UWC Academics Lead the Charge Against Aggressive Milk Formula PromotionIn a significant move to protect public health, academics from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) are heading the fight against exploitative marketing practices, paving the way for a healthier future for all.FIND OUT MORESAAHIP conferenceThis is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the local conversations on Pharmaceutical Public Health FIND OUT MORESOPH, UWC at PHASA 202518th Annual Public Health Conference: 6 – 9 APRIL 2025 -
Partnerships for Public Health: Sculpting a Healthier Future TogetherFIND OUT MOREPartnerships and Co-Design Processes for Health and Gender Equality: Insights for Programme Implementers, Researchers and FundersThis 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...FIND OUT MORE
Dr Sulakshana Nandi is from Chhattisgarh State in India, where she is the State Convener of the Public Health Resource Network, a national non-governmental network for research, advocacy and capacity building in public health.
“South Africa’s public health system faces a number of challenges - and we need leaders to solve them, not just managers. That’s one of the lessons COVID-19 has helped drive home - and it’s one we all need to learn.”
Mr Siraaj Adams received the 2019 Jakes Gerwel Award! Siraaj delivered a lecture entitled “Transforming Public Health using Digital Health, the journey so far...”.
The 2018 recipient of the Jakes Gerwel Award was Dr Amir Aman Hagos, now the Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia who graduated with an MPH in 2013.
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.