World Congress on Public Health, 2026
Health without Borders: Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability
The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) hosts the World Congress of Public Health (WCPH), the premier global public health meeting for public health practitioners, students, policy makers, researchers, academics, and advocates, to engage on current public health issues and contribute to protecting and promoting public health at local, regional and global levels. The […]
PHASA 2024 Conference:
Partnerships for Public Health: Sculpting a Healthier Future Together
The Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) hosts an annual conference, with the aim of engaging public health practitioners from around the country, region and world to share their experiences and research, discuss topical public health issues, and mentor public health students and young researchers. This year’s theme: ‘Partnerships for Public Health: Sculpting a […]
PHASA 2023 Conference:
Transforming research translation- reimagining public health evidence, policies, and practice
Public health practitioners, programmes, and systems work to create more effective and sustainable solutions to public health challenges, based on the best available evidence and focusing on equity, social justice, and community engagement. Recent experiences, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted the need for a fundamental shift in how research evidence is generated and translated […]
PHASA 2022 Conference:
Building Back Better – Public health resilience and recovery
The 17th annual Public Health Association of South (PHASA) conference was held in Durban (eThekwini), on the east coast of South Africa. PHASA hosts an annual conferences, with the aim of engaging public health practitioners and interested people from around the country and world to share their experiences and research, discuss topical public health issues, […]
PHASA 2021 Conference:
Keeping the promise: Closing the gap
The 2020 Public Health Association of South Africa’s (PHASA) annual conference marked a special milestone, as PHASA celebrated its 20th Anniversary. PHASA was happy to partner with the University of Pretoria, who were also celebrating their 21st birthday, and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). As PHASA entered a new decade, the conference theme, […]
PHASA 2019 Conference:
The Right to Health – 25 years into our Constitutional Democracy
The year 2019 marked twenty-five years since South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy), and the annual PHASA Conference was held during 16-18 September 2019, in Athlone, City of Cape Town, Western Cape Province, with the conference theme: “The Right to Health – 25 years into our Constitutional Democracy”. Th 2019 PHASA conference reflected on […]
PHASA 2018 Conference:
Health For All – Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
The Public Health Association of South Africa extends a warm invitation to our 14th annual conference. This year we travel to the scenic town of Parys in the North West Province, which will provide the setting for local and international public health practitioners from diverse backgrounds, to engage on the critical issues that impact health […]
PHASA 2017 Conference:
A Global Charter for the Public’s Health
The Public Health Association of South Africa invited the South African public health community and our international colleagues to Johannesburg, South Africa for the 13th annual conference. The theme of the 2017 conference was “A Global Charter for the Public’s Health”: Implications for Public Health Practice in South Africa. In 2016, the PHASA conference considered […]
PHASA Conferences, 2004 – 2016
2016 Eastern Cape East London How public health education as well as practice will need to transform to achieve the SDG 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Durban Health and Sustainable Development: The Future 2014 Mpumulanga Polokwane Dignity, rights and quality: towards a health care revolution 2013 Western Cape Cape Town Africa’s Public Health Legacy – Beyond the MDGs […]