Risk Communication in Pharmacovigilance: Lessons from Vaccine Safety Communication in a Complex Information Environment The Centre of Excellence, will lead initiatives to strengthen pharmacovigilance activities in South Africa and more broadly in the Southern African Region. FIND OUT MORE School of Public Health highlights the importance of trauma-informed research and community health worker well-being at Global Mental Health Symposium Three SoPH scholars presented at the World Universities Network Global Mental Health Symposium at the University of Cape Town FIND OUT MORE School Of Public Health Hosts UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor: Prof Robert Balfour to a walk-about The School of Public Health was highly honoured to host the Rector and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape on a walk-about. FIND OUT MORE 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
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.