About AHP
People We Like
Motribe
Motribe is a platform enabling users, brands, agencies and publishers across the world to build and manage their own mobile social communities. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Motribe is pushing self-organisation on the mobile web giving people the ability to meet others who share an interest and connect them through their mobile devices. Thanks to Motribe - AHP has our very own network. AHP in your pocket!http://www.motribe.com
Foundation for Professional Development (FPD)
The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) is South Africa's only private university, and has trained over 100 000 healthcare workers since 1997. It also has numerous outreach programmes aimed at supportive healthcare delivery in South Africa. AHP was formed as a joint venture between FPD and the Rural Health Initiative (see below) in 2007. Two of AHP's board members are appointed by FPD. FPD provides AHP with operational support, particularly in areas such as human resources, information technology and finance. The organisation also assists with strategic decisions, while much of our funding comes from FPD donors. Last but not least, FPD provides training for the healthcare workers that are placed by AHPhttp://www.foundation.co.za/
The Rural Health Initiative (RHI)
RHI is an initiative created by the South African Academy of Family Physicians Trust. The project was established to support rural healthcare and the doctors who work in rural areas. RHI appoints two members of the AHP board, and much of our South African, CSI-based funding comes through them.http://www.rhi.org.za
The Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA)
RuDASA is an advocacy organisation that was established in order to ensure adequate staffing of healthcare facilities, and to be a voice for doctors regarding working conditions. They provide AHP with strategic guidance, as well as ad hoc support for our doctors whenever it is required. AHP supports the annual RUDASA conference by providing funding for students, as well as the doctors we have placed, to attend.http://www.rudasa.org.za
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
The IOM is the leading inter-governmental organisation in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. AHP partners with IOM on research and strategic-level initiatives aimed at ensuring that southern African health workers affected by the diaspora can obtain permission to seek professional employment in South Africa.http://www.iom.int
Homecoming Revolution
The Homecoming Revolution is a non-profit organisation aimed at assisting South Africans who wish to return home to do so. Africa Health Placements is the point of contact for any health professionals wishing to return to South Africa. They do brilliant work to help reverse the brain drain.http://www.homecomingrevolution.co.za
The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP)
RHAP is a coalition of organisations that are working on advocacy and policymaking to improve conditions in rural healthcare. The project is of immense value to us, as it acts as a credible voice to discuss essential issues affecting the work we do and the people we place in facilities. A representative from AHP sits on the board of the RHAP.http://www.rhap.org.za
Global Health Council Blogs
The Global Health Council has a brilliant blog site where they welcome stimulating discussion about posts or other global health issues. The aim is to engage people in issues surrounding healthcare.http://blog4globalhealth.wordpress.com/
South African Medical Association (SAMA)
SAMA is a non-statutory, professional association for public and private sector medical practitioners. Registered as an independent, non-profit section 21 company SAMA acts as a trade union for its public sector members and as a champion for doctors and patients. On behalf of its members, the Association strives for a healthcare dispensation that will best serve their needs.http://www.samedical.org/
SA Rocks
Nic Haralambous explains it the best: "After reading the incredibly upsetting anti-SA blogs from expats around the world I decided to make a stand. This blog is that stand. I am standing up for all the good in SA, for all the great things that SA citizens do and for all the people who love this country. I love this country and I believe in it and the success that is soon to come. SA Rocks is not a website dedicated to blindly praising South Africa. I understand that every country has flaws and I do not deny the flaws of South Africa. I do feel that there are enough people who berate our country and it’s time for people to start acting and thinking positively about South Africa."http://sarocks.co.za/
Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
HPCSA (the Council) is a statutory body, established in terms of the Health Professions Act No. 56. We are committed to serving and protecting the public and providing guidance to registered healthcare practitioners.http://www.hpcsa.co.za/
Department of Health (DoH)
The DoH has a mission to consolidate and build on the achievements of the past five years in improving access to healthcare for all and reducing inequity, and to focus on working in partnership with other stakeholders to improve the quality of care of all levels of the health system, especially preventive and promotive health, and to improve the overall efficiency of the healthcare delivery system.http://www.doh.gov.za
The Foreign Workforce Management Programme (FWMP) of South Africa
