CAN-DO Chameleons - Critical Caring: Breathing Life into the System

This session is focused on "CARE" and the caring work at the heart of our health systems.

Speakers:

Salimah Valiani, PhD

Independent Researcher, Poet Winner of the international book awards 2022. Prize, contemporary. Poetry category [for 29 leads to love], recipient of the 2012 feminist economics rhonda williams prize. Research Monographs: Rethinking Unequal Exchange - The Global Integration of Nursing Labour Markets. The Africa Care Economy Index. Edited Volume: The Future of Mining in South Africa - Sunset or Sunrise? Poetry Collections: 29 leads to loved; Cradles, Land of the Sky, Letter Out: Letter In, and breathing for breadth.

Mia Jansen van Rensburg

Mia Jansen van Rensburg is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Johannesburg. Growing up with a doctor-in-the-making for a sister, she developed a keen interest in the lives of medical professionals in South Africa, and her current research concerns emergency medical services personnel in Johannesburg. Her academic interest in the political economy of health runs parallel to her concerns regarding the working conditions, safety, and dignity of healthcare providers in South Africa.

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