Research Entities

Research forms an integral component of the School. The main research areas are both strategic and applied, with particular emphasis on research that has relevance to the region.

Agincourt Health and Population Unit surveys approximately 70000 people annually and has a unique dataset describing the changing pattern of rural mortality, non-communicable diseases and nutrition.

Centre for Health Policy (CHP) is a multi-disciplinary research organisation which seeks to contribute to excellence in health policy and health economics research, and to be a critical participant in health policy processes.

CARTA (Consortium for Advance Research Training in Africa) is an initiative jointly led by the Wits School of Public Health and the African Population Health and Research Centre. 

Department of Community Health at the School of Public Health comprises specialists and registrars who are involved in public health service delivery, teaching and research. Areas of work cover a broad spectrum of activities within academic complex hospitals, national, provincial and local government as well as occupational medicine, environmental health and the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. 

Gender and  Health Unit Originally focused on the areas of quality of care, maternal care, termination of pregnancy services (TOP) including medical abortion, cervical cancer, tobacco on women's health, services for survivors of sexual assault, the effect of health sector reforms on reproductive health and rights and the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. The Women's Health Project was closed due to lack of funding for its outreach activities. The work of the WHP has been merged into the Gender and Health Division of the School and only specific activities will continue viz. health sector reforms and sexual and reproductive health as well as incorporating gender and sexual and reproductive rights and health into the SPH's curriculum. The Quality Maternal Care Project and the Resource Centre has been absorbed into the School.

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