Heard

Working to Advance Health Equity in Africa

Welcome to HEARD

HEARD, based the University of KwaZulu-Natal is a regional and global leader for applied research and policy development on critical health and development challenges for the African continent. HEARD’s mission is to influence and support evidence-based policy and good practice to more effectively address Africa’s health and development challenges and to contribute to achieving health and sustainable development across the continent.

Calls

> >

HEARD High-level Meeting

Insights on universal health coverage in Africa

Featured resource

UNAIDS: Get on the Fast Track - the
life cycle approach to HIV

Policy engagement

for evidence-informed
decision-making

Partnership & networks

for greater relevance,
reach and impact

Highlights

Journal article

Political responsibility and global health

Globalising dynamics have had wide-ranging and pervasive impacts on nearly every form of human relatedness, which now include the bases upon which states calculate and express their political responsibilities. ...>>

News

International Safe Abortion Day – A day for action towards access to Safe and Legal Abortion

Unsafe abortion is a major cause of mortality and morbidity and has been identified as one of the key health crises on the global health agenda. Ninety-eight percent of unsafe abortions take place in middle- ...>>

News

HEARD PhD graduate appointed as Visiting Scientist at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health

Dr Bereket Yakob Yota, a recent graduate of HEARD’s PhD Programme at UKZN has been appointed as a visiting scientist at the prestigious Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health. Dr Yota who graduated with a PhD ...>>

News

HEARD hosts high-level retreat for Universal Health Coverage

HEARD recently hosted the second in a series of high-level retreats around domestic financing and prioritisation of health under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, better known as SDGs. The ...>>

News

How do we conduct SGBV research in conflict and post-conflict settings?

HEARD in partnership with the University of Birmingham will conduct a methodological workshop to structured around a series of presentations and discussions aiming to address these questions and to result in ...>>

Journal article

The REVAMP trial to evaluate HIV resistance testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study in clinical trial design in resource limited settings to optimize effectiveness and cost effectiveness estimates

In sub-Saharan Africa, rates of sustained HIV virologic suppression remain below international goals. HIV resistance testing, while common in resource-rich settings, has not gained traction due to concerns ...>>