Over the past nine years, Cure Day Hospitals has steadily embedded quality improvement and patient safety into the way it operates, using COHSASA’s accreditation programme as a framework for strengthening standards across the Group. The latest and first four-year accreditations…
Six healthcare facilities in South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana and Uganda have received accreditation awards from COHSASA, marking measurable progress in the drive for safer, more consistent care across the continent. Duchess International Hospital in Lagos and Overstrand Hospice in Hermanus,…
Africa’s healthcare sector is rich in innovation, resilience and a deeply embedded culture of compassion – strengths the world can learn from – while the continent must sharpen its systems, governance and reporting to fully realise quality care. That was…
Organisations working to strengthen health systems in Africa, including COHSASA, are likely to find renewed urgency in the latest report from the World Health Organization, which warns that gains in global health are under threat. The World Health Statistics 2026…
South Africa’s health regulator – the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) – has conducted 4,487 inspections over seven years, revealing stark disparities in hospital performance — with 100% of quaternary hospitals compliant, but 19% of district hospitals rated unsatisfactory,…
Strong leadership, functional governance and an honest culture of reporting are among the critical factors needed to improve and sustain quality care in South Africa’s public health sector, experts said during a panel discussion at the Hospital Show Conference hosted…
Other hospitals/clinics that were accredited by the COHSASA Board recently were:
Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH) has become the first hospital in Malawi to achieve COHSASA accreditation, valid until December 2027, after attaining an overall performance score of 97. The hospital joined the COHSASA quality improvement and accreditation programme in 2023. This…
Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH) has become the first hospital in Malawi to achieve COHSASA accreditation. The milestone has positioned BAH as a regional benchmark, with hospitals from across sub-Saharan Africa reaching out to learn from its experience and measure their…
Developed by the Association of Palliative Care Centres (APCC) in collaboration with COHSASA, this achievement was celebrated at the 41st International ISQua Conference — the world’s leading forum for healthcare quality and patient safety — held at the World Trade…
