See Ms Numbulelo Zenani, Nombulelo Zenani Nurse and Senior Lecturer from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing , talk about “Critical Leadership Skills in PHC” at 3 pm on Thursday 17th March 2022 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This is accredited for CPD across Africa and accessible via World Continuing Education Alliance. See post here
Join AfroPHC (and indicate your interest) and you will be sent login details within a week. Recordings will be available on the WCEA app. See details on accessing WCEA here.
See Mr. Nkwan Jacob Gobte, Nurse, Director and Infection Prevention Nurse at Baptist Training School for Health Personnel, (BTSHP), Banso, talk about the “Infection Prevention in African Primary Health Care” at 3 pm on Thursday 10th March 2022 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This is accredited for CPD across Africa and accessible via World Continuing Education Alliance. See post here
Join AfroPHC (and indicate your interest) and you will be sent login details within a week. Recordings will be available on the WCEA app. See details on accessing WCEA here.
500,000 + healthcare professionals have now benefited from the free CPD platform since the launch in Ghana in January 2020. We would like to acknowledge the tremendous support from our global partners, ICN & WMA, sponsors, education partners, and all our stakeholders.
New Content
Nursing & MidwiferyLSTM & UNFPALSTM in collaboration with UNFPA launches new series of e-learning resources on key life-saving skills.The 4 e-courses now available cover the following topics: SepsisProlonged and Obstructed LaborPostpartum HemorrhagePre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Read more here>>
Nursing & MidwiferyCure InternationalCure International – Pediatrics provides the following courses available in French & English:Improving Paediatric Pain ManagementImproving Nursing Pain Assessment in PaediatricsThe Importance of AssessmentFall Risk AssessmentProblem SolvingCritical Thinking Skills
Medical ContentAfroPHCThe following content is available on the mobile and desktop versions:Hypertensive Disorders in PregnancyHIV and Tuberculosis – Prescriptions, People, and ProblemsThe CPD Courses are available with Pre-test. More content coming soon.
See Prof Shabir Moosa, a family physician from Johannesburg Health District – Wits University, South Africa, talk about the “Family Medicine in African Primary Health Care” at 3 pm on Thursday 3rd March 2022 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This is accredited for CPD across Africa and accessible via World Continuing Education Alliance. See post here
Join AfroPHC (and indicate your interest) and you will be sent login details within a week. Recordings will be available on the WCEA app. See details on accessing WCEA here.
See Dr John Kabibu, a doctor from The Institut Médical Chrétien du Kasai (IMCK), or Christian Medical Institute of Kasai, talk about the “Post-Partum Haemorrhage” at 3 pm on Thursday 24th February 2022 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This is accredited for CPD across Africa and accessible via World Continuing Education Alliance.
Join AfroPHC (and indicate your interest) and you will be sent login details within a week. Recordings will be available on the WCEA app. See details on accessing WCEA here.
See Dr Nelisiwe Lembethe, a doctor from the District Clinical Specialist Team in Johannesburg Health District, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Hypertension in Pregnancy” at 3 pm on Thursday 17th February 2022 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This is accredited for CPD across Africa and accessible via World Continuing Education Alliance.
Join AfroPHC (and indicate your interest) and you will be sent login details within a week. Recordings will be available on the WCEA app. See details on accessing WCEA here.
See Dr Nirvana Bharuthram, a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand and currently carrying out her Fellowship in the Division of Rheumatology at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital & the University of Witwatersrand, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Approach to Management of Common Rheumatological conditions in the Primary Health Care setting” at 3 pm on Thursday 9th December 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The presentation and recording will be below.
