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Reproductive Health Refresher
On October 28, 2024, 11 learners participated in a one-day Reproductive Health Refresher training session. This marked their first exposure to a Reproductive Health Refresher course with EFHA. 9 of…
Spirometry, Audiometry, Vision, and Food Safety Short Courses
It was an incredible privilege to spend time with the Chevron Occupational Health team in Luanda during this training period. Although Luanda had previously been just a transit stop for…
Certificate of Attendance in Audio Refresher
28 August 2024 Greetings to all our new EFHA learners! As we embark to the end of 2024, I want to express my gratitude to the learners who attended…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Vision Screening Short Course
Greetings to all our new and existing EFHA learners! On a cold, rainy day in Cape Town, the learners embarked on their vision screening course within the occupational setting. Both…
Introduction to Occupational Health Short Course
Greetings to all our returning EFHA learners! During the week of 27 May 2024, while many were preparing to vote in South Africa, we were joined by two dedicated learners:…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Audiometry Screening Short Course
Greetings to all our new EFHA learners! On Monday, May 6th, a group of 21 learners embarked on the audiometry course. Learners from Ghana and Namibia, alongside their South African…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Vision Screening Short Course
Greetings EFHA learners! Congratulations to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) group in Zimbabwe for successfully completing the Vision Screening course on April 17, 2023. Over the duration of their…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Audiometry Screening Short Course
Greetings to all our new EFHA learners! In April, we hosted an engaging online Occupational Audiometry Refresher Training Course with 21 dynamic participants hailing from various provinces in South Africa…
Occupational Spirometry Screening Short Course – 8-12 April 2024
Greetings to all our EFHA Leraners! The Spirometry Hybrid online course, held during the week of April 8-12, 2024, provided a unique learning experience for a group of 15 dedicated…
Occupational Spirometry Screening Short Course – March 2024
Greetings to all our EFHA learners! I really admire this group of 8 dedicated learners: 4 from Zimbabwe and 4 from Mozambique. They have taken three courses back-to-back which is…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Audiometry Screening Short Course
Greetings to all our new EFHA learners! As we embark on 2024, I want to express my admiration for the group actively engaged in training this year. Eight learners, four…
Audiometry Screening Short Course In Person- Practical Practice Day
Hello to all EFHA learners! Imagine a day filled with the symphony of learning, where passionate individuals gather to immerse themselves in the art and science of audiometry. As the…
Occupational Audiometry Screening Short Course Online
Hello to all our new and returning EFHA learners! We are delighted to announce that during the week of Valentine's Day, a total of nine enthusiastic learners participated in our…
CareCross Mozambique / Vertice Healthcare / Tshiamiso Trust Collaboration
Spontaneity and Purpose: Our Journey to CareCross Mozambique for Spirometry Training Sometimes, the best opportunities come when you least expect them. At Education for Health Africa, we live by our commitment…
Mozambique – All Around Medical Solutions
Fostering Excellence in Occupational Health Care: A Partnership with All Around Medical Solutions (AMS) For several years, Education for Health Africa has had the privilege of collaborating with All Around…
Zimbabwe Leaf Tobacco in Tete
Empowering Excellence: Education for Health Africa's Partnership with Zimbabwe Leaf Tobacco Our collaboration with ZLT marks the beginning of a significant endeavour that will involve planning and delivering spirometry, audiometry and…
Stellenbosch University Umoya Study
Empowering Teams: Education for Health Africa Joins Forces with The Pan African Thoracic Society and Stellenbosch University for Umoya Project At Education for Health Africa, our commitment to healthcare education…
Certificate of Competence in Occupational Audiometry Screening Short Course
Greetings to all our new EFHA learners! As we embark on 2024, I want to express my admiration for the group actively engaged in early training this year. Eight learners,…
Mozambique – Education for Health Africa with The Pan African Thoracic Society at the Centro de Investigação e Treino em Saúde da Polana Caniço (CISPOC)
Continuing Our Journey in Mozambique: A Tribute to Dedication and Growth For years now, I have been deeply engaged in providing spirometry support to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)…
Attendance course: Introduction to Occupational Health Nursing
Amidst the year-end wind-down, it's noteworthy to applaud the proactive participation of three registered nurses from Lesotho. Their commitment to enrolling in the introductory course on Occupational Health Nursing is…
Occupational Vision Screening Short Course – Hybrid Online – December 2023
Greetings to all our returning EFHA learners! We were delighted to welcome back a diverse group of participants from Madagascar, Ghana, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Despite the time zone…
Manjacaze OHC , Marien N’Gouabi & Ressano Garcia (IOM) Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short Course
I am grateful for the opportunity to have collaborated with the Occupational Health team at Manjacaze OHC during the past week. Working at Manjacaze OHC has been an enjoyable experience.…
Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision Screening iSOS Nigeria & Equatorial Guinea
January 2023 – April 2023 Health Screening Training Program, conducted from January 2023 to April 2023, brought together professionals from iSOS Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea to enhance their expertise in…
OCNAM Spirometry Short Courses in Namibia January 2023
The Spirometry Training course, led by Lindie Jansen van Rensburg, offered the OCNAM team a comprehensive learning experience in spirometry testing.
