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Compiled by Mr. Aderemi OyejideResearch Psychology Intern The purpose of the trip to Ganyesa between the 10th to 14th of October 2022 was to follow up AUTHeR’s collaborations with the Primary Health Clinics, Community Health centers, and the district hospital...

By Germari Kruger Phronesis is the practical wisdom a person learns throughout his life. It's the things books miss and conversations skim over. In a research context, phronesis was almost unheard of, but in recent years an interest has developed in the academic...

By Prof Petra BesterResearch Director for AUTHeR Habitually switching to the 7 pm news today promises to unfold the grim realities in South Africa. I anticipate this heaviness of overwhelmed gloom and yet succumb to the call. “Good evening, fellow South Africans, and...

Christelle Liversage Currently, the world is a sea of tumultuous change and transformation. When struggling in these waters of uncertainty, we often direct our limited-knowledge-rescue-buoys towards preventing drowning instead of drawing from a diverse pool of...

By Prof Petra BesterResearch Director for AUTHeR The Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) is situated within the Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University. As the director of AUTHeR, I am often in deep reflection over the challenges of...

Dr Beth Engelbrecht is an Emeritus Head of Department of the Western Cape Health Department, an Honorary Associate Professor of UCT School of Public Health, involved in the Oliver Tambo leadership Program, and Faculty member for the Institute of Health Improvement...