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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Launch of the GT4Africa journal supplement: What does it take to operationalise gender-transformative approaches to improve SRMH rights and services in Afri... The journal supplement features eight peer-reviewed articles produced by the Gender Transformation for Africa (GT4Africa) cohort. Funded by IDRC between 2022 and 2025, the cohort supports seven implem...

UNU-IIGH will co-host the launch webinar of a journal supplement produced by the GT4Africa cohort, convening experts to explore the operationalisation of gender transformative approaches in sexual and reproductive health across African contexts.
📆 July 31 | 14:00 (UTC+1)
🔗 go.unu.edu/jBSVN

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Vacancy: Manager – Pharmacovigilance in Southern Africa Initiative
Apply by 8 August
@sophuwc.bsky.social & School of Pharmacy-UWC @uwconline.bsky.social with @itmantwerp.bsky.social are establishing a cutting-edge Initiative. Learn more 👇
soph.uwc.ac.za/news/manager...
@rravinetto.bsky.social

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𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞: 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡
To learn more about the programmes and application process, please view our flyer👉 soph.uwc.ac.za/wp-content/u...

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Celebrating Excellence: 52 Graduates Honored at UWC School of Public Health - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health On the 14th of April 2025, the University of the Western Cape’s School of Public Health (SOPH) celebrated a remarkable milestone: the graduation of 52 students who have dedicated their academic journe...

Celebrating Excellence: 52 Graduates Honored at UWC School of Public Health soph.uwc.ac.za/news/celebra...

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SOPH at #SAAHIP2025 Conference

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UWC School of Public Health at #PHASA2025 Conference

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Factors shaping Covid-19 vaccine acceptability among young people in South Africa and Nigeria: An exploratory qualitative study Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among young people can be seen as an acute – but not isolated – phenomenon within an alarming longer-term trend of broader vaccine distrust in Africa. Yet there are still co...

Factors shaping Covid-19 vaccine acceptability among young people in South Africa and Nigeria: An exploratory qualitative study, by Marisa Casale and colleagues journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

01.04.2025 10:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reconfiguration of Informal Social Protection Systems of Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review, by Phoene Mesa Oware, Yanga Zembe and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...

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After USAID: what now for aid and Africa? Seize this opportunity to reframe aid and centre local health needs The Trump administration’s shocking decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) overnight ...

“Bold leadership is needed now. This is an opportunity for Africa to build resilient arrangements for self-sufficient financing for healthcare.”

@ckyobutungi.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

11.03.2025 18:41 — 👍 38    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 2

New frontiers in health policy and systems research OverviewThe 2024 Virchow Prize was awarded to Professor Lucy Gilson for her inspiring work towards more sustainable and people-centred health systems. More than an individual honour, this award highli...

Did we mention that it's another busy week at the Alliance? Join us tomorrow for insights from a range of experts, including @virchowprize laureate @Lucy_Gilson on New frontiers in health policy and systems research.

Register to join the free webinar > www.ahpsr.org/frontiers

10.03.2025 09:16 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

The Academy of Science of South Africa, in partnership with the South African Medical Research Council and the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, cordially invites you to two lectures by Prof. Kalpana Balakrishnan.
Find out more and RSVP soph.uwc.ac.za/news/prof-ka...

06.03.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025: Food Environments (Two Positions) - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health The Food Environment Research group (a collective from Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Public Health and the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security) at the University of the We...

Call for Applications – The Food Environment Research group at the @uwconline.bsky.social under leadership of Prof Rina Swart is seeking 2 Post-doctoral Research Fellows to work on National School Nutrition Programme, and Indigenous & Neglected Crops.
Apply by 28 Feb soph.uwc.ac.za/news/postdoc...

28.02.2025 05:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Consortium Project Manager - Vacancy - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health The School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape (UWC-SOPH) is seeking to appoint a Consortium Project Manager (on a full-time basis) to start as soon as possible.

VACANCY- Consortium Project Manager
@sophuwc.bsky.social is seeking to hire a Manager to oversee delivery of outputs for a health systems research consortium: Realizing full potential of PHC workforce: Addressing gendered workplace violence.
Closing date: March 4 soph.uwc.ac.za/news/consort...

28.02.2025 05:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

School Of Public Health - University of the Western Cape - School of Public Health The School of Public Health was founded in 1993 to support the establishment of a district health system in a new democratic South Africa.

The @sophuwc.bsky.social offers doctoral, masters & post-graduate diploma programmes in Public Health, which are accessible part-time & full-time, are offered online, and host mainly working health professionals, from the entire African continent and the Global South. soph.uwc.ac.za/school-of-pu...

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