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South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition

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Media Engagement Consultant for Communication plan and implementation in Health Research, Development & Innovation Background The initiative aims to package and share knowledge and evidence to inform and influence advocacy, investment, policy and diverse stakeholder engagement among sub-regional coalitions and other actors. SAHTAC’s advocacy strategy’s objectives are stated below to: 1. Increased commitments for domestic...
AUDA-NEPAD in partnership with PATH, hosted a three-day capacity building workshop on medical products regulatory systems strengthening and regulatory harmonisation in Africa. The workshop held at the Radisson Blue International Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda on 27 to 29 June 2024 brought together heads of identified National Regulatory Authorities and their legal experts, civil society...
SAHTAC hosted a policy brief training on the 19 and 20 October 2023 at the Capital on Park Hotel in Johannesburg. Fifteen coalition members were trained in two days. The training aimed to strengthen the capacity of SAHTAC members to be able to use scientific evidence in policy briefs and publications to inform and or...
The 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM) held under the theme “Science Saves Lives” took place in Dakar Senegal from 08 – 11 October 2023 to explore how the global health community can expand the frontiers of science and innovation to save and improve lives.  This year’s annual meeting marks the 20th anniversary of the...
SAHTAC held its first quarterly meeting webinar on Wednesday 31 May 2023. The first guest speaker Elroy Paulus, Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) Board Member and Treasurer challenged the coalition to strengthen its advocacy agenda and make it clear in terms of what it aims to achieve and who the target audience is. He shared on...
By The Standard Team The Covid-19 pandemic devastated the African continent in many ways economically, socially, and politically with the disruptions evident in all parts of the world. However, like other pandemics and epidemics, Covid-19 has exposed critical failures in multilateralism and global solidarity. Africa has remained among the last in line to access necessary...
By Dr Githinji Gitahi, Aggrey Aluso, Dr Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda, Prof Geoffrey Setswe, Dr Simon Agwale Africa needs a strong and sustainable local manufacturing industry for medical supplies and tools. This would strengthen global health security and ensure access to life-saving health products on the continent, while also reducing reliance on other regions in times of...
The South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition (SAHTAC) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 16 and 17 February 2023 at the Cresta Grande Hotel in Cape Town. There were 28 coalition members that attended in person. The guest speaker, Prof Mushi Matjila Professor, Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cape...
SAHTAC, the Coalition for Health Research and Development (CHReaD) and Pandemic Action Network (PAN) jointly hosted an official side event during the second International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) in Kigali, Rwanda. The event was titled, Expanding local and regional production of medical countermeasures in Africa. The event was held at the Kigali...
The second National Health Research Strategy Priority Framework webinar was held on the 25th of November 2022. This was a build-up session from the first one which was held only with the coalition members and other advocacy groups on the 19th of October 2022. This was aimed at increasing their understanding of NHRSPF. In this...
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