A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. Our entrepreneurial adventure, begun over a century ago, is driven by an unrelenting commitment to improve public health worldwide.

Since 1963, we’ve been paving the way in the field of in vitro diagnostics and have contributed greatly to improving public health and making the world a healthier place.

The solutions that our teams imagine, develop and manufacture are key to enable healthcare professionals and industry players to make confident decisions to improve patient outcome and ensure consumer safety.

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company, dedicated to improving well-being through excellent products and services. As part of its Personal Care offering, Essity provides innovative, high-quality medical solutions in Compression, Wound Care and Orthopedics. With renowned brands such as Leukoplast, Cutimed, JOBST, Actimove and Delta-Cast.

Since the acquisition of BSN Medical in 2017, Essity has extended its leading market positions in a number of medical solution categories in around 140 countries, underlining a commitment to improve the quality of life of people everywhere.

With a comprehensive portfolio of products, solutions and services, Essity is one of the four big global players in its categories. The focus is on serving the needs of customers, which include retail trade, online sales, pharmacies, hospitals, distributors, care institutions and consumers.

Under the brand Leukoplast, Essity’s offering for Acute Wound Care ranges from surgical tapes and retention bandages to surgical dressings as well as adhesive bandages and plasters.

Developed specifically to relieve patients from the burden of chronic and complex wounds, Cutimed empowers healthcare professionals with innovative solutions to manage all aspects of wound healing.

JOBST is the global Number ONE in Compression Therapy, offering a wide selection of products in the field of phlebology, lymphology and lipedema, such as medical compression garments, bandages and wraps.

As the global market leader in both Fracture Management and Physiotherapy, Essity draws on over 80 years of experience in non-invasive Orthopedics. Delta-Cast offers a complete, high-quality range for casting and splinting. This is complemented by Actimove with its medically engineered braces and supports portfolio. The Physiotherapy portfolio includes tapes and bandages.

ICARS provides a unique value proposition – a funded partnership, collaborating with low- and middle-income countries to co-develop evidence-based, context specific, cost-effective and sustainable solutions to mitigate AMR, advancing each country’s individual National Action Plan.

At ICARS, our mission is to partner with Low- and Middle-income countries (LMICs) in their efforts to reduce drug-resistant infections. We do this by co-developing tailored solutions with LMIC governments and researchers, who then implement them on the ground using ICARS funding and expertise, building on AMR National Action Plans.

Resolve to Save Lives was created in 2017 by Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through his work in government and with philanthropy, Dr. Frieden pinpointed a unique problem: no one is thinking about how to systematically combat the world’s leading killers. Heart disease carries the distinction of being the world’s #1 cause of death. And few organizations raise their focus from one disease to look at epidemics as a whole—and how they can be prevented. Resolve to Save Lives is committed to saving lives from these preventable causes by partnering with government and civil society to implement scalable, proven strategies.

We prioritize partnerships with national and local organizations in low- and middle-income countries to co-create, advocate for, and scale up activities in heart disease prevention and epidemic preparedness. We work with global organizations to produce and promote policies that maximize health gains. Our funders include Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Philanthropy Partners, which is funded with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation. We are resolved to save lives.

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit organization, working in 22 countries to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone within a generation.

WaterAid works at multiple levels with governments, communities, service providers, research institutes and many more to deliver inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, promote hygiene behaviour change, and demonstrate how WASH can be sustained and expanded. They link policymakers with communities and local partners, and promote women’s participation and leadership in WASH decision-making. They use evidence and lessons learned to influence governments, donors and financial institutions to invest in WASH services and rally support from around the world.

One of WaterAid’s Strategic Aims in the current global strategy (2022-2032) is focused on prioritizing WASH across the health sector to improve public health. Universal, sustainable and safe WASH are essential foundations of human health. WaterAid is working with governments and partners to strengthen health systems through integrating WASH and hygiene behaviours change and prioritise the requirements of women and girls, who make up the majority of health service users and health workers

 

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) prevents, prepares for and responds to infectious diseases, and environmental hazards, to keep all our communities safe, save lives and protect livelihoods.

We provide scientific and operational leadership, working with local, national and international partners to protect the public’s health and build the nation’s health security capability.

UKHSA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care.

SAFHE (South African Federation of Healthcare Engineering) was initiated in 1974 in the Western Cape and officially constituted as a national body in 1975.

Individual membership of the SAFHE is open to engineers, architects, medical practitioners, technicians and technologists and other persons engaged in the broad field of healthcare engineering, architecture, and planning.

Corporate membership is extended to companies with interests in the healthcare engineering.

SAFHE was accorded membership of the International Federation of Healthcare Engineering (IFHE) in 1976
IFHE is a non-profit, non-governmental body established in 1970 to enable national engineering professional organizations to join in a world-wide federation. Membership of IFHE has spread to over thirty countries. IFHE is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, as a Non-governmental Organization in Official Relations with the WHO.

