WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
  - the school is part of  the Community Health Sciences Faculty at the University of the Western Cape

OUR VISION
The Vision of the School of Public Health (SOPH) is the optimal health of populations in developing countries, particularly Africa,
living in healthy and sustainable environments with access to appropriate, high quality, comprehensive and equitable health systems,
based on a human rights approach.


OUR PURPOSE
The Purpose of the School is to contribute to developing policy makers and implementers who are knowledgeable and skilled in the
principles and practice of public health, whose practice is based on research, influenced by informed and active communities,
and implemented with a commitment to equity, social justice and human dignity. 
SOPH NEWS 
SPRING SCHOOL - 30 AUG - 17 SEPT 2010

School of Public Health will be conducting this years Spring School from the 30th August to the 17th September 2010. Closing date for applications is the 25th June 2010.

More information
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GRANT FOR MASTERS PROGRAMME 

In late 2008 the SOPH was awarded a large and prestigious competitive grant by the World Health Organisation to provide postgraduate training in Health Workforce Management.

In this programme we will train small groups of students (teams) within countries. This will facilitate group learning and the very important development of a critical mass of highly skilled human resource practitioners. Read more...

PhD Programme Coordination
 

Professor Thandi Puoane, is back from sabbatical and once more coordinating the PhD programme. We welcome enquiries and expressions of interest.

For more information, please see PhD Programme - Public Health
 

EVENTS

 

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES SHORT COURSES RESEARCH