Intersectoral collaboration before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Cape: implications for future whole-of-society approaches to health and wellbeing

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2022Author
Schneider, Helen
Okeyo, Ida
du Toit, Alheit
Engelbrecht, Beth
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The profound health, social and economic impacts
generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated
collaboration among societal actors in an unprecedented
fashion, elevating the status of the health sector and
positioning it to advance intersectoral action on health.
This chapter reflects on intersectoral collaboration in the
Western Cape prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We describe forms of intersectoral collaboration that
emerged in response to COVID-19; how these drew from
a prior formative initiative in the province, referred to as
WoSA (whole-of-society approach); and the lessons and
opportunities these experiences offer for future intersectoral
collaboration for health and wellbeing.