INDEPTH strategic planning meeting held in Johannesburg

The Head of Wits University School of Public Health in South Africa Prof Laetitia Rispel (centre) poses for a photograph with INDEPTH Working Groups, Strategic Groups and Project Leaders; some members of the INDEPTH Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), INDEPTH Executive Director and Secretariat staff; Wits University and Agincourt HDSS staff, and other experts during the 4-5 August 2016 INDEPTH Strategic Planning meeting at Wits.

The objective of the meeting, with 26 participants, was to brainstorm and deliberate on emerging opportunities, targets and future strategic directions for Working Groups, projects and the Network.

The meeting also reviewed achievements and challenges, agreed on common procedures to render the Network, Working and Strategic Groups, projects and the Network more effective.  The meeting also discussed at length potential policy implications.