Transforming the South African healthcare system through executive-level training and leadership development
The Albertina Sisulu Executive Programme in Health (ASELPH) builds the capacity of South Africa's Health Leaders to drive health systems transformation. The programme aims to:
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Improve service delivery: train the next-generation of healthcare leaders that will drive the National Health Insurance policy.
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Strengthen health executive and leadership training: through our partner universities (Universities of Fort Hare, Pretoria and Harvard) we build local capacity in public health training.
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Advance healthcare policy: contribute towards locally relevant, innovative health policy research and consolidate knowledge and consensus around key health policies through policy seminars.
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Graca Machel Lecture on Albertina Sisulu's Centenary
9 October, 2018
The Albertina Sisulu Centenary 2018 Memorial Lecture was delivered by social and political activist, Graça Machel on Tuesday, 9 October. The lecture was hosted by the Albertina Sisulu Executive Leadership Programme in Health (ASELPH) at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences on the Prinshof South Campus.
Below is the full transcript of her remarks:
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Albertina Sisulu's Legacy

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (21 October, 1918 - 2 June, 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and nurse. She was also the wife of prominent political activist Walter Sisulu, who spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela. She was a tireless champion of the universal right to health and spent most of her working-life as a nurse in South Africa's public heathcare system. Her activism, compassion for people and lifetime efforts to alleviate civil strife among South Africa’s poorest communities has led her to occupy a special place in the hearts of many. She is affectionately known as “Ma Sisulu" by the South African public and was honored the honorary citizenship of Reggio nell'Emilia as far afield as Italy. In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3's Great South Africans. The programme is named in her honour.
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