Audiometry Certificate of Competency
The Audiometry Hybrid Online Course facilitated by Lindie Jansen van Rensburg from February 20th to 23rd, 2023, successfully delivered a comprehensive learning experience in the field of audiometry. Attendees left…
4 in 1 Competency Short Courses in Papua New Guinea September 2022
What an earth moving experience providing Occupational Health Training in Papua New Guinea. Visiting PNG after a major earthquake our biggest challenge was slow and ultra-slow internet speed. This highly…
Spirometry Refresher Workshop, Online, December 2021
It was so much fun to see old friends, colleagues and students online on our last training day of 2021 for the Education for Health Africa Spirometry refresher online course.…
Occupational Screening Spirometry Short Course, Online, December 2021
The last Education for Health Africa Spirometry online course was facilitated from our offices at Kingfisher Office Park in Mount Edgecombe, Durban. With 18 students from 5 countries being South…
Occupational Screening Audiometry Short Course, Cape Town, December 2021
We presented our last face-to-face Audiometry Screening training for 2021 in Cape Town from the 6 - 8 December. We operated in a COVID-19 secure manner and adhered to all…
Occupational Screening Spirometry Short Course, Durban, November 2021
The last Education for Health Africa Spirometry face-to-face course for Kwa-Zulu Natal was held in the last week of November at our offices at Kingfisher Office Park in Mount Edgecombe,…
Occupational Screening Spirometry Short Course, Malawi, November 2021
After a long while of planning, and in collaboration with the Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) and the College of Medicine, Malawi, it was lovely to start the spirometry training…
Occupational Screening Audiometry Short Course, Durban, September 2021
We presented a face-to-face Audiometry Screening training in Durban from the 20 to 22 of September. We operated in a COVID-19 secure manner and adhered to all recommended guidance. The…
Occupational Screening Audiometry Short Course, Cape Town, March 2020
March saw us presenting our first Audiometry course in Cape Town for 2020. There was a group of 10 learners; mostly familiar faces who did both Spirometry and Vision Screening…
Occupational Spirometry Screening Certificate of Competence Short Course, Cape Town, Feb 2020
We ended February off with our first Spirometry Course in Cape town for 2020. There was a group of 10 learners, mostly completely new to occupational spirometry. We had fun…
KASH Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, February 2020
It was a delight to come together as a team – the IMPALA team – creating the first of its kind IMPALA symposium at the 10th KEMRI Annual Scientific and…
Occupational Vision Screening Certificate of Competence Short Course, Cape Town, Feb 2020
We kicked off our 2020 training in Cape Town with a Vision Screening short course attended by 5 students. It was a pleasure for me to teach in Cape Town…
Vision Screening Training, Emcare Office, Briardene, Durban, February 2020
It was my pleasure to teach the vision screening course to 4 students in Durban. Vision screening was new to most of our learners so there was a lot of…
Spirometry Refresher Training SASOHN Mpumalanga, White River, February 2020
What a beautiful part of the world to be able to teach spiro. I love White River and the peaceful surroundings. I loved driving out of the crazy city into…
Audiometry Certificate of Competence Short Course, Briardene Durban
It was my pleasure to teach the Audiometry Certificate of Competence Short Course to 8 students in Durban. The group was all very keen to learn about Audiometry and actively…
Spirometry Refresher Training Momentum, Alberton, February 2020
I loved being back at my old workplace to talk all day about my favourite subject with old friends and colleagues. It’s been 18 months since we left Momentum OCSA…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town, November 2019
All good things must come to an end. So, this was our last course for 2019 in Cape Town and eight students attended the Spirometry Short Course. A dedicated team…
Audiometry Short Course, Cape Town, November 2019
Our last Audiometry Short Course for 2019 was attended by 6 students in Cape Town. Dedicated students worked hard to become audiometrists. We focused on how to calculate the percentage…
Occupational Health Skills Programme, October – November 2019
