Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies

The Africa Centre is embedded in the University of KwaZulu-Natal with academic and strategic support also provided by the South African Medical Research Council. The field base and the Africa Centre itself are in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, the Hlabisa District to the north of Durban.

Director
Professor Marie Louise Newell

Activities
The Centre tackles the most pressing population and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly HIV/AIDS, to provide vital data to understand diseases in a rural population.

Researchers have established a longitudinal demographic information system, an essential platform for studies to improve health.

The Centre works with the full involvement of local communities. Researchers are investigating issues such as HIV/AIDS and migration, which directly affect local communities.

It disseminates research results to contribute to evidence-based healthcare policy making.