COHSASA: 30 Years of Raising the Bar in African Healthcare

From bustling city hospitals to rural clinics, COHSASA has spent three decades helping healthcare facilities across Africa deliver safer, better care. Headquartered in Cape Town, we’ve worked in 13 countries across the continent — in both public and private sectors — building stronger health systems from the ground up.

In 2025, we celebrate 30 years of quality improvement and accreditation programmes that have transformed the way healthcare is delivered. This milestone isn’t just about longevity — it’s about the deep expertise, lessons learned, and impact we bring to every project in Africa.

At COHSASA, we believe better healthcare is a basic human right and the heartbeat of thriving communities. Through rigorous accreditation, ongoing quality improvement, and an unwavering drive for excellence, we help create safer patient journeys and stronger healthcare teams.

Our core strength is capacity building — empowering healthcare workers with the skills, confidence, and tools to deliver consistent, high-quality care. And we lead by example: COHSASA is the only health facility accreditation body in sub-Saharan Africa that is itself accredited. We’ve proudly maintained continuous accreditation since 2002 from ISQuaEEA, the global authority on external evaluation services.

30 years in, and we’re just getting started.