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Study unpacks factors driving high TB incidence and mortality rates in men
Men experience higher rates of tuberculosis (TB) than women, and multiple factors influence this. In a new study published in the June issue of Scientific Reports journal, a team of researchers from the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research assessed how sex disparities in TB could be explained by sex differences in the distribution of factors including HIV, antiretroviral treatment (ART) uptake, smoking, heavy alcohol use, undernutrition, diabetes, social contact rates, health-seeking patterns, and treatment discontinuation, over the period 1990-2019.
15 Jun 2023
UCT Open Textbook Award and other updates
Nominations for the 2023 UCT Open Textbook Award opened this week.
14 Jun 2023
True torchbearer for development and progress
UCT employee Frederick Stellenboom’s career journey exceeded his expectations.
14 Jun 2023
Youth Month: ‘My world in words’
Graduate Yaaseen Samuels’s life has been overshadowed by an unseen disability. In Youth Month he shares his journey and a call for understanding and support.
14 Jun 2023
Youth Month
One in five South Africans lives with pain – UCT academic
“Ouch!” A common phrase everyone uses at some point to express pain. Whether you’ve just stubbed your toe, struggling to overcome a nasty migraine, or burned your finger as you removed your favourite dish from the oven – it’s always, “ouch!” But what is pain?
14 Jun 2023
FlexiGyn in line for 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
FlexiGyn, an invention by UCT PhD student Edmund Wessels, is one of four African inventions in line for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
14 Jun 2023
In Remembrance: Siviwe Cingo
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our postgraduate student, Mr Siviwe Cingo (32).
14 Jun 2023
UCT Open Textbook Award: call for nominations
Prof Harsha Kathard writes to the UCT community to invite nominations for the 2023 UCT Open Textbook Award.
13 Jun 2023
Unpacking the ‘ouch’
UCT’s Prof Romy Parker delivered her inaugural lecture, which unpacked pain management, on Thursday, 8 June.
13 Jun 2023
Update for postgraduate students
Prof Sue Harrison writes to UCT postgraduate students and their supervisors with updates, information and tips for postgraduate studies.
13 Jun 2023
Youth Month: Transgender youth explosion; early evaluation and support are vital
The surge of transgender youth is a worldwide phenomenon as easily accessible information and neuroscientific developments help them understand who they are.
12 Jun 2023
Youth Month
Student communities can become safer as ASSIST tool launched for addiction risk
UCT’s head of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Assoc Prof Goodman Sibeko, and several partners have launched the web app ASSIST tool – a risk indicator for substance abuse.
12 Jun 2023
Youth Month
UCT–Exness partnership gives students wings to fly
The Exness Fintech Scholarship is made possible by multi-asset broker Exness, and UCT.
12 Jun 2023
Pain management to reduce suffering in South Africa – integrating interdisciplinary research into the healthcare professions
Professor Romy Parker is in UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month: Alumni’s DIY foam fire extinguisher most popular hack
Developed for a 2015 final-year student project, a DIY foam fire extinguisher to combat shack fires has been given a new lease of life.
08 Jun 2023
Youth Month
In Remembrance: Khoro Makhesha
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our colleague and student Mr Khoro Makhesha (28).
08 Jun 2023
To KwaLanga with love
UCT’s CMD recently visited KwaLanga in commemoration of its 100th year of existence.
08 Jun 2023
Opinion
COVID-19 TERS policy saved at least two million jobs
The COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) saved at least two million jobs at the onset of the pandemic, but not without several unintended consequences, according to new research.
08 Jun 2023
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