On September 30 COHSASA Celebrated 30 Years of Remodeling Healthcare High quality Throughout Africa
On 30 September, COHSASA employees celebrated the organisation’s thirtieth anniversary — a joyful event full with a wealthy chocolate cake skilfully iced with the 30-year badge. CEO Jacqui Stewart mentioned it was a privilege to mark this milestone alongside a staff that has stood by COHSASA “by means of thick and skinny,” and to proceed the work of strengthening well being programs throughout Africa. She thanked everybody for his or her particular person and staff contributions.
COHSASA marks its thirtieth anniversary with delight, reflecting on three many years of dedication to elevating healthcare requirements and making certain affected person security throughout the African continent.
Highlights of the Journey
Based in 1995 by Dr Stuart Whittaker, COHSASA turned Africa’s first devoted healthcare accreditation physique, with Louis Leipoldt Hospital in Cape City as the primary non-public accredited establishment
By 1997, COHSASA had accredited Addington Hospital in Durban—the primary public-sector facility—and continued to help public hospitals throughout a number of provinces.
Growth all through the 2000s introduced COHSASA’s work to Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Namibia, and Malawi. In 2012, COHSASA partnered with Botswana’s Ministry of Well being to develop nationwide high quality requirements and accreditation frameworks.
In 2019, COHSASA co-hosted the ISQua convention in Cape City—making historical past as the primary such occasion held in Africa.
Present Affect & Innovation
As of 2025, COHSASA has awarded 717 Full Accreditations and 954 general awards to healthcare services throughout the continent.
COHSASA pioneered the Graded Recognition Programme to help services beginning their accreditation journey and developed CoQIS (High quality Enchancment Info System) and PatSIS, an incident-reporting platform for real-time monitoring of hostile occasions and near-misses.
Recognition & Partnerships
COHSASA has maintained six consecutive ISQua accreditations from 2002 to 2027, underscoring its consistency in assembly international high quality benchmarks set by The Worldwide Society for High quality in Well being Care (ISQua).
Longstanding collaborations with worldwide organisations—together with the WHO, MSH, PharmAccess, the Hospice Palliative Care Affiliation of South Africa, and Stellenbosch College—spotlight COHSASA’s position in shaping healthcare coverage, palliative care accreditation, and analysis.
Trying Forward
“As we have fun 30 years, our dedication to advancing protected, high quality care continues stronger than ever,” says COHSASA CEO, Jacqui Stewart. “We stay devoted to remodeling healthcare throughout Africa—and invite establishments and stakeholders to hitch us within the subsequent chapter.”
For extra data or enquiries about accreditation and high quality enchancment instruments, please contact:
Electronic mail: queries@cohsasa.co.za
Cellphone: +27 21 531 4225
Deal with: 6 Herschel Highway, Claremont, Cape City 7708, South Africa
Web site: www.cohsasa.co.za
