We make healthcare
facilities safer and better

What we do
COHSASA works to strengthen and improve
health systems through standardisation, quality improvement, and accreditation.



COHSASA’s accreditation has been extended by IEEA to December 2023 and the organisation and its standards were surveyed in September 2023 with a decision pending for an additional four-year accreditation award from the global body.
Improving healthcare. One facility at a time.

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Why Use
COHSASA?
COHSASA is the only internationally-recognised, quality improvement accreditation body for healthcare facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The COHSASA Mission
To assist healthcare facilities in Africa and developing countries to deliver quality healthcare through sustained improvement, using internationally recognised standards, patient safety principles, and operational research.
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Over 600 facilities have participated in the COHSASA programme in the past two decades.
Mediclinic Cape Gate notches up another quality award
There were celebrations recently when CEO of COHSASA, Jacqui Stewart, presented a four-year accreditation certificate to Mediclinic Cape Gate.
Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt receives a seventh COHSASA accreditation
Unit heads of Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt in Bellville gathered this week to receive a seventh accreditation certificate from COHSASA. This 189-bed acute hospital in the northern suburbs of Cape Town has now received its third four-year accreditation award which signals that the facility has quality improvement principles deeply embedded in the DNA of daily hospital operations.
SAVE THE DATE…
The forthcoming 11th Quality Management & Patient Safety Conference, scheduled for Thursday, 19 October at the Gallagher Convention Centre, serves as a forum where healthcare industry pioneers and leading experts will convene to present transformative ideas focused on strengthening healthcare resilience and sustainability in Africa.