Madwaleni Network - Academic Partnerships

Partnerships with Universities
Madwaleni Hospital has developed academic and mentoring partnerships with the following:

• Walter Sisulu University  - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Fort Hare University - Dept of Nursing (Advanced Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS)
• Stellenbosch University - Depts of Family Medicine and Public Health
• University of Cape Town - Dept of Clinical Pharmacology
• University of the Witwatersrand - Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit (RHRU)
• University of San Diego, California, USA – The Owen HIV Clinic
• University of KwaZulu-Natal - Centre for Rural Health 
• University of the Witwatersrand - Centre for Rural Health

Other academic and professional development partnerships
Madwaleni Hospital has associated training and/or mentoring programmes with:

• Aurum Institute for Health Research
• Dept of Health’s Saving Mothers Saving Babies Programme
• The Regional Training Centre
• Foundation of Professional Development (SA)
• St Christopher’s Hospice (London, UK)
• Malamulele Outreach (Cerebral Palsy Outreach)
• Donald Woods Foundation – HIV Programme Modelling
• Elton John AIDS Foundation – HIV Programme Evaluation

Medical Research

• Madwaleni’s HIV department is working closely with Professor Gary Maarten’s Clinical Pharmacology Department at the University of Cape Town to analyse the clinical and health economic related outcomes of the Madwaleni HIV wellness and ARV programme.
• The Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Rehabilitation is also involved in research initiatives at Madwaleni through Ms. Gubela Mji.

Student Attachments - Madwaleni Hospital is currently:

• a rural site for training of Stellenbosch health professional undergraduates. This is with the Stellenbosch-based Ukwanda Center for Rural Health (Dr Hoffie Conradie) and the Tygerberg Department of Family Medicine (Professor Pierre De Villiers).
• involved with the training of medical elective students from the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Stellenbosch and University of Cape Town.
• in the process of becoming a recognised district hospital site for the training of the post graduate family medicine students from both Walter Sisulu University and the University of Stellenbosch.