The good bold days – Rethinking the fight for gender equality and human rights The world of 2026 is marked by overlapping crises that continue to expose the fragility of our systems and the persistence of inequality. FIND OUT MORE Call 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 MORE Shape the Future of Public Health Applications for 2027 opening soon Are 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 MORE CEPSA delivered two podium presentations at the 2026 International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) Africa Chapter Meeting At 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
8 December 2025

CEPSA’s first pharmacovigilance training workshop

The 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
22 April 2025

68th Annual General Meeting and 37th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Hospital and Institutional Pharmacists (SAAHIP).

The School of Public Health attended the 68th Annual General Meeting and 37th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Hospital and Institutional Pharmacists (SAAHIP). Represented by Prof Renier Coetzee and Dr Hazel Bradley, the School show cased their contributions to public health pharmacy and transformative healthcare practices.
11 April 2025

SAAHIP conference

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the local conversations on Pharmaceutical Public Health
29 April 2024

Pharmaceutical Public Health

In 2025 the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa will offer Pharmaceutical Policy and Management as an online semester module from July-November 2025. This module may be taken as an individual stand-alone module or as part of the Master of Public Health.
1 December 2023

SPaRCS Strengthening Clinical Trials Oversight Workshop

The SPARCS Project hosted a workshop to support increased collaboration and networking between national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and national ethical committees (NECs) on the regulation of clinical trials in Southern Africa and identify priority areas for a framework for effective clinical trial oversight in the region.
1 December 2023

SPaRCS Pharmacovigilance Systems Strengthening Workshop

The SPaRCS Project hosted a Pharmacovigilance (PV) Systems Strengthening Workshop, 9-11 July 2023 in Windhoek, Namibia.  The workshop marked the final in a series of capacity strengthening and mutual learning workshops in the Pharmacovigilance Systems Strengthening thematic area, and was attended by fifteen participants from seven countries (Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, and Belgium)