Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems in Africa - 2026 Modules (July to November) Pharmaceutical systems are central to resilient health systems and equitable access to care. The Pharmaceutical Public Health programme at the University of the Western Cape equips professionals with practical policy, management, and rational medicines use competencies to address priority public... FIND OUT MORE VACANCY Postdoctoral Fellowship: Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative The School of Public Health and the School of Pharmacy at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join the cutting-edge Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative. FIND OUT MORE 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 MORE Health and Harmony Take Centre Stage at KESS Research Day 2025 Theme: Health and Harmony: Ecosystems, Equity and Evidence for Sustainable Well-being FIND OUT MORE
7 April 2025

SOPH, UWC at PHASA 2025

18th Annual Public Health Conference: 6 – 9 APRIL 2025 - Partnerships for Public Health: Sculpting a Healthier Future Together
7 April 2025

Partnerships and Co-Design Processes for Health and Gender Equality: Insights for Programme Implementers, Researchers and Funders

This session aims to illustrate the promises and pitfalls of working with a co-design approach in implementing a gender-transformative approach into adolescent and young people SRHR intervention. The perspectives of a grant manager, a programme implementer and a public health researcher are discussed in relation to participant’s own experiences.
3 April 2025

Advancing knowledge for district health system strengthening: emerging themes from the South African Learning Alliance for the DHS (SALAD)

SALAD is a learning network that connects health services managers at district, provincial and national level with health policy and system researchers. SALAD will reflect on its progress since inception through four themes: M&E, COPC, resource allocation and community-led monitoring while eliciting the perspectives of the attendees using world café.
23 April 2020

The power of people caring for those affected by Covid-19

Rather than large, sterile and clinical self-isolation centres, let’s imagine for a moment, that everyone who couldn’t self-isolate at home could be accommodated within their neighbourhoods — in an environment that was designed not to transmit Covid-19, while also being familiar, humanised and conducive to social and community bonds.