SOPH, UWC hosted the second peer-to-peer GRIPP learning eventThe 2nd peer-to-peer Getting Research Into Policy and Practice (GRIPP) learning event was held in Cape Town from June 24 to 27 2024. FIND OUT MOREJakes Gerwel Award in Public Health 2024: Dr Anita ParbhooYou are invited to a lecture by Dr Anita Parbhoo, the 2024 Jakes Gerwel Award recipient.FIND OUT MOREApplications for the SOPH Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health and the Master of Public Health programmes are now open.APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 30 September 2024FIND OUT MORECongratulations to Prof Renier on being appointed as the Deputy President of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA)!We would like to extend our warm congratulations to Associate Professor Renier Coetzee of SOPH- UWC who has been appointed as the Deputy President of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA).FIND OUT MORE
Staff inolved: Joseph M. Zulu, Maligzani P. Chavula, Adam Silumbwe, Margarate N. Munakampe, Chama Mulubwa, Wanga Zulu, Charles Michelo, Helen Schneider, Uta Lehmann
Oxfam Policy Management hosted a webinar on ‘Universal Health Coverage in India: Critical Areas of Policy Reforms and Research for Better CHW Engagement’ on 15 July 2021.
“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.”
As public health researchers and educators in a city currently experiencing a seemingly runaway COVID-19 epidemic, we are increasingly being approached to provide our ‘expert’ opinion on the reasons for this.