This was the first of its kind 6-week skills in Occupational Heath Training Programme and wow was it something special! The Illovo medical team leaders Riekie Leveson and Ernest Peresu…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town, Nov 2019
Twelve students attended the Spirometry Short Course presented by Education for Health Africa in Cape Town. The group welcomed the weekend in between to prepare for the theory and practical…
Spirometry Training Illovo, October – November 2019
It was my pleasure to teach the foundational spirometry course to 12 students from 6 countries for Illovo at their training facility in Eston. There were representatives from Malawi, Swaziland,…
History Taking and Physical Examination Course, Eston, October 2019
Education for Health Africa offered the History Taking and Physical Examination Course at the Illovo Training Academy in Eston Kwa-Zulu Natal between the 21st and 25th October 2019. The “United…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town, October 2019
Fourteen students attended the Spirometry Short Course presented by Education for Health Africa in Cape Town. Students from Namibia, Citrusdal, Mossel Bay and Durban attended this very intense course. The…
Baseline Health Risk Assessment Course, Eston, KZN, October 2019
Education for Health Africa offered the Baseline Health Risk Assessment Course at the Illovo Training Academy in Eston Kwa-Zulu Natal between the 14th and 18th October 2019. The “United Nations…
Spirometry Training, Khartoum, Sudan – October 2019
I was delighted to finally meet with my colleagues – now friends – in Khartoum recently! Working with Prof Asma Elsony, Dr Rashid Osman, Hana El Sadig and the whole…
Introduction to Occupational Health Course, KZN, October 2019
Education for Health Africa offered the Introduction to Occupational Health Course at the Illovo Training Academy in Eston Kwa-Zulu Natal between the 7th and 11th October 2019. The course offered…
Audiometry Short Course, Cape Town, October 2019
Our second last Audiometry Short Course for 2019 was attended by 13 students in Cape Town. From another jump start, to kicking the bucket (box) and losing their name (name…
Strategic planning meetings – Luxembourg – October 2019
Luxembourg is like some kind of “Happy Land”. The roads are smooth and perfect. The trees are green and perfect. The cars are neat and unbashed. There are children as…
Spirometry Interpretation Workshop, Madrid, Spain – October 2019
Meeting colleagues at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) meeting each year is always a highlight for me. I love coming together with colleagues from all over the world to discuss…
Vision Screening Short Course, Cape Town, September 2019
Our Vision Screening Short Course in Cape Town ended on Friday the 27th of September 2019. Twelve students (occupational health practitioners and a technician) attended the course at the Absolute…
Occupational Health Refresher Training, Tanzania – Aug 2019
We teamed up with ATA International to teach Spirometry, Audiometry and Vision refresher courses for 12 students on the Acacia Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in Tanzania. Students also came from 2…
Audiometry Refresher Course, Cape Town – Aug 2019
On Wednesday the 21st of August Education for Health Africa presented the Audiometry Refresher Course in Cape Town at Absolute Health in the Office on the beach building. Four students…
Vision Screening Short Course, Port Elizabeth – Aug 2019
The second Education for Health Africa Occupational Vision Screening Course in Port Elizabeth was held on 20 and 21 August 2019. There were 3 learners; 2 familiar faces and one…
Audiometry Short Course, Cape Town – August 2019
For the first time the Audiometry Short Course was split over a weekend by Education for Health Africa in Cape Town. Nine students attended the 3 days and had positive…
Certificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry Short Course – Aug 2019
As providence would have it, shortly after arrangements were made to conduct spirometry training for TB Sequel at MRC Gambia, a request for training from Dr Sunkaru Touray Pulmonologist and…
Foundational Spirometry Short Course, Maputo Mozambique – Aug 2019
The team at CISPOC (Centro de Investigação e Treino em Saúde da Polana Caniço) in Maputo are simply delightful. I thoroughly enjoyed spending the week with them in learning spirometry…
Foundational Spirometry Short Course, Mbeya Tanzania – July 2019
I love Mbeya! Every time I am blessed with the opportunity to travel, I learn something about myself as well as the place I am visiting. I have learnt that…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town – July 2019