See Dr Shavania Ragavan, Family Medicine Registrar, Department of Family Medicine, Johannesburg Health District & the University of Witwatersrand, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Approach to Skin Conditions in African Primary Health Care” at 3 pm on Thursday 25th November 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
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See Dr Ann Alagidede, Family Medicine Registrar, Department of Family Medicine, Johannesburg Health District & the University of Witwatersrand, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Approach to Hypertensive Disorders for Pregnancy in African Primary Health Care” at 3 pm on Thursday 11th November 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
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See Prof Yasmin Adam, Chief Specialist and Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital & the University of the Witwatersrand, Jhb, SA, with interests in contraception, prevention of cervical cancer, stillbirths and maternal morbidity talk about the “Contraception – a simple guide” at 3 pm on Thursday 28th October 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
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See Dr. Kazombia Manda, family physician from Johannesburg Health District and University of Witwatersrand, Jhb, SA, facilitate interns from Alexandra CHC in a “Morbidity and Mortality Meeting” at 3 pm on Thursday 21st October 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
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See Dr. Tim De Maayer, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, University of Witwatersrand/Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Jhb, SA, talk about the “”Approach to paediatric malnutrition”” at 3 pm on Thursday 4th November 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
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See Dr. Sarah Swartbooi, Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Witwatersrand/Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Approach to arthritis” at 3 pm on Thursday 14th October 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
See Dr. Anisa Miri, Renal Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, CHBAH talk about the “Chronic renal disease in PHC” at 3 pm on Thursday 30th September 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
The presentation and recording will be below afterwards.
See Dr. Shane Murphy, Family Medicine Registrar, Department of Family Medicine, Johannesburg Health District, talk about the “”Easily interpreting ECGs in PHC”” at 3 pm on Thursday 9th September 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
Dr. Shane Murphy, Family Medicine Registrar, Year 4. MBChB (UP), Dip HIV Man (SA), Dip PEC (SA), H Dip EM (SA), MPH (UoR). Shane has a strong interest in Emergency Medicine and is an instructor on ATLS, APLS and emergency sonar courses. He is also involved in content coordination and website development for the Rural Life Support Course. He is currently completing a Digital Scholar Fellowship with CanadiEM and using this platform to develop local content for FOAMed (Free Open Access Medical Education) in South Africa.
He believes that ECG’s are an underutilised standard of care in South African primary care settings and hopes to develop competence and confidence amongst practitioners to interpret these studies.
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Here is a link to the slides – additional examples are present. The diagnosis of the ECGs are in the notes section under each slide.
See Prof Ashraf Coovadia, Academic Head of Paediatrics, University of Witwatersrand / Rahima Moosa Hospital, Jhb, SA talk about the “Seizures and Status Epilepticus in childrem” at 3 pm on Thursday 2nd September 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
Adjunct ProfessorAshraf Hassen Coovadia (MBChB, DCH (CMSA), Dip HIV Man (CMSA) FCP (Paed CMSA) is Academic Head of Department , Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand since (October 2016) and Head of Department of Paediatrics at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg (since January 2014).
He completed his undergraduate training at the University of Zambia in 1990 and his paediatric postgraduate training at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1998. Since 1998 has championed the cause of Paediatric HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). He was on SANAC (South African National AIDS Council),the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa and the Paediatric Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2001 -2010. His current area of interest: medical education, paediatric emergency medicine training, clinical trials involving HIV-infected pregnant women and children,
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This meeting is different in that you are expected to listen to these two short videos/podcasts below and then interact with the polls and with Q&A.
See Dr Garrick Laudin, Haematologist in Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and Wits University, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Iron and Iron Deficiency Anaemias” at 3 pm on Thursday 26th August 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
Dr Garrick Laudincompleted his undergraduate medical education at the University of Witwatersrand and qualified as a specialist physician after completing registrar training and his Mmed (Int Med) at the University of Pretoria.
He is currently a fellow in Clinical Haematology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Johannesburg.
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See Dr. Coceka Mnyani, Gynaecologist in the District Clinical Specialist Team, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Management of the woman of childbearing age presenting with LAP” at 3 pm on Thursday 19th August 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
See Dr’s Theunis Botha and Sumi Thomas, Internal Physicians in the University of Witwatersrand and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Jhb, SA, talk about the “Management of Metabolic Syndrome” at 3 pm on Thursday 5th July 2021 in the CPD webinar of the African Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC). This will be accredited for CPD for South Africa for now but we are busy arranging it via World Continuing Education Alliance for these meetings to be accredited for CPD in many African countries.
The recording and slides are below. See programme for 2021 here.
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