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UWC's School of Public Health focuses on health policy & systems, social determinants of health and building a district-based public health system.
Bellville, South Africa
Joined March 2015
๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก.To learn more about the programmes and application process, please view our flyer
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Can Systemic Corruption be Prevented by Legal Means? The Market for Pharmaceuticals in Southern Ethiopia, by Akalework Mengesha, Hilde Bastiaens, Raffaella Ravinetto @RRavinetto, Linda Gibson & Robert Dingwall.
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Some international and national regulatory and policy actors assume that strengthening domestic laws and tightening enforcement measures will be sufficient to reduce the extra-legal supply of medic...
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Strategies and responses to the effects of Climate Change on health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol, by Chancy Chimatiro and colleagues
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Background Climate change is recognized as the greatest global health threat of the 21st century. Projections suggest that the Sub-Saharan African region will face more consequences of climate change...
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RT @seyeabimbola: I often reach for this paper whenever I'm asked to think or talk about promoting the adoption and scale-up of health systโฆ.
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RT @SpotlightNSP: FIGHTING FOR MOTHERS | Professor Susan Fawcus, a champion for maternal well-being, spoke to @BienneHuisman about her jourโฆ.
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Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape Town, the soft-spoken...
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RT @NACOSANet: "Women and girls in Africa don't live single issue lives" - Dr Stellah Wairimu Bosire from @AfricaCHSGJ #GT4Africa
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RT @NACOSANet: NACOSA presenting with @unima_official about gender transformative approaches in practice. Really great to see findings fromโฆ.
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RT @NACOSANet: What is recommended? .โ
Invest in context-sensitive capacity strengthening.โ
Recognise facilitators' lived experiences.โ
Adaptโฆ.
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RT @NACOSANet: Interesting slide - research on Africa but not led by Africans. #GT4Africa @AJRHJOURNAL
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New IDRCโGT4Africa Supplement Launched!.Supplement explores what it takes to operationalise gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive & maternal health rights across Africa. Watch launch webinar @UNU_IIGH @IDRC_CRDI @genderhealthhub
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RT @genderhealthhub: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ - ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต. UNU-IIGH iโฆ.
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Vacancy: Faculty Of Community & Health | Sciences School of Public Health โ Senior Lecturer.Closing date 30 /07/2025.Learn more ๐.
soph.uwc.ac.za
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...
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RT @SOPHUWC: ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก.To learn more about the programmes and application process, please viโฆ.
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RT @UNU_IIGH: ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ก: ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ร๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ. This weekโฆ.
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Vacancy: Manager โ Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative.@SOPHUWC & @pharmacy_UWC in partnership with @ITMantwerp are establishing a cutting-edge Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative. Apply by 8 August.@HazelBradleyUWC @reniercoetzee
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The School of Public Health and School of Pharmacy at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium are establishing a cutting-e...
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Measuring respectful maternal and newborn care in Nepal: Comparing linked observation and interview data- prospective cohort study, by Omkar Basnet, Emma Sacks, Mary V. Kinney, Ashish KC
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Background Respectful maternal and newborn care is the cornerstone of high-quality care, however, measuring experience of respectful care has challenges since it can be subjective, and dependent on...
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USAID withdrawal and the erosion of development assistance for health: Considerations for health system leadership in LMICs, by Kabir Sheikh and Helen Schneider
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