Making hospitals
safer and better…
What we do
COHSASA works to strengthen and improve
health systems through standardisation, quality improvement, and accreditation.
Improving healthcare. One facility at a time.

A quick guide
to COHSASA

Accreditation
Benefits

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.
Latest News
Our Insights and Articles
Over 600 facilities have participated in the COHSASA programme in the past two decades.
Clarifying the Concept of External Evaluation (White Paper)
Edited by: Ellen Joan van Vliet, Jacqui Stewart and Carsten Engel: Members of the ISQua External Evaluation Association Accreditation
Council and Jorien Soethout, Qualicor Europe
Is healthcare accreditation worth it?
In this impressive article we interview six of COHSASA’s top accredited South African private hospitals and how they managed to operate along with testimonies of the benefits of accreditation.
Designing for the Future – ISQua’s 38th International Conference to be held in Brisbane, Australia
Get in early for ISQua’s Brisbane Conference