Western Cape School of Public Health (UWC-SOPH) and People’s Health Movement for the Annual David Sanders Lecture in Public Health and Social Justice and the launch of the 2nd Edition of ‘The Struggle for Health’