SARChI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change Archives - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health

Jakes Gerwel Award in Public Health 2023: Dr Landry Tsague Dongmo

Presentation title: “When two pandemics collide, HIV and COVID-19
– A reflection on the future of public health in Africa”

Invitation: Pharmaceutical Public Health Webinar Series

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Pharmaceutical Public Health Webinar Series, where we will be discussing the latest advancements and challenges in promoting global health through the lens of pharmaceutical public health.

Workshop Series on Strengthening Pharmacovigilance Systems

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...

SPaRCS presented its first in-person pilot training to community health workers

Since late 2021 the SPARCS Project has been developing a pilot training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) on Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmacovigilance

16 February 2023

DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change – Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 – Learning Partnership Project for a Gender Transformative Approach (LP4GT)

The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (SOPH), is seeing to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellows attached to the SARCHI Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change (Prof Asha George) and her collaborators, beginning as soon as possible in 2023.

15 February 2023

DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Health Systems Governance Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023

The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (SOPH), is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow attached to the SARCHI Chair in Health Systems Governance (Prof Helen Schneider), to advance a programme of work.

6 May 2022

Collaborative project on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa launched

The School of Public Health recently began work on two exciting aspects of a global research project focusing on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa.

11 August 2021

Practice of death surveillance and response for maternal, newborn and child health: a framework and application to a South African health district

Staff inolved: Fidele Mukinda, Asha George, Sara Van Belle, Helen Schneider

11 August 2021

Democratic South Africa at 25 – a conceptual framework and narrative review of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health

Staff inolved: Tanya Jacobs and Asha George

11 August 2021

Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents reflected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans

Staff inolved: Asha S. George, Tanya Jacobs, Mary V. Kinney, Annie Haakenstad, Neha S. Singh, Kumanan Rasanathan & Mickey Chopra

4 August 2021

Policy foundations for transformation: a gender analysis of adolescent health policy documents in South Africa

Staff inolved: Tanya Jacobs, Asha George, Michelle De Jong

23 March 2021

Health Policy Analysis for Annual Reviews

In this one-hour webinar, Asha George and Mary Kinney from University of the Western Cape in South Africa provide an overview of health policy analysis.

10 December 2020

The action for reset dialogues: Interview with Asha George

Have countries learned lessons on how to build on communities in dealing with health and social issues?