NWU, Potchefstroom Campus: Welcome to the Faculty of Health Sciences

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	Faculty of Health Sciences

Welcome to the Faculty of Health sciences – Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University.

The Faculty aims to contribute to the promotion and improvement of the health of the population of South Africa and Africa by means of high-quality, relevant educational and research programmes.

STRUCTURE OF THE FACULTY:

SCHOOLS:
	School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science
	School of Pharmacy
	School of Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
	School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences
	School of Nursing Science

RESEARCH ENTITIES:
	Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN)
	Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR)
	Unit for Drug Research and Development
	Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation (PhasRec)
	Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART)
	Medicine Usage in South Africa (MUSA)

	Lipid and Metabolic Clinic
	Animal Research Centre

IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPERTISE:
	Institute for Biokinetics
	Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling
	Institute for Sport Science and Development
	South African Professional Institute for Kinderkinetics
	Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services
	•	Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy (RIIP) incorporating the Centre for Quality Assurance of Medicines (CENQAM)Ž
	•	Unit for Cosmetic Efficacy Studies (ECEC)
	•	Clinical Pharmacokinetic Laboratory (CPL)
	•	World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre (WHO CC)
	•	President's Emergency Programme for AIDS relief (PEPFAR)