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Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates Africa Day UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences celebrated Africa Day with the theme, ‘Re-imagining Health in Africa’. 31 May 2021
South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently. 28 May 2021 Republished
COVID-19: Why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit UCT’s Professor Bruce Biccard shares the findings of a study over 3 000 critical care patients from 64 hospitals in Africa. 24 May 2021 Republished
Rare honours and international recognition for UCT research managers Two UCT staff members are part of the first four South Africans to be awarded Research Management Professional status by the International Professional Recognition Council. 24 May 2021
‘As much as education changes lives, lives should change education’ Scientists from around the world met to discuss topical research under science and science culture umbrellas in this seminar series. 21 May 2021
UCT professor co-authors first global report on cardiovascular disease in women UCT’s Professor Liesl Zühlke has co-authored a new Lancet Commission report which found that cardiovascular disease causes 35% of deaths among women globally. 19 May 2021
Community-based TB testing intervention enters critical multilayer phase The XACT Model project, led by academics in UCT’S Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, has recently entered another multilayer stage. 17 May 2021
People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan Cryptococcal meningitis is responsible for an estimated 181 000 worldwide in 2014, of which 135 900 were in sub-Saharan Africa, most preventable. 17 May 2021
Oral microbiome study unearths surprising clues about human evolution Global collaboration reveals unexpected findings about early human behaviour and novel insights into the evolution of the hominid microbiome. 12 May 2021
New vital signs chart aimed at improving patient care Una Kyriacos, previously of UCT’s Division of Nursing and Midwifery, has developed a vital signs chart to detect deterioration in hospitalised adult patients in general wards. 12 May 2021
UCT celebrates International Nurses’ Day On International Nurses’ Day, UCT joins the world to celebrate the extraordinary role that nurses play in society. 12 May 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa in desperate need of clinical haematologists UCT’s Division of Haematology is committed to training young haematologists and boosting the alarmingly low number of specialists in this field on the continent. 06 May 2021
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