Global Health Action Special Series on the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, And Adolescents A new Special Series in Global Health Action—led by SOPH through the Countdown to 2030 project—assesses how the Global Financing Facility (GFF) has shaped national priorities, investments, and accountability for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health. FIND OUT MORE POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences is delighted to invite you to our Postgraduate Open Day 2025, a special opportunity to explore postgraduate study pathways, engage with academic leaders, and connect with fellow health professionals and scholars. FIND OUT MORE Reflections of resilience and vulnerability of adolescents living with HIV during COVID-19: A photovoice study in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa On the 8th April 2025, I had the opportunity to present my PhD research, which explored the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, with a focus on their resilience and vulnerability using photovoice methodology. FIND OUT MORE Reflections 2025 International AIDS Society Conference: Finding belonging, building resilience, and reimagining a future in research. Final Year PhD candidate Charné Petinger reflects on her experience presenting at IAS 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda, where she showcased her participatory research with adolescents living with HIV. In this piece, she shares key lessons learned from the global HIV... FIND OUT MORE
26 May 2023

Shifting unequal gender​​ norms and practices: what does it take?

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.      
16 March 2023

New Partnership with the School of Public Health, UWC to develop responsive Dialogues guidelines for LMICs

ICARS is pleased to announce that we have selected The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape in South Africa to undertake a new project to develop guidelines to facilitate Responsive Dialogues to tackle AMR in Low-and Middle-Income (LMIC) settings.