Education for Health Africa presented a Spirometry Short Course in Cape Town from the 31st of July till the 2nd of August 2019. Six students attended the three days with…
Spirometry Re-training, Quality Assurance and Over-reading, Johannesburg – July 2019
In an effort to ensure excellence in spirometry and to maximize the amount and quality of the spirometry data in the TB Sequel study, The Klinikum der Universität München Division…
Audiometry Short Course, Durban – July 2019
Education for Health Africa held a successful short course in Audiometry from the 23rd to 25th of July 2019, in Durban. Fourteen students attended the day of which some of…
Audiometry Refresher Course, Durban – July 2019
On Monday the 22nd of July Education for Health Africa presented the Audiometry Refresher course in Durban. Ten students attended the day. The day started with an audit on their…
Vision Screening Course, Durban – July 2019
Education for Health Africa held a Vision Screening Course in Durban on Friday and Saturday the 19th and 20th of July. Six students attended the two days of training after…
Spirometry Refresher Course, Durban – July 2019
A spirometry refresher course in Durban was held on Monday the 15th of July 2019. Eight occupational health practitioners attended the day. We shared experiences, brushed up on practical skills…
Spirometry Short Course, Durban – July 2019
Education for Health Africa presented a Spirometry Short Course in Durban from the 16th to 19th of July. Eight students attended the three days to become spirometrists. They are planning…
Healthy Lungs for Life Event, Kilimanjaro Tanzania – June 2019
Following on from the Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) spirometry training which took place last year, 2018, at Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital (KIDH) in Kilmanjaro, Tanzania we were able to…
Spirometry Training, Nairobi Kenya – June 2019
A comprehensive spirometry programme was held in Nairobi at the 5th KISLHC between the 25th and 27th June 2019 including a 1 day Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) 1-day Certificate…
Healthy Lungs for Life Event, Nairobi Kenya – June 2019
Spirometry kicked off at the 5th KISLHC in Nairobi with a very well attended 1-day spirometry workshop. Two local Kenyan spirometry experts, Dr Sammy Gitonga and Dr Salim Masoud together…
Spirometry Short Course, Johannesburg – June 2019
We taught a Spirometry Short Course for 6 students who are busy with their qualification in Occupational Health at the University of Johannesburg. This was the third of three short…
Vision Screening Short Course, Johannesburg – June 2019
We taught a Vision Screening Short Course for 6 students who are busy with their qualification in Occupational Health at the University of Johannesburg. This was the second of three…
Audiometry Short Course, Johannesburg – June 2019
We taught an Audiometry Course for 6 students who are busy with their qualification in Occupational Health at the University of Johannesburg. It was my absolute pleasure to facilitate for…
Spirometry Workshop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – June 2019
The 2019 Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) Methods in Clinical Operational Research (MECOR) programme started off with a very happy and very interactive spirometry 1-day certificate of attendance workshop in…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town – June 2019
Education for Health Africa hosted another successful Spirometry Short Course at the Absolute Health venue in Lagoon Beach, Milnerton. Since 13 students (technicians, professional nurses, occupational health nurse practitioner and…
Vision Screening Short Course, Cape Town – May 2019
Our vision screening short course in Cape Town ended on Friday 31st of May. Five students (occupational health practitioners and technicians) attended the course at the Absolute Health venue in…
Spirometry Short Course, Kumasi Ghana – May 2019
Since I was last in Ghana 8 months ago the smart new international airport has opened – congratulations Ghanaians, very nice! It was to spend time in Kumasi once again…
Audiometry Screening Short Course, Cape Town – May 2019
Our Audiometry Screening Short Course in Cape Town ended on Wednesday 29th of May. Eight students (occupational health practitioners and technicians) attended the course. As usual the venue, organization, food…
Spirometry Short Course, Harare Zimbabwe – May 2019
