UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Dear Prof/Dr/Mr

Core competencies in human rights for health professionals

The Health and Human Rights Programme at the University of Cape Town, in conjunction with the HPCSA, SANC, SAMA and DENOSA, hosted a conference exploring what are Core Competencies in Human Rights for graduates in the health professions. The conference aimed to provide guidance to those bodies setting standards for our graduates as to what kinds of human rights competencies and skills should be expected of doctors, nurses and other health professionals once they graduate from our training institutions.

The conference took place from Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th July and helped to develop recommendations for curriculum standards for graduates in the health professions in South Africa.

Attached is a conference report, which, along with other materials relating to the conference (presentations and teaching materials), can be downloaded from the Webpages of the Health and Human Rights programme in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at URL: http://www.hhr.uct.ac.za/conferences/conferences.php .

We trust you will find the report helpful and wish you all the best for the forthcoming year.

Yours sincerely
Professor Leslie London
On behalf of the organizing committee (DENOSA, HPCSA, SAMA, SANC and UCT)