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Vacancies

  • Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

    To strengthen I-TECH’s capacity and expertise in the areas of monitoring of project level results, programme learning, and evaluation

  • Assistant Professor of Global Health / Epidemiologist

    The faculty member to be appointed will be responsible for building up and expanding a collaborative research group based both in South Africa and Utrecht, the Netherlands.

  • Program Officer, Public Health

    CHAI Rwanda is seeking an Public Health Program Officer to serve as a focal point for all stakeholders on issues of nutrition and to support the development and implementation of a national nutrition awareness campaign.

  • Volunteer, Strategy and Business Development

    The CHAI Rwanda program is currently seeking a highly motivated, flexible individual to provide technical support to the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MoH) in its creation of a business development unit.

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PHASA news

  • 2013 Public Health Innovation and Lifetime Achievement ( PHILA) Awards

    The Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) would like to invite nominations for the 2013 PHILA Awards – the PHILA Annual Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award The PHILA Annual Award will be given each year to an individual in recognition of their contribution to public health in South Africa during the previous year. [...]

  • PHASA 2013 conference: call for abstracts

    You can now submit your abstract for the 9th Public Health Association of South Africa conference and the inaugural conference of the African Federation of Public Health Associations which will be held in Cape Town from 24 -27 September 2013.

  • PHASA 2013 conference – save the dates

    PHASA wants to wish you all a good 2013 and asks you to save the dates for the next conference which will be held from 25 to 27 September in Cape Town.

  • Workshops at the 2012 PHASA conference

    The key messages of the workshops organised on the first day of the conferences are presented here.

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articles

  • Human Resources for Health – Challenges and Solutions

    by Sabiha Essack
    Human Resources for Health – Challenges and Solutions
    In South Africa the existing higher education sector is unable to meet the graduate output required by the health sector while foreign recruitment is constrained by current legislation on the registration and practice of foreign healthcare professionals. The Ministries of Health and Higher Education and Training in South Africa should give serious consideration to giving effect to the recommendation on private providers contained in the Green Paper for Post-School Education and Training, specifically, working with vetted private health sciences education providers to strengthen and expand provision in compliance with quality and accreditation requirements in priority and/or scarce skill areas. read more

  • Addressing staff shortages in public hospitals: a role for clinical associates?

    by Jane Doherty
    Addressing staff shortages in public hospitals: a role for clinical associates?
    Recent news headlines have highlighted the shortage of doctors in public hospitals, especially in disadvantaged areas. There is no doubt that more doctors need to be trained and recruited into the public sector. But are these strategies sufficient to solve the shortage of hospital staff with skills to diagnose patients’ problems and implement treatment? How long will it take to fill all the public sector’s vacant posts? And how much will it cost? Clinical associates have the potential to bring good quality hospital care closer to communities in a way that is affordable for the country. Along with other initiatives they could help to strengthen the public sector, and extend its coverage, as envisaged by the National Health Insurance policy. read more

  • Where to work, what to do? Does the medical school experience influence career intentions?

    by Nonkululeko Mthembu
    Where to work, what to do? Does the medical school experience influence career intentions?
    Medical graduates that are currently produced by the education system are ill-equipped to manage health challenges within their communities which can be addressed by the primary health care approach. Wits University Medical School introduced the Graduate Entry Medical Programme in 2003 to expose the students to public health and primary care disciplines as well as the traditional hospital based clinical training. A study conducted amongst the medical students in their final year of study and those in their first year showed, however, that the medical school experience at the University as it is currently did not appear to have any influence with respect to working in primary care disciplines or remain in the public sector. read more

  • How golden policies lead to mud delivery – and how silver should become the new gold.

    by Karl le Roux
    How golden policies lead to mud delivery – and how silver should become the new gold.
    Why does South Africa perform badly in health when compared to other African countries, despite good policies, adequate amounts of money and more skilled workers? One of the reasons is that there are many examples of policies and programmes that aim for an unrealistic gold standard (with its unnecessary and unhelpful complexity) and which, as a result, undermine the provision of good healthcare to as large a population as possible, e.g. the new Road to Health Booklet and the District Health Information System. Many people balk at the idea of not aiming for a “gold standard” at a policy level. In this article the author argues that it might be better to aim for a "silver standard". read more

  • Capacity of the SA public health sector to deliver rehabilitation services: an institutional analysis

    by Harsha Dayal
    Capacity of the SA public health sector to deliver rehabilitation services: an institutional analysis
    There is emerging evidence that the public health sector is struggling to provide effective, efficient and equitable rehabilitation services, and this requires due attention to be paid to understanding what these capacity constraints are from a provider perspective. What is being witnessed is a conflict between strategic policies and operational structures, resulting in a widening gap between policy and practice. There are four key agencies that play a role in setting up rules guiding the delivery of rehabilitation services: Department of Health; Health Professions Council of South Africa; Department of Public Service Administration; and Tertiary training institutions. An analysis of the functioning of these four key institutions in the delivery of rehabilitation services is presented here to provide evidence of the constraining environment within which policies are required to be implemented. read more
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