Katusha de Villiers

Health Systems Innovation Lead at the UCT Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship - all views my own

[Joe Tucker, MD @JosephTucker]

Social innovation institutionalised at the University of the Philippines: excellent panel moderated by Dr Mary Ann Lansang at the #SIHI10 conference ⁦@SIHIglobal⁩ ⁦@SIHI_PH⁩ ⁦@janadeborahmd⁩

[Joe Tucker, MD @JosephTucker]

Join us on 24 July at 8am-10am in Chicago!

[Health Policy Watch @HealthPolicyW]

While Innovators Can Help, Africa Needs Systemic Response to Build Health Equity | https://t.co/sfNIelzuUx

🖊️@Kdevil81 @GillianMoodley

[Social Innovation in Health Initiative @SIHIglobal]

One day to go before SIHI Talks! 💬

📝Register now: https://t.co/u1uhd1qm7P

[Social Innovation in Health Initiative @SIHIglobal]

📣This month's SIHI Talks happens on Wednesday, 29 March at 12 p.m. GMT, and features Lisa Bourget, senior director at Duke Global Health Innovation Center and at @innovationsinhc.

REGISTER: https://t.co/u1uhd1qm7P

#SocialInnovation #LatinAmerica #Health #PartnerForHealth

[Salome Maswime @MrsMaswime]

Global surgery- an African perspective. My talk at WACS on the importance of strengthening surgical systems in Africa. A good surgeon will not have good outcomes in a weak or dysfunctional health system. #PresidentialSession

[gillian_moodley @GillianMoodley]

World Oral Health day today 20 March. Prevention is better than cure!

[gillian_moodley @GillianMoodley]

I look forward to presenting at the upcoming Brown Bag Series Part 8 hosted by @BerthaCentre. The presentation will be on ‘Innovations towards health equity in Africa’ on 10 March at 12:30PM. Please RSVP here: https://t.co/ozX85EBPUe

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

"Innovative finance is an approach to funding enterprises and interventions that create positive social and environmental impact- essentially, financial engineering for impact." - Impact Investing in Africa course convenor @Ms_Shubi @UCTGSB #impactinvesting #socialimpact

[Katusha de Villiers @Kdevil81]

Fascinating discussion by @eleanorwhyle from @UCT_news regarding her PhD work on the politics of health system reform using South Africa’s NHI as a case study at #HSR2022 important to remember that ideas are tools wielded by actors to bring about change @BerthaCentre

[Katusha de Villiers @Kdevil81]

Wonderful #HSR2022 keynote on the politics and policies of health systems by leading expert Michael Reich @BerthaCentre

[Katusha de Villiers @Kdevil81]

Excited to be attending #hsr2022 in Colombia and learning more about the work that the African Health Initiative has done around learning health systems and implementation research @BerthaCentre

[Katusha de Villiers @Kdevil81]

Thank you to @ImpactHubAccra for hosting a workshop for Ghanaian stakeholders to give us feedback on the research we’re doing on actionable insights for inclusive health in Africa! @BerthaCentre @BayerFoundation @schwabfound

[Katusha de Villiers @Kdevil81]

Wonderful day with @ImpactHubHarare who are hosting a workshop on our research being done on actionable insights for inclusive health in Africa @BerthaCentre @BayerFoundation @schwabfound @ImpactIntel

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

On behalf of our Health Innovation portfolio we wish to extend our sympathies to @SIHIGlobal partner Philippines hub team for the sad passing of Dr. Joel Juban, a pioneer who contributed immensely to the network. See his tribute video - https://t.co/ugjvz91SgO

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

Worth listening: A new great #podcast on #health equity has just launched, "Global Health Matters" by @TDRnews

Listen here or susbcribe wherever you get your podcast: https://t.co/BkYGf4OP8C

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

Calling #innovative solutions that improve access to affordable, quality essential medicines & #Health Supplies in Uganda.
Submit your ideas to the #SSCSChallengeUg (deadline 8 June): https://t.co/jFjl63Ojoi
@chain_lab @MSHHealthImpact @UNFPAUganda

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

In this op-ed on @dailymaverick our Luvuyo Maseko & Capacitate's Jason Bygate examine how the Covid-19 pandemic has shown why we need to prioritise #YouthDevelopment organisations making the leap into a technology-enabled future.
https://t.co/cX2jLWUh3F
#4IR @engageorg

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

Our sister hub, SIHI Uganda, recently awarded top community-based health innovations - including Ishaka Health Plan, a community-based health insurance scheme, & @MyPregnancyBook a user friendly portable handbook for mothers & midwives. @SIHIglobal
#Health #Innovation #Africa

[Bertha Centre @BerthaCentre]

In August our #EducationInnovation portfolio will launch the inaugural Classrooms for Change Week - with organisations Shikaya & @facinghistory An online course will empower #teachers & learners to think critically about history & become upstanders in the face of injustice.