What a joy it was to be stepping onto Zimbabwean soil again after 16 years. Thank you to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Global Health Research…
Audiometry Screening Short Course, Cape Town – May 2019
Our Audiometry Screening Short Course in Cape Town was held from the 15th to the 17th of May. Eleven students (occupational health practitioners and technicians) attended the course. We did…
Lung Function Training, Durban – April 2019
It was fun to facilitate another Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) spirometry training course in my hometown on 23rd – 26th April 2019 and to welcoming ACACIA (Achieving Asthma Control…
Vision Screening Short Course, Gauteng – April 2019
The first reviewed vision screening courses was facilitated at Sere-Med in Linbro Park, Johannesburg. It was held on the 13th and 14th of April 2019. A total of 11 students…
Spirometry Short Course, Cape Town – March 2019
The Spirometry competency course was held at Absolute Health in Lagoon Beach at the absolute wonderful venue. Ten students attended the course from 27 – 29 March 2019. This was…
Occupational Screening Audiometry Certificate of Competence Short Course, Port Elizabeth – March 2019
The first Education for Health Africa Occupational Screening Audiometry course in Port Elizabeth was held on 13 – 15 March 2019. There were 5 learners; 3 familiar faces and two…
Occupational Screening Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short Course Durban – March 2019
An Occupational Screening Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short Course was held in Durban during the second week of March 2019. There were 6 learners in the group. Of the 6,…
Vision Screening Certificate of Competence Short Course, Durban – March 2019
We were privileged to have an International learner on our 2-day Occupational Vision Screening Course all the way from Equatorial Guinea. It was interesting to exchange knowledge and experience. Six…
Vision Screening Short Course, Cape Town – February 2019
Our second vision screening course in Cape Town ended on Saturday the 16th of February. Four of our five students (occupational health practitioners and technicians) underwent the competency course and…
Spirometry Training, Kampala, Uganda – February 2019
The third of the six ACACIA study teams have undergone their spirometry training this past week in lovely Kampala in preparation for the start of their upcoming field work for…
Spirometry Refresher Training, Cape Town – February 2019
Our first spirometry refresher course in Cape Town was held on Friday 8th of February. Five students (occupational health practitioners and technicians) attended the day. We all were reminded how…
Spirometry and Audiometry Refresher Training Mondi, Hilton – January 2019
Our participants are all highly qualified and experienced Occupational Health Care practitioners.
IMPALA hosts successful series of meetings in Durban
This week 11 African countries were represented by 14 partners at the IMPALA meetings in Durban, South Africa alongside UK colleagues. The meetings at The Coastlands Hotel were put together…
Education for Health Africa / Pan African Thoracic Society Spirometry Training Tanzania
Certificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry short course and Spirometry Quality Assurance and Over-reading workshop By Lindsay Zurba, Education for Health Africa (EFHA) Spirometry is on the map at Kibong’oto…
First Pan African Thoracic Society Spirometry Training Uganda November 2017
First Pan African Thoracic Society Spirometry Training 2017 in Uganda The Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) and the Ugandan Thoracic Society (UTS), hosted a Foundational Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short…
Spirometry Training Nigeria June
Certificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry short course and Spirometry Quality Assurance workshop Report by Lindsay Zurba of Education for Health Africa (EFHA) Professor Falade and his team from the…
French translated PATS Spirometry Training Cameroon August
LSTM's International Multidisciplinary Programme to Address Lung Health and TB in Africa (IMPALA) and Lung Health in Africa across the life course (LuLi) initiatives together with the Pan African Thoracic…
Spirometry Training Ethiopia November 2017
The Pan-African Thoracic Society (PATS) and the Ethiopian Thoracic Society (ETS) hosted a Foundational Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short Course in Addis Ababa from 17th to 19th November 2017 at…