UWC School of Public Health

Established in 1993, the School of Public Health (SOPH) of the University of Western Cape is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Human Resource for Health Development, hosts the SARChi chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change and houses the UWC Centre for Research in HIV and AIDS (CRHA).

The SOPH's vision 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.

Most of our research, in line with the overall orientation of the SOPH, focuses on health policy and systems, social determinants of health and building a district-based public health system. It addresses four inter-related programme areas, namely HIV/AIDS and TB, maternal and child health, public health nutrition, and non-communicable diseases.