For so long, African scientists have often looked elsewhere for solutions to the continent's problems. The time has now come for that to change, believes Dr Nyasha Chin'ombe after attending the 16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more ...

She's touted as one of the leading TB researchers in the world. Which is why the Wellcome Collection, a UK-based museum, flew UCT's Professor Valerie Mizhari to London last year to speak on the role of South African researchers in TB and HIV research. In December this interview was broadcast on the BBC World Service to some 40 million listeners. worldwide. Read more ...

UCT's Professor Mohamed Jeebhay has been elected as a fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini. The Collegium is an international academy founded in 1982 to advance the study of occupational and environmental health issues. It comprises about 180 fellows from around the world, elected for their contributions to these fields. Read more ...

UCT won no less than three mentions - more than any other institution - when the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) recently recognised 32 African research facilities as ANDI Centres of Excellence in health innovation. Read more ...

It fell to the Faculty of Health Sciences to stage the opening ceremony in UCT's December 2011 graduations, capping, on the morning of Monday, 12 December, the first band of the around 5 250 students who will graduate this week. Read more ...

People living with mental illness may act in ways that increase their risk of HIV infection. Equally, persons living with HIV/AIDS, and more so, pregnant mothers, are highly vulnerable to developing depression and other mental illnesses. A number of projects led by UCT are working on integrating mental health services into HIV, primary and maternal health care. Read more ...