The Centre for Health Policy (CHP) is a multi-disciplinary health policy research unit based in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
The aims of CHP are to conduct research that promotes policies in support of equity and social justice in health, and build capacity in health policy/health economics research and analysis.
The research areas of CHP include:
- health systems
- health financing and economics research
- HIV/AIDS and Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
CHP is also involved in post-graduate teaching within the School of Public Health, and is responsible for the following three modules in the Masters in Public Health: health policy and policy analysis, health systems and decentralisation, and health care financing.
In addition to this, CHP also runs a research development capacity development programme to train young South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds as health policy researchers and analysts.
Further information about the institute, its staff, research and publications are available on the website. The full text of recent publications from the Institute can also be downloaded.