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Wellbeing: the new means of implementation for the 2030 Agenda
Why Positive Psychology might have the answers to a ‘wellbeing’ led development model. The transformative Agenda 2030 calls on us to...

Vandinika Shukla
Mar 16, 20174 min read


“Being selected as a Young Leader for Health in 2015 led to various stakeholders considering me to b
My name's Shakira Choonara. I'm from South Africa. In 2015, I attended the European Development Days in Brussels and spoke on high level...

Shakira Choonara
Mar 1, 20173 min read


When Cost-Effectiveness Turns into Crime
Despite some undeniable successes, by and large the South African (SA) health system has failed and continues to fail most of the very...

Shakira Choonara
Feb 9, 20174 min read


Building On Our Success– Healthcare in Africa
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3; Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages is one which underpins the...

Elsa Zekeng
Aug 28, 20165 min read


“Our work, our research and our actions matter!” Shakira Choonara’s keynote address at JuPHASA confe
A very good morning young researchers, practitioners and activists! Given the extremely difficult circumstances which I grew up under, I...

Shakira Choonara
Aug 18, 20165 min read


Healthcare Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa; Focusing on community-based delivery of health services
Abstract: There exists a continuously growing health care gap between Africa and the rest of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts...

Elsa Zekeng
Aug 4, 20168 min read


Using youth-led data to track progress towards 2030
Data is and will always be the bloodline of decision making and raw material for accountability. <!--more-->A national level training...

Nicholas Niwagaba
Jun 12, 20162 min read


National Health Insurance: South Africa’s most progressive reform to date
Although the National Health Insurance (NHI) White Paper takes a socialist approach to universal health care, how will it be implemented...

Shakira Choonara
Jun 8, 20163 min read
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