UCT has been placed as the highest-ranking university in the country and on the continent, as well as in the top 1.3% of universities globally.
Congratulations to Aaron Mabuza of UCT's Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy (CCOAT), for his 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the SA Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Office of Malaria Research.
Congratulations to Tania Douglas for receiving the 2019 South African Women in Science Award as Distinguished Woman Scientist in Research and Innovation.
Congratulations to Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay for their integral role in providing technical medical input in South Africa’s historic R5-billion settlement for the gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at work.
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Thursday, 22 August 2019
Katleho Limakatso recalls the incident clearly. It was August 2012; the physiotherapy student was wrapping up his work in the wards at Wynberg’s Victoria Hospital, almost on his way to catch a bus. Until a man’s sobbing stopped him short.
Publication Date:
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 - 12:30
Working on some of the most important breakthroughs in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics globally, and testing HIV and TB vaccines, is a vital part of the pioneering work being done at the Khayelitsha-based Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa).
Publication Date:
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 - 14:15
The University of Cape Town’s Professor Bongani Mayosi has left a huge legacy behind a year after his tragic and untimely death. His living work stands as a formidable inheritance. The impact of his person and values are unquestionable.
Publication Date:
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 - 12:30
A group of fourth-year medical students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) did a health promotion project to educate mothers about HIV and the importance of getting tested throughout pregnancy – and beyond – to reduce mother to child HIV transmission
Publication Date:
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 - 09:30