Description: Healthcare social media in South Africa #hcsm #hcsmSA
Upcoming Chats 07/03/2022 – Protecting South African communities from COVID-19 – #UCTvaccinechat 14/03/2022 – To jab or not to jab? Exploring COVID-19 vaccination views in South Africa – #UCTvaccinechat 21/03/2022 – Adjusting the COVID-19 infodemic volume in South Africa – #UCTvaccinechat 28/03/2022 – Is the “new normal” impacting us all equally in South Africa? – #UCTvaccinechat Past Chats 28/09/2021 – Discussing COVID-19: The heart of the matter – #SAHeartCongress 30/06/2021 – Funding TB priorities throug
What is Health Communication and Social Media South Africa (#hcsmSA)? hcsm is an acronym for Health Communication and Social Media. hcsmSA moderates a monthly Twitter chat to discuss various health issues in South Africa with a diverse group of stakeholders which include doctors, scientists, startups, entrepreneurs, patient advocates, charities, journalists, IT developers, design companies, marketing companies, pharma, academia, students, nurses, caregivers and policy-makers both locally and globally. We mo
Further to the Twitter chat, hcsmSA also provides training services as well as social media influencer programs at medical events. Clients have included TB HIV Care , the National Institute of Communicable Diseases ( NICD ) and the Public Health Association of South Africa ( PHASA ). We were also recognised with an award for our work in medical education around the use of social media for health and science communication at the 72nd World Health Assembly by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics ( F