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UCT, Harvard partnership brings surgical hackathon to Cape Town The hackathon marks a significant milestone in the UCT–Harvard partnership, fostering stronger academic ties and expanding avenues for future research collaborations. 31 Mar 2025
Bridging the gap between upper campus and the health sciences Leadership is all about service, says Blessing Gumbu, a 2024 Student Leadership Award recipient who opened the doors of Health Sciences societies to upper campus students. 27 Mar 2025
Addressing the comorbidity challenge around TB in SA This World TB Day we highlight some of this work being done by researchers at UCT who are working to address the comorbidity challenge of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV: a serious public health threat. 24 Mar 2025
Tackling the challenges of tuberculosis in South Africa Researchers at the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences are working to tackle TB on many fronts. To commemorate World TB Day, we spotlight a few examples of cutting-edge TB research at UCT. 24 Mar 2025
Turn PEPFAR funding freeze crisis into opportