Department Description/Departement Beskrywing

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Department of Global Health

Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda)

Professor/Associate Professor: Rural Health and Head of the Division

Rural Health (Ukwanda)

(Tygerberg and Worcester Campuses)

Ref. TGB16/188/0726

The incumbent will work on both the Worcester and Tygerberg campuses. Engagement with a widely distributed training platform will also be required.

The Division of Rural Health (Ukwanda) seeks to advance rural health as an academic discipline in order to address the key issue of health equity, which is central to the mission of the Department of Global Health and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). As an academic division of Stellenbosch University (SU), Ukwanda aims to be a champion for advancing rural health, locally and globally. Its activities are centred on making a difference to rural healthcare...