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Looking through the lens of missed vaccination opportunities Dr Chukwudi Nnaji probes three critical questions for missed opportunities for vaccination in his PhD research. 26 Mar 2024

Bending the arc towards health equity Professor Susan Cleary delivered her inaugural lecture on 14 March. 25 Mar 2024

Adopt a social approach to managing TB UCT’s Dr Anna Versfeld said patients’ social contexts must be taken into consideration to help tackle the TB scourge in South Africa. 24 Mar 2024

Infrastructure and innovation for a healthy Africa These SARChI chairs have integrated innovative science and technology to make a material contribution to a healthy Africa. 22 Mar 2024

Decomposing pig bodies provide insight into novel methods to identify human remains Kara Adams’s unconventional research set out to uncover the effect clothing and environmental factors have on the body’s decomposition process. 20 Mar 2024

‘I made it because I asked for help’ Lwando Mhlabeni beat severe depression and a medical leave of absence to graduate with a BSc in Occupational Therapy. 20 Mar 2024

Grade sevens uncover nuts and bolts of the brain Sixty learners from schools in Cape Town joined UCT’s jam-packed, day-long programme to observe International Brain Awareness Week on 13 March. 19 Mar 2024

UCT’s H3D spearheads Africa’s drug discovery accelerator programme UCT’s H3D will play a leading role in supporting drug discovery in sub-Saharan Africa through the Grand Challenges African Drug Discovery Accelerator programme. 13 Mar 2024

Speculating on the speculum – could a redesign help to save lives? On World Human Papilloma Virus Day, the virus behind 95% of cervical cancers, post-docs and post-grads were invited to a design-a-thon at UCT’s IDM to ‘rethink, reimagine and redesign’ the dreaded cervical speculum. 11 Mar 2024

UCT on board as innovative Lego Braille Bricks project enters new national phase The extended Lego Braille Bricks pilot project will fast-track inclusive education for blind and visually impaired learners and capacitate teachers’ competencies in the country. 08 Mar 2024

UCT and McMaster lead a new clinical trial to reduce HIV-related deaths in Africa A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic aimed at reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy, a combination of drugs to treat HIV. 06 Mar 2024

Adolescent nephrology clinic plugs ‘critical gap’ between paediatric and adult care The Kidney Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic supports patients with chronic kidney disease as they learn to navigate a new normal outside the paediatric healthcare setting. 01 Mar 2024

VC Open Lecture explores parts of the body’s most complex organ Professor Edvard Moser delivered the second UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2023. 24 Mar 2023

World TB Day: Vaccine trial inspires clinicians to imagine a world without TB On World TB Day, UCT News shines a spotlight on a new phase three clinical trial led by clinicians at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative. 24 Mar 2023

Human Rights Day: ‘Refugees are people with rights and aspirations’ UCT student Innocent Biringanine shared some of his family’s struggles as they journeyed from the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge in South Africa. 20 Mar 2023

UCT’s HIV and TB hotline – serving healthcare workers, communities for 15 years Over the past 15 years the National HIV and TB Healthcare Worker hotline has fielded almost 70 000 calls from healthcare workers from all corners of South Africa. 15 Mar 2023

HPV vaccinations crucial for people living with HIV During a belated HPV seminar, UCT’s Professor Anna-Lise Williamson recommended that all people living with HIV be vaccinated for HPV to reduce the burden of disease. 14 Mar 2023

Collaboration, leadership, failure – the mainstays of advancing leadership in global surgery The 2023 cohort of UCT’s Executive Leadership in Global Surgery programme were encouraged to collaborate, think out of the box, and embrace failure. 01 Mar 2023

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