FPD staff makes up a number of functional departments, organised into clusters and faculties. The structure reflected below will be applicable for 2009.

Health Sciences Faculty

This faculty comprises a number of schools loosely organised to align with the health sector statutory bodies. At present these are the School of Health Sciences and the Nursing School.  

Economic and Business Study Faculty

 This faculty currently contains all FPD’s management development through the FPD Business School.

Student Administration and Quality Assurance

 The following academic support services support the abovementioned faculties:

• Academic Programme Development
• Training Logistics
• Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance
• Study Material Management
• Marketing and scholarship
• Learning support services
• Graphic design and DTP support

 Treatment Cluster

 The treatment cluster has a strong focus on community engagement, predominantly through private-public-initiatives, for increasing capacity in the public sector. The following departments are part of this cluster:

•  Positive Life Project

• ICAP Project
• Infectious Diseases Unit

 Special Projects Cluster

 The special projects cluster encompasses a variety of independent community engagement projects and business units. These include:

• The Compass Project
• Africa Health Placements
• Conference Management Department
• The PEPFAR Fellowship Programme

Operations Cluster

 The operations cluster provides crosscutting operational support to all FPD departments and includes:

• Finance Department
• IT and Facilities Department
• HR Administration Department

See the FPD Organogram for more detail about the organisational structure.