Cape Town

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The Right2Know Campaign (www.r2k.org.za) is a coalition of civil society organizations, launched in August 2010 in
opposition to the Secrecy Bill. Today the campaign has a much broader mandate: Building a people’s movement for access to
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Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and southern Africa.

PURPOSE:

Health Systems Trust (HST) wishes to appoint a Researcher working from our Cape Town, Johannesburg or Durban office. The incumbent’s primary responsibility will be to participate in research projects in line with the organisation’s goal of building an equitable, effective and efficient national health system in South Africa and the region, through strengthening the functioning of health districts. This is a one year, fixed-term contract position, renewable based on funding and performance.

A new set of guidelines and training tools dealing with the legal, ethical and counselling issues related to HIV testing of children is now available for HIV/AIDS practitioners working with children.

Dr Heidi van Rooyen, project team leader and research director at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), explains: “These guidelines explore in simple and practical terms the psychosocial implications as well as the legal and policy obligations relating to HIV counselling and testing of children.

“The tools describe what practitioners can do to ensure that HIV testing of children takes place in a way that protects and promotes their rights and is conducted in their best interests."

The University of Cape Town and the Department of Health of the Western Cape Government invite applications for the above position in the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine linked to the Chief Directorate: Strategy and Health Support.

The successful person:

Cell-Life is looking for a mobile health (mHealth) Project Associate, based at its offices in Cape Town. The position will involve working on some of Cell-Life’s mHealth services in health promotion and maternal health.  Areas of work will include assisting in:

Cell-Life is looking for a mobile health (mHealth) Project Coordinator, based at its offices in Cape Town. The position will involve running some of Cell-Life’s mHealth health services in health promotion and maternal health. Areas of work will include:

• Project planning and reporting
• Conceptualising, costing and setting up new mHealth services, particularly ones that use communication with people/patients to improve health outcomes
• Writing content
• Piloting and evaluating mHealth services
• Partnership development, including with other NGOs and government.
• Marketing mhealth services.

 
The position requires a range of skills and experience:

Health Systems Trust is a dynamic, not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of an equitable and comprehensive health system for the provision of quality health care in South and southern Africa.

PURPOSE:
Health Systems Trust (HST) wishes to appoint a Senior Researcher working from our Cape Town, Johannesburg or Durban office. The incumbent’s primary responsibility will be to manage research projects in line with the organisation’s goal of building an equitable, effective and efficient national health system in South Africa and the region. This is a one year, fixed-term contract position, renewable based on funding and performance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

HST hosts interns from around the world to gain experience working in public health in southern Africa.  Below are our current interns:

From 26-28 April 2012, EQUINET held a regional methods workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. It gathered the lead institutions of country teams in the Equity Watch work, the EQUINET steering committee, regional and international agencies and networks involved in work on health equity. The workshop aimed to: provide training on equity analysis and discuss future approaches to capacity building on equity analysis; review Equity Watch work at country level and the learning and implications from the work for future monitoring of health equity within countries; and review and discuss the draft regional Equity Watch and the follow up and dissemination.