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Significant number of blood donors testing positive for HIV are also on antiretroviral treatment – UCT study
Approximately 10% of the blood donors who test positive for HIV are also on antiretroviral drugs, suggesting that they were aware of their HIV status at the time of donating, a University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD research into the intersection of the HIV epidemic and blood donation in South Africa has found.
05 Sep 2024
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SA’s healthcare workers’ moral suffering reaching epidemic proportions
Unless real support is provided for healthcare workers whose moral suffering is already reaching epidemic proportions, the disease of burden will be fatal, argued University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Jackie Hoare and Dr Heidi Matisonn in a commentary published in the South African Journal of Science . As with any disease, the longer you wait to intervene, the more difficult it is to cure.
05 Sep 2024
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UCT professor challenges masculine workplace norms and advocates for epistemic justice
African perspectives on work and family are significantly underrepresented, despite the continent's rich cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity. This is one of the many challenges addressed by Professor Ameeta Jaga of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) School of Management Studies during her recent inaugural lecture.
04 Sep 2024
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From personal struggle to pioneering research: UCT PhD graduate turns childhood challenges into a passion for health sciences
Witnessing the burden of suffering from heritable diseases like sickle cell disease, hereditary deafness, and congenital heart defects while growing up in his community attracted him to health sciences research, said University of Cape Town’s (UCT) PhD graduate Polycarp Ndibangwi.
04 Sep 2024
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UCT researchers design a couples-focused intervention to improve diabetes management
A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has revealed that a couples-focused intervention could enhance diabetes self-management. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with the Couples Health Research and Intervention Studies (CHERISH) team from the University of Southampton, UK, has demonstrated that this innovative approach is both acceptable and feasible for couples in Cape Town, where one partner is living with type 2 diabetes.
04 Sep 2024
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Study finds high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis aerosol release in Cape Town community
Since the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) as the bacterial cause of tuberculosis (TB) in the late 1800s, it has generally been assumed that advanced disease and severe symptoms are prerequisites for airborne bacterial transmission between infected host and uninfected recipient.
04 Sep 2024
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UCT and CAF kick off game-changing programme to elevate African football administration
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) launched the CAF Football Management Executive Programme on Monday night, 2 September 2024 at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. This ground-breaking initiative is set to revolutionise the landscape of football administration across the African continent by equipping football administrators with the knowledge, capacity, and administrative skills needed to elevate African football to world-class standards.
03 Sep 2024
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Seabirds indicate little change in the amounts of plastic at sea since 1980s – UCT study
A new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology shows that the amount of plastic in petrels breeding at Inaccessible Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean has remained constant since the 1980s. The findings of their study were published in the Science of The Total Environment journal.
03 Sep 2024
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Prepaid meters for low-income households linked to energy poverty and food insecurity – new research
A doctoral thesis by Isaac Kwamena Nunoo from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) School of Economics has highlighted the crucial role of electricity in enhancing household welfare in Ghana and South Africa.
02 Sep 2024
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UCT teams up with CAF to kick off historic Football Management Executive programme
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will launch the CAF Football Management Executive programme on Monday, 2 September 2024 . The programme aims to drive knowledge, create capacity, and strengthen administrative skills among Africa’s football stakeholders.
02 Sep 2024
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UCT to benefit from multi-million USAID funding to develop HIV-Aids vaccines
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) vaccine development project is to benefit from a more than $45 million (approximately R867 million) funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a programme called HIV Vaccine Innovation, Science, and Technology Acceleration in Africa (HIV-VISTA).
28 Sep 2023
Economic evaluation is crucial to ensure the successful rollout of the NHI – UCT professor
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Edina Sinanovic – who has done numerous cost-effectiveness studies on alternative, preventative and diagnostic treatment and healthcare interventions – has highlighted the importance of economic evaluation in ensuring the successful rollout of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
28 Sep 2023
UCT academic calls for quantum leap in vaccine funding to end TB pandemic at UN high level meeting
A quantum jump in tuberculosis (TB) vaccine research and development (R&D) funding is needed to deliver the transformative tools to end the TB pandemic, University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Mark Hatherill told a panel discussion of the United Nations high-level meeting on the fight against TB.
27 Sep 2023
Spiritual calling impacts a quarter of UCT students' academic experience – survey
Preliminary results from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Student Wellness Service (SWS) Indigenous Health Survey showed that 25% of the students sampled are undergoing an indigenous or African spiritual rite of passage that impacts their academic experience. They, and others, need appropriate support systems within a holistic UCT health and wellness framework that recognises diverse traditional medicine practices.
27 Sep 2023
Antiviral drug for COVID-19 infections linked to SARS-CoV-2 mutations
Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) were part of a collaboration that has uncovered a link between an antiviral drug for COVID-19 infections called molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
27 Sep 2023
Student debt and financial sustainability come under focus at University of the Future event
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and the University of the Future (UoF) Steering Committee recently hosted a co-create challenge event in the Sarah Baartman Hall for stakeholders to share their vision for and insights of the university.
26 Sep 2023