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Global Health Action Special Series on the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, And Adolescents A new Special Series in Global Health Action—led by SOPH through the Countdown to 2030 project—assesses how the Global Financing Facility (GFF) has shaped national priorities, investments, and accountability for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health. FIND OUT MORE POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences is delighted to invite you to our Postgraduate Open Day 2025, a special opportunity to explore postgraduate study pathways, engage with academic leaders, and connect with fellow health professionals and scholars. FIND OUT MORE Reflections of resilience and vulnerability of adolescents living with HIV during COVID-19: A photovoice study in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa On the 8th April 2025, I had the opportunity to present my PhD research, which explored the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, with a focus on their resilience and vulnerability using photovoice methodology. FIND OUT MORE Reflections 2025 International AIDS Society Conference: Finding belonging, building resilience, and reimagining a future in research. Final Year PhD candidate Charné Petinger reflects on her experience presenting at IAS 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda, where she showcased her participatory research with adolescents living with HIV. In this piece, she shares key lessons learned from the global HIV... FIND OUT MORE
8 September 2025

Global Health Action Special Series on the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, And Adolescents

A new Special Series in Global Health Action—led by SOPH through the Countdown to 2030 project—assesses how the Global Financing Facility (GFF) has shaped national priorities, investments, and accountability for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health.
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25 August 2025

Reflections of resilience and vulnerability of adolescents living with HIV during COVID-19: A photovoice study in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa

On the 8th April 2025, I had the opportunity to present my PhD research, which explored the impact of COVID-19 on adolescents with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, with a focus on their resilience and vulnerability using photovoice methodology.
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25 August 2025

Reflections 2025 International AIDS Society Conference: Finding belonging, building resilience, and reimagining a future in research.

Final Year PhD candidate Charné Petinger reflects on her experience presenting at IAS 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda, where she showcased her participatory research with adolescents living with HIV. In this piece, she shares key lessons learned from the global HIV conference, which emphasizes the importance of community-led approaches, innovation and resilience- and offers a powerful reminder that person-centred, equity-driven research belongs at the heart of all public health work.
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7 August 2025

The promises and pitfalls of working with a co-design approach for advancing health and gender equality: Perspectives from programme implementers, public health researchers and funders

Globally and in South Africa, young people face significant sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges. In South Africa, young people (15-24) represent a significant proportion of people living with HIV and women were disproportionately affected.
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30 July 2025

Khayelitsha and Eastern Substructure (KESS) Research day

The Western Cape Government Department of Health and Wellness (WCGHW), Khayelitsha Eastern Sub-structure (KESS) is hosting its 2025 Research Day under the theme “Health and Harmony: Ecosystems, Equity, and Evidence for Sustainable Well-being” which will take place on 31 October 2025.
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15 July 2025

Faculty Of Community & Health | Sciences School of Public Health – Senior Lecturer

What began as an academic visit quickly turned into a deeply personal and transformative journey, one that reconnected me with inspiring mentors, reminded me of shared struggles, and offered fresh perspectives on health systems, justice, and inequality.
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4 July 2025

UWC Celebrates Tarryn’s Global Achievement in Pharmaceutical Public Health

Tarryn Jeftha, a Master of Public Health candidate at UWC, was awarded a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Pharmaceutical Policy Systems course at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Belgium, as the only South African participant in the 2025 cohort.
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