Policy and Advocacy Department of IAVI held a training on Scientific literacy research ethics and translation of research findings into policies and best practices Trainer of Trainers (ToT) on the 15-18 November at the Raddison Red Hotel in Johannesburg. The aim of the training is to ensure that Attendees have a better understanding of: Scientific...
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Under the umbrella of SAHTAC and Campaigning for Cancer a first regional Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)-endorsed workshop was held on October 26, 2022, in Johannesburg. It was co-hosted by the HTAi’s Public and Citizen Involvement working group. The workshop focused on patient and public involvement (PPI) in HTA or healthcare decision making in Southern...
On 26th October 2022, the South African Health Technologies Coalition (SAHTAC), through its Regulatory Harmonisation work, supported the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to host a webinar titled: SAHPRA unpacks global accolade upon receiving WHO Maturity Level 3. More than 337 people dialed into the webinar which was characterized by many questions and...
SAHTAC participated in the first joint World Health Summit co-hosted with WHO on 16 to 18 October in Berlin, Germany. The Summit brought together the most prominent names in global health from all sectors in all regions of the world. Held under the patronage of German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Senegal’s...
On the 22nd of August 2022, SAHTAC held the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion workshop spearheaded by its Positioning & Capacity Building Task Team. This was done in the month of August in celebration of women and the theme was mainly to raise awareness of gender and diversity issues for coalition members. We are called to...
Across the globe, research helps find the root cause of the health challenges or diseases in our society, identify ways to improve behaviours of the affected community, and find solutions to our health issues. Clinical research has critical in bringing new vaccines to our health system. Clinical research – aimed at evaluating a medical, surgical, or...
It is time to treat the scourge of Tuberculosis scourge with the same urgency as we did the COVID-19 pandemic. As we emerge from the devastating toll of the pandemic on people’s lives and on global economies, we must wake up to face the staggering toll of 1.5 million Tuberculosis deaths and 10 million new infections...
Across Africa, local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies are responding to the urgent need for locally produced medical products and technologies despite the existing regulatory challenges. We can support manufacturing capacity by expediting the establishment and operationalisation of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). In November 2021, after 15 countries signed and ratified the AMA treaty, the AMA...
While Kenya and South Africa begin to ease to Covid-19 restrictions, including mask wearing in open spaces, Nigeria is still in national disaster status with no announcement of when restrictions might be lifted. These differing approaches reflect Africa’s general uncertainty and unpredictability on how Covid-19 will evolve going forward. Despite the challenges of the past two years, the world now has...