Our Purpose

• To provide a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences to improve healthcare services via its website, conferences, webinars, newsletters, and publications.
• To assist individuals to further their experience and training in healthcare engineering and building design.
• To collaborate with other organizations in advancing the quality of healthcare services.
• To encourage greater collaboration between private and public health.

The ECHO Model:
Inspired by the way clinicians learn from medical rounds during residencies, the ECHO Model has evolved into a learning framework that applies across sectors for sustainable and profound change. ECHO participants engage in a virtual community with their peers where they share support, guidance and feedback. As a result, our collective understanding of how to disseminate and implement best practices across diverse disciplines continuously improves and expands.
During an ECHO session, participants present real (anonymized) cases to the specialists—and each other—for discussion and recommendations. Participants learn from one another, as knowledge is tested and refined through a local lens. This continuous loop of learning, mentoring and peer support is what makes ECHO unique, with a long-lasting impact far beyond that of an in-person training, webinar or e-learning course. Our knowledge-sharing model brings together specialists from multiple focus areas for a robust, holistic approach.

The TEACH AMS Initiative:
The drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the human health sector in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are multifaceted. Contributing factors include limited laboratory infrastructure and access to diagnostics, inadequate infection prevention and control measures, weak regulatory frameworks, fragmented surveillance systems, and the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials. In line with the WHO Global Action Plan, addressing AMR requires a comprehensive approach involving coordinated, multi-sectoral interventions. Virtual education and training programs on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) are emerging as valuable tools to strengthen healthcare provider capacity, improve prescribing practices, and complement other AMR and AMS initiatives.
In 2023 Project ECHO partnered with Pfizer to launch the Tele-mentoring, Equity and Advocacy Collaboration for Health through Antimicrobial Stewardship (TEACH AMS) ECHO Program. The initiative leverages the evidence-based learning model of Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to support hospital AMS committees to implement AMS programs. Since 2023, Project ECHO has partnered with AMR focal points in Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, and Senegal to develop virtual AMS education programs.
As of March 2025, the 7 programs in Africa conducted 164 sessions with healthcare facilities across their countries, representing over 4,400 unique attendees from multiple disciplines including Physicians/Physician assistants (16%), Nurses (8%), Lab Personnel (14%), and Pharmacy Personnel (43%). These virtual sessions complement existing in-person and online AMR/AMS capacity-building efforts by fostering peer-to-peer learning, multidisciplinary collaboration, and ongoing mentorship from local subject matter experts.
As demonstrated by these country experiences, the TEACH AMS ECHO programs offer a flexible, locally-driven, low-cost approach to AMS training and mentorship. Programs are scalable and can be integrated with other interventions to strengthen systems and improve antimicrobial prescribing practices. With declining resources for in-person training, LMICs must prioritize low-cost, evidence-based solutions to sustain the educational components of their national action plans. Virtual models like the TEACH AMS ECHO provide a promising strategy to maintain momentum in combating AMR through continuous capacity building and support.

PathCare is a people-focused, technology-driven pathology practice.

We offer an extensive range of screening and diagnostic tests to support the prevention and management of disease in both the health care sector and agricultural industry.

PathCare is a partnership of pathologists in private practice that offers our services across the country.  Our footprint stretches beyond the South African borders.  We have operations in Lesotho and Namibia. Our Namibia website can be found on www.pathcarenamibia.com.

We have an excellent record of assisting doctors and other professionals to manage disease and improve healthcare since 1922 .

We are proud of our record of firsts in South Africa:

• We were the first to enhance the quality of pre-analytical care of patient specimens by collecting specimens directly from hospitals and doctor’s rooms.
• We were the first to introduce standards that have led to overall improvements in the industry.  Our laboratories were the first to achieve accreditation to ISO 15189 through the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS).
• We opened the first radioimmunoassay laboratory in private practice.
• PathCare was the first laboratory in the southern hemisphere to institute a fully computerised information system.
• We were the first to introduce a robotic automated chemistry immunodiagnostics testing system, and our microbiology laboratory was also the first in Africa to be automated.
• We were the first laboratory service that introduced a result App (IOS and Android) to improve quality and efficiency of delivering patient results to clinicians.
• We were also the first pathology practice in South Africa to set-up a Student Training Academy to supply the industry with skilled technologists, technicians and phlebotomists.

PathCare foster innovation in order to remain relevant to the health care needs of all South Africans.  We are committed to deliver an accessible, affordable, reliable, and high quality service efficiently and on time, every time.

As more diseases are discovered worldwide, Seegene is leading the development of new technology for accurate diagnosis. We are committed to advancing healthcare through innovative PCR technologies and high- quality products. Our mission is to enhance diagnostic accuracy and efficiency for laboratories worldwide. Join us in shaping the future of molecular diagnostics!

Your total surgical, decontamination and sterile processing solutions partners for more than 50 years.

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