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Graduate Programmes

The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) offers private higher education for individuals seeking to enhance their skills, broaden their knowledge, and advance their careers with a variety of comprehensive qualification and international programme offerings to choose from.

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Short Courses

FPD provides students the opportunity to receive training by offering numerous formal registered qualifications and short courses from our schools.

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Current Innovation Projects

The Innovation Cluster houses FPD's Epidemiology and Research Unit, FPD's healthcare leadership and health systems consultancy services, and numerous FPD innovation projects which focus on public health and capacity development projects across the African region.

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Current Strengthening Systems Projects

FPD does not follow the narrower definition of community engagement that is solely focused on the role of students in the community.

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Gender-Based Violence Project

The objective of this programme is to improve service provision and community awareness of services for survivors of sexual assault in South Africa, which struggles with one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world.

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FPD Mental Health System Strengthening Projects

South Africa was rated 3rd last in the latest Mental State of the World report in 2023. FPD is committed to improving mental health policy and services in South Africa generally through its various mental health initiatives.

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Clinical Trials

FPD established the Ndevana Clinical Research Site (CRS) in the Ndevana community in 2021 in collaboration with the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation and following investigator-driven research in HIV prevention conducted in this area.

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STI Research

There is a high burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa, especially Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,

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HIV Research

FPD has worked in the HIV field for more than two decades now promoting community awareness, strengthening healthcare services, and building public health capacity.

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