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The Backbone of COVID: Primary Health Care

How do we maintain and extend resilience in primary health care during a pandemic? The thorny challenge of how we continue to provide a range of vital health services in a time of crisis is the topic of our Pandemic Pangolin webinar this week.  Dr Juliet Nyasulu and Prof Richard Cooke will speak about how essential services have been affected. Juliet will draw on her recent publication offering insights on applying the World Health Organisation Health systems Framework to assess these effects of the pandemic in South Africa and propose possible solutions to address the gaps. Richard will speak to his hands-on experience of the preparation and functioning of PHC facilities and the Nasrec field hospital during the current pandemic.

Juliet Nyasulu

Senior Lecturer

 
Dr Juliet Nyasulu is a health system strengthening technical specialist. Her interests are around access and retention in HIV care with a focus on women, children and adolescents. She is also passionate about mentoring and coaching Health Systems Strengthening implementers to document and disseminate their good practices.

Richard Cooke

Head of the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Adjunct Professor Richard Cooke is the Head of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is also responsible for the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Collaboration Programme and was part of the team to set up the Nasrec site.

Stephen Pentz

Academic Coordinator for Health Systems Science

Stephen Pentz is an academic coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care. He is currently working on developing the Health Systems Science curricula from first to the third year in a blended learning format. He is also working on his PhD that is focused on developing a competency framework for health systems science.

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