Mentoring for Sustainable Rural Community Resilience and Public Health Research Niche Area, (RNA)

The Faculty Health Sciences, University of Fort Hare, research niche: Centre on Mentoring for Sustainable Rural Community Resilience and Public Health (CMSRCRH),  aims to achieve learning and research excellence for sustainable resilience and public health in the service of students, scholars and the rural communities in the Eastern Cape through a strong sustainable mentorship process. The main thrust, is to positively support National Development programme (NDP) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly on rural development, poverty alleviation, food security, environmental health management, agricultural development and advancement; integration of indigenous, modern and biomedical knowledge and techniques and clinical care which crisscrossed public health issues affecting South Africa, and more specifically, the Eastern Cape Province. Fundamentally, the RNA strives to promote and build capacity as well as empower rural communities in the Eastern Cape to be resilient and self-sustainable on issues affecting their health.