Public Health Conference in South Africa

Official Conference Partner Associations:

Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA)

Junior Public Health Association of South Africa (JuPHASA)

Overview:

Carefully developed with a dedicated focus on recognising the key countries that have contributed to, and are integral in, the development of the healthcare policy within South Africa.

As an additional all-important element, the agenda features senior level experts from across the region who will address the latest public health issues affecting the African continent. By considering key matters including one health, communicable diseases, climate change, management and leadership, as well as child and youth considerations, the Public Health conference will, once again, contribute significantly to the enhancement of public health in South Africa.

Theme: Improving local health by employing global initiatives

What’s new?

New organising committee members
More expert speakers from Africa
Inclusion of a brand-new symposium lead by JuPHASA – focusing on child and youth considerations within public health

Management and leadership
Public Health policy
Climate change
One Health and communicable disease
Occupational health
Youth considerations
Oral public health

Assess how you can improve your leadership and management approach to enhance the efficiency and productivity of your public healthcare provision
Recognise the most recent developments within healthcare policy, to be updated with the latest knowledge and to ensure efficient and high quality public health services
Understand concepts that contribute to the underlying causes of occupational illness and injury, to enable the development of cost-effective programmes that prevent injury and keep workers safe
Discuss the complex interplay between climate change and public health considering both the regional and global impact
Explore how forging co-equal, all-inclusive collaborations between physicians and all other scientific-health and environmentally related disciplines can achieve better public health outcomes
Identify the prevalence of emerging and reemerging communicable diseases and consider their effect on South African healthcare