All applications by healthcare professionals for employment in South Africa must first be sent to the National Department of Health first. The FWM division is managed by Mr Hennie Groenewald who is the director: workforce management. Application to the FWMP is a mere presentation of your candidature for consideration and does not serve as an invitation to depart to South Africa, should you still be abroad.http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/fwmp-f.html
The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation
This foundation trains and supports rural youth to become qualified healthcare professionals in order to address the human resource shortages in rural hospitals thereby improving healthcare to rural communities. On completion of their training, these young healthcare professionals work at one of the eight hospitals in the Umkhanyakude district in return for the opportunity they had to complete a health science qualification.http://www.umthomboyouth.org.za/
Jabulani Rural Health Foundation
Jabulani is a non-profit organisation that supports Zithulele Hospital and its surrounding community. Founded in 2007 by four Christian doctors, our focus is on healthcare, education, poverty relief, environmental issues and care for those affected by HIV/Aids.http://www.jabulanifoundation.org
Madwaleni Hospital
This is a hospital website for Madwaleni Hospital. The Eastern Cape Department of Health's Madwaleni hospital and its eight feeder clinics are located on the beautiful Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa in an area that remains deeply rural.www.madwaleni.org
Zithulele Hospital
This is Zitulele Hospital's official website. Originally a mission hospital, and retaining some of this ethos, Zithulele Hospital is situated in a deeply rural part of the beautiful Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape. We are a 147-bed district hospital providing primary healthcare services for a catchment area of 130 000 people. We have a vision to become a centre of excellence in rural health and to this end are continuously striving to improve the service we offer our surrounding communities.www.zithulele.org
Tintswalo Hospital
Tintswalo is a 423-bed acute hospital in the beautiful province of Mpumalanga. The hospital was first established in 1937 and since then has grown to the busy, thriving unit it is today. The hospital has dedicated casualty, high-care, paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology, psychiatric, surgical and medical wards as well as a busy operating complex. Visit our website to find out more about this fantastic, exciting place!http://www.tintswalohospital.org/
Edizimkulu
Edzimkulu is a Canadian charity, established in 2003 to provide support to children affected by HIV/AIids in the Underberg region of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Our work has expanded from its original concentration in the village of Ndawana (population 4000), about 45 km from the small town of Underberg, to a much larger area. While our clinic in Ndawana remains the focal point for our healthcare efforts, we now work with the people of a subdistrict of some 140000 people in a number of capacities.http://www.edzimkulu.org/
Mseleni Hospital
Originally a mission hospital, which developed from a clinic service, Mseleni Hospital is a government hospital situated in a remote part of northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is 60km from the border with Mozambique and provides primary health care for 90000 rural citizens.http://www.mseleni.co.za/
Africa Be
Our mission is to create a platform through which young Africans can discuss pertinent issues on the continent, we want the platform to challenge views, encourage debates and celebrate the success of our continent and its people. We also want the website to act as a catalyst for positive change on the continent.http://www.africabe.com
SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS)
AMS is a non-profit organisation with bases in the Western Cape (Cape Town and Oudtshoorn), Northern Cape (Kimberley), KwaZulu-Natal (Durban and Richards Bay), Mpumalanga (Nelspruit) and the Free State (Bloemfontein) that provides an air ambulance network, rural health outreach and emergency rescue service to metropolitan areas and remote rural communities.http://www.ams.org.za/
South Africa: The Good News
South Africa: The Good News (SA Good News) is a news website that highlights the positive developments in South Africa. We are an independent organisation, apolitical and with no agenda other than to source and publish good news about our beloved country. We like to stimulate dialogue and debate. We like to offer a fresh perspective. We are well aware of the challenges that weface and the extent of these challenges. We address these challenges full on, but we choose to concentrate on the solution, rather than the problem.http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/
McCord Hospital
"Bringing care, hope and excellence". These are the values that are evident in the wards, the corridors and each service area within the hospital. These values are instilled in our nurses' and doctors' training, in our orientation of new staff members and in the way our staff care for patients. From CEO to the most junior staff, there is a sense of belonging and a responsibility to bring care, hope and excellence into one's work. We are looking forward to what the future holds for us as a hospital. We are excited by what we believe God has in store for us, and we invite you to share the journey with us.http://www.mccord.org.za
