Innovative community-based intervention to identify undiagnosed TB cases - 21 January 2020
Improving universal access to surgical care for patients – meet UCT’s new head of Global Surgery - 20 January 2020
UCT collaborating on new TB vaccine clinical trial - 20 November 2019
UCT researcher recognised for putting spotlight on cervical cancer - 13 November 2019
UCT students finding ways to revolutionise SA health sector - 11 November 2019
The L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women In Science programme recognises South African female scientists for their groundbreaking research - 8 November 2019
UCT providing healing through science in an unprecedented transformational process- 4 November 2019
Candidate vaccine reduces risk of developing active pulmonary TB - 29 October 2019
Long-term success rates for kidney transplants between HIV positive donor and recipient - 7 October 2019
World Heart Day - 27 September 2019
Soapbox Science is coming to South Africa - 25 September 2019
African Scientists contribute to efforts to reduce Africa's high disease burden - 23 September 2019
Results from new trial of the candidate TB vaccine MTBVAC offer hope for control of tuberculosis in infants - 13 August 2019
UCT and AHF take a stand against gender-based violence - 1 August 2019
New funding to support research and training in Gender and HIV in UCT’s Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences - 16 July 2019
UCT’s drug discovery centre receives R18m donation from former Coca-Cola chairman to drive crucial research - 26 June 2019
Leading cause of children deaths through injury is preventable – UCT academic - 5 June 2019
Immunity against infection extends beyond breastfeeding period - new study - 30 May 2019
UCT spearheads new technologies for life-saving cancer treatment - 27 May 2019
UCT becomes first African university to adopt global ethics code - 24 April 2019
UCT leading scientists selected to be part of £25M FLAIR scheme - 4 April 2019
New Study Findings in the Lancet Global Health:Maternal deaths following C-section 50 times higher in Africa compared to high-income countries - 15 March 2019
UCT academic who pioneered urine bio-brick wins global chemical engineers award - 5 March 2019
UCT reclaims its top 10 position in world rankings - 5 March 2019
Imperial and MIT announce winners of first Africa-focused seed fund - 28 February 2019
UCT is advancing women with five substantial awards - 11 February 2019
UCT SAX Appeal magazine to go on sale - 6 February 2019
UCT signs agreement with leading French geological institute dedicated to sustainable management of natural resources - 5 February 2019
More die after surgery than from HIV, TB, and malaria combined - study - 1 February 2019
New device developed to administer drugs via mobile messaging - 31 January 2019
UCT selected for large-scale funding to tackle the world’s complex challenges - 24 January 2019
UCT study uses genetics to explore people’s risks of getting injured - 24 January 2019
Results from innovative tuberculosis vaccine trial show potential for new BCG revaccination strategies and hope for subunit vaccines - 19 February 2018
UCT academic among “the most exceptional scholars and leaders in science, medicine, and health” - 16 October 2017 UCT to host valedictory lecture on the National Health Insurance - 16 October 2017 Rio, Brazil: A convergence to place sexual violence, intimate partner violence, child abuse & maltreatment at the heart of resolve - 13 September 2017 World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders to drive improved global access to essential CVD medicines - 22 June 2017 UCT launches state-of-art platform for imaging and analysis of cells and tissues - 26 May 2017 A new drug decreases hotflushes and may reduce cardiovascular disease - 11 May 2017 Discovery of new gene that causes sudden death in adolescents - 9 March 2017 DNA sequencing used to track transmission of incurable TB in South Africa - 23 January 2017 DNA-based detection test improves battle strategy against TB by finding undiagnosed cases in the community - 19 January 2017
World’s first centre to tackle more than 600,000 African fungal infection-related deaths set up by University of Aberdeen at the University of Cape Town - 20 December 2016
UCT Study: Low-cost urine TB test at bedside reduced TB death-rate - 15 March 2016
UCT Vice-Chancellor to run for mental health on 10 October - 8 October 2015 Three leading UCT academics publish TB paper in The Lancet - 17 September 2015 The South African Medical Research Council responds to cancer and founds Cancer Research Centres around the country - 11 February 2015 UCT research raises awareness of neurogenerative disease - 4 February 2015
‘Utter neglect’ of Rheumatic Heart Disease - results from global study - 26 November 2014 TB trial carried out in South Africa finds new once-weekly treatment - 30 October 2014 The Ebola epidemic - is there a way out? UCT Prof authors position paper - 27 October 2014 ‘No health without mental health’, say UCT researchers - 9 October 2014
Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research:
Media Release - Day 1 - Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - 1 October 2014 Media Release - Day 3 - Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - 3 October 2014
Two-pronged treatment can reduce TB safely and effectively, study finds - 5 June 2014 Top scholar at the University of Cape Town receives the Oppenheimer Fellowship - 29 May 2014
