The good bold days – Rethinking the fight for gender equality and human rightsThe world of 2026 is marked by overlapping crises that continue to expose the fragility of our systems and the persistence of inequality. FIND OUT MORECall For Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026: Food Environments (Two Positions)The Food Environment Research group (a collective from Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Public Health and the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security) at the University of the Western Cape under the leadership of Prof Rina Swart...FIND OUT MOREShape the Future of Public Health Applications for 2027 opening soonAre you ready to lead change in the health and social development sectors? At the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, our flexible, modular Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (PGD) and Master of Public Health (MPH) programmes...FIND OUT MORECEPSA delivered two podium presentations at the 2026 International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) Africa Chapter MeetingAt the 2026 ISoP Africa Chapter Meeting, held in Windhoek, Namibia, from 18 – 21 May 2026, Dr Nicolas Praet and Dr Ebenezer Wiafe delivered two podium presentations on strengthening the pharmacovigilance ecosystem in Africa through CEPSA’s initiatives.FIND OUT MORE
SOPH hosted a warm reception on Monday 19 Feb 2018 to bring together Masters and Postgraduate diploma students, who are taking part in the Summer School, and SOPH academic and admin staff.
The 2017 Award was presented to 2002 graduate Dr Rolene Wagner, a medical doctor and, from December 2012, the CEO of Frere Hospital in East London, South Africa.
Prof. Hoosen Coovadia addressed in his lecture the concepts of fairness, equality and equity with a focus primarily on the stratifcations based on race, gender and the private/public dichotomoies.
In 2017 we combined the ceremony at which the Jakes Gerwel Award in Public Health for Outstanding Contribution in the field of Public Health was awarded with a symposium on ‘Public health perspectives on the crisis in higher education’ – in the wake of the #Fees must Fall movement and debates on decolonising higher education.
CHEPSAA’s online open access modules – Introduction to Complex Health Systems (ICHS) and Introduction to Health Policy and Systems Research (IHPSR) – now have a presence in 61 countries across the world.