3: Good Health and Well-Being 2/2

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Mar 16, 20174 min read

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...

Mar 1, 20173 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...

Feb 9, 20174 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...

Aug 28, 20165 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...

Aug 18, 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...

Aug 4, 20168 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...

Jun 12, 20162 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. A national level training...

Jun 8, 20163 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...