CEPSA Newsletter (December 2025)Welcome to CEPSA’s Community of Practice (CoP)! The CoP is a network of excellence between and by PV experts in Africa.FIND OUT MOREHealth and Harmony Take Centre Stage at KESS Research Day 2025Theme: Health and Harmony: Ecosystems, Equity and Evidence for Sustainable Well-beingFIND OUT MORECEPSA’s first pharmacovigilance training workshopThe Centre of Excellence for Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa (CEPSA) marked a major milestone with its first pharmacovigilance workshop in November 2025, bringing together experts from across Africa to strengthen PV capacity through immersive, hands-on training FIND OUT MOREStrengthening pharmacovigilance capacities in Southern African countries – current practices, challenges and proposed strategiesAt the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APSSA) 2025 Conference, Lagoon Beach, Cape Town, South Africa, I had the opportunity to deliver a podium presentation on strengthening pharmacovigilance capacities in Southern African countries.FIND OUT MORE
The first in-person GT4Africa cohort workshop deliberated on Research Publications, Knowledge Translation, and Sustainability and collaborated on a forthcoming journal supplement and commentaries.
The Western Cape Department of Health & Wellness together with the UWC and UCT Schools of Public Health recently came together to host a one-day workshop on Community-Oriented Primary Care.
Health 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.
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).
The 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 it down the toilet.
In the month of October, UWC hosted visiting academics from The Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil – Prof Ana Vieira, Dr. Gustavo Gomes, and Prof. Flavia Clemente.