Andrew Robinson

BELINDA BANTHAM — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:22:11 +0000

Andrew Robinson BELINDA BANTHAM Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:22

Epidemiology

Transdisciplinary approaches to strengthen South African public health systems

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Andrew

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Robinson

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Dr Andrew K L Robinson, Public Health Physician

Areas of Expertise Health systems & programs innovation, implementation monitoring and evaluation; communicable and non-communicable diseases; Health Information Systems, clinical research; and human resources for health.

CURRENTLY: Extraordinary professor (2018), African Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), developing the NWU School for Health Professionals, and graduate courses in Health Promotion, and Public Health for non-health professionals.

RECENTLY:
North West Provincial Health Department:

HEAD: Clinical Services (2013-2017) - responsible clinical leadership and governance of Interns, Community Service and Foreign health. Projects included the Belgian-South African Study and Consultancy Fund to study evaluate the province’s Routine Health Information Systems with the NWU.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (2006-2013) - Overall management, leadership and strategic direction of provincial health services of over 20 hospitals and 350 clinics, Emergency Medical Services and strategic health programs such as MCWH&N, HIV/AIDS, TB and Chronic Diseases.

Developed:

Social franchise models for PHC clinics, now adopted by the National Department’s Ideal Clinic Program,
Equitable funding formulae for District Health Care Services
Facilitation of the establishment of the first mHealth system for Community Health Worker Ward-based Outreach Teams - which has been the benchmark for the National Department.

RESEARCH SITE DIRECTOR: MRC’s South African Aids Vaccine Initiative (2002-2005), establishing a Phase I and II clinical HIV vaccine research unit with successful completion of the first preventive HIV Vaccine clinical trials in South Africa

MEDICAL ADVISOR: GlaxoSmithKline, South Africa (1999-2001): National principal investigator of clinical drug and vaccine trials (including antiretroviral, antibiotic, malaria, influenza, hepatitis)
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health (1994-1999): Durban Metropolitan Council, initially as Communicable Disease Manager
Medical Officer posts – in rural KZN, London and Leeds UK and GP in Pietermaritzburg

PAST Roles and responsibilities include:

Physical Address

Building G16, 2nd floor,office 259

Telephone Number

018 299 2691

E-mail

andrew.robinson@nwu.ac.za

Prof Andrew Robinson

Petra Bester

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Petra Bester BELINDA BANTHAM Thu, 04/06/2017 - 15:10

Transdisciplinary approaches to strengthen South African public health systems

Transdisciplinary Health Research

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Professor

Petra

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Bester

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Petra Bester has extensive work experience in the public and private health sectors of South Africa, including managed healthcare from both the hospital and administrator’s perspective. After a clinical masters’ degree in Community Psychiatric Nursing and a PhD in Nursing, Petra Bester returned to the higher education context since 2010. Although a dedicated researcher and lecturer, Petra occupied managerial positions since 2013. From a senior lecturer, Petra became the academic manager for Health Sciences at the Unit for Open Distance Learning and therefore is experienced in the realities of distance education in sub-Sahara Africa. For the past eight years Petra Bester supported health system strengthening initiatives with a specific focus in health service management, health information systems, leadership and governance and health promotion. To date Petra supervised over 40 postgraduate students from various disciplines with a focus in health. She is the primary investigator of a community-university grant of the National Research Foundation and a member of Academy of Nursing South Africa (ANSA). Petra Bester co-developed the Social Greenhouse® (sustainable community development process) with Dr Christi Niesing and is an advocate for social justice and transdisciplinarity in community-integrated research. Petra has a keen interest in qualitative research methodologies. Petra is at present the director at AUTHeR.

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Physical Address

Office G16, Office 257B

North West University

Potchefstroom Campus

Telephone Number

018 299 2095

Cellphone Number

082 298 3567

E-mail

petra.bester@nwu.ac.za

Prof Petra Bester