Knowledge Translation Unit

Important update for PACK Adult users 📢
The contraception pages in PACK Adult 2025 have been updated to align with WCDHW Circular H25/2026, supporting collaborative implementation of important policy changes, ensuring frontline healthcare workers can quickly apply new guidance in clinical practice.
Purpose of the circular:
To provide practical guidance for healthcare workers who counsel, prescribe, or administer medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) injections, supporting informed decision-making about the risk of meningioma with long-term use.
Advice in PACK:
If using DMPA:
Advise that long-term use carries a low risk of meningioma.

If DMPA is used for > 2 years, review and discuss switching to an alternative contraceptive method other than long-acting injectable.
Please ensure you are using the updated guidance when counselling clients on injectable contraception. The updated ebook has been circulated via the WCDHW channels, and is also available via: https://knowledgetranslation.co.za/resources/

The PACK Child 2026- Primary Care Guide for Children is now available!
📢 The PACK Child 2026 guide is now available.
The updated edition continues to support frontline clinicians with practical, evidence-based guidance for delivering comprehensive primary healthcare to children. 💜
This edition includes strengthened guidance across key clinical areas, with important updates to tuberculosis and asthma to support improved diagnosis, management, and continuity of care.
Created for the realities of busy clinics, PACK Child gives clinicians clear, practical guidance they can use in the moment to support better care for children.
The PACK Child 2026 eBook is available here:
🔗 Resources – Knowledge Translation Unit
We look forward to seeing clinicians using this edition in their daily practice and continuing to strengthen quality care for children. 🙌

At the KTU, our mission is to make knowledge work for people. This festive season, we celebrate the most important connection of all: the people we serve and the partners we work with.
Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones. May your 2025 festive season be filled with warmth and your 2026 with purpose.

2025 has been a year of rapid growth and impact for our L&D team. From scaling provincial programs to embracing digital innovation, here’s how we’ve empowered our healthcare workforce:
💻 Digital Reach: Hosted numerous webinars and launched new online courses across PHC, Hospitals, and Rehab.
🤝 Clinical Collaboration: Partnered on the 2025 PACK update to ensure seamless knowledge translation.
🌱 Growing Team: Welcomed 5 new clinical experts to the family!
We’re heading into 2026 with more momentum than ever. Our mission? New courses, fresh clinical evidence, and innovative delivery to better serve our patients.

The Knowledge Translation Unit traded our research papers and PACK guidelines for feathers and fedoras to celebrate a phenomenal year at our Year-End Function. Hosted at the spectacular Stardust, we toasted to our team’s hard work and collective wins over a delicious three-course meal and world-class live performances.
It’s been a year of growth and impact, and we couldn’t have done it without this incredible group of people. Here’s to the "Old Sports" who make the magic happen every day! 🎓🎬

December Cheer! 🤩
We were absolutely drowning in Christmas cheer as we celebrated December! 🎄
From our secret Santa 🤫 gift exchange to a host of festive laughs and celebrations, our office was buzzing. And the cherry on top? Our annual office awards! 🏆
A massive congratulations to the 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 for snagging the 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝! So well deserved! 🎉
Shoutout to our fabulous Christmas Elves for handing out the gifts and making the photo session so much fun! We love this team!

📢 BIG NEWS for health facilities across the Garden Route! 📢
Health managers from George and the surrounding areas gathered for an impactful Decision Support Framework (DSF) training! The program, supported by the People Development Centre is about empowering local leaders.
The DSF equips health managers with practical tools to make the best use of local resources, and strengthen collaboration across facilities and ecosystems. The goal? To help them become key champions of public health and improve services in their communities!

Wrapping Up 2025: A Year of Growth and Achievement with the Clinical Content Team at KTU

As 2025 comes to a close, we're proud to reflect on a year filled with milestones, new beginnings, and exciting progress.

Published PACK Adult 2025; completed the PACK Nigeria EHA project; developed an interim guide for Hormone Therapy for Gender Diverse Individuals; progressed toward publishing PACK Child 2025; and advanced the PACK App prototype.
Here’s to more innovation and impact in 2026 as we continue driving change in healthcare.

Last week Friday, our team joined thousands of voices across South Africa in standing against gender-based violence.

Dressed in black and lining the streets outside our office, we held our signs high, a small act of solidarity for a crisis that affects families, communities, and the health system every day.

Passing cars and trucks hooted in support, reminding us that this is a shared fight, and that collective action matters.

We remain committed to supporting a safer, more just South Africa for all.

📰 New Publication Alert! https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00372-9/fulltext

Our comment on "Community Engagement in Global Health: Addressing power, ownership and invisible labour" has just been published in Lancet Global Health! 🥳

This key publication highlights crucial reflections and findings from a 4-year UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded study focused on strengthening primary healthcare for people living with multiple long-term conditions.

Please join us in sending a massive congratulations to our leading author, Dr Robyn Curran, and our dedicated Knowledge Translation Unit (KTU) colleagues on their amazing and vital work! We are exceptionally proud of their contribution to global health discussion.

Calling all Health Care Workers!

The KTU Online School has just opened enrollment for the highly anticipated PACK Adult courses for 2025!
Whether you are new to PACK or need to update your knowledge, the following courses are now available:

Introduction to PACK Adult 2025
PACK Adult 2025 Update

👉 Crucial Next Step: To ensure you enroll in the correct course and get the most suitable training for your needs, please consult the “Which PACK course should you do?” guide.
This guide will help you determine the right option based on your previous PACK certificate status.
Don't miss this opportunity to advance your skills!
https://ktu-online-school.thinkific.com/pages/pack-courses