Links

Health Systems Trust
http://www.hst.org.za/
Since 1992, the HST has been contributing to the development of a comprehensive, equitable and effective national health system in South Africa.  More recently, HST has begun to work in the SADC region.  Their core activities are health systems research, health systems development, advocacy, capacity development and information dissemination.  These activities are implemented through core programmes of Research, the initiative for Sub-district Support (ISDS), Community Development and HealthLink. 
 
Medical Research Council
http://www.mrc.ac.za/
The South African MRC was established in terms of Acts of Parliament (no’s 19 of 1969 and 58 of 1991).  Its most important functions were defined as “to promote the improvement of the health and the quality of life of the population of the Republic and to perform other such functions as may be assigned to the MRC by or under this Act”.  Such ‘improvement’ was to be attained “through research, development and technology transfer”. 

National Department of Health
http://www.doh.gov.za/

Knowledge Management 4 Public Health
http://www.who.int/km4ph/en/
The MM4PH is a global knowledge sharing network for public health led by the Knowledge Management and  Sharing Department of the WHO in close collaboration with the WFPHA and other key international, regional and national public health partners, including the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), and their members. 

University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health
http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Health/PublicHealth/

University of Pretoria School of Health Systems and Public Health
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1339&subid=1339&ipklookid=8

Medical University of South Africa National School of Public Health
http://www.medunsa.ac.za/faculties/nsph/

University of the Free State Department of Community Health
http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/index.php?FCode=08&DCode=027

University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Family and Public Health
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/medschool/famandpubhealth150.aspx

University of Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine
http://www.uct.ac.za/faculties/health/departments/publichealth/

University of Stellenbosch Department of Community Health
http://sun025.sun.ac.za/portal/page/portal/Health_Sciences/English/Departments/Interdisciplinary_Health_Sciences/Community_Health

World Federation of Public Health Associations
http://www.wfpha.org
The World Federation of Public Health Associations is an international, nongovernmental organization bringing health workers throughout the world together for professional exchange, collaboration, and action. Its members, currently numbering 70, are multidisciplinary national and regional public health societies whose own memberships include nurses, sanitarians, administrators, physicians, health educators, pharmacists, anthropologists, researchers, and many other persons interested in public health. WFPHA enjoys official relations status with the World Health Organization and maintains close ties with UNICEF and other international organizations. WFPHA strives to promote effective public health policies and practices throughout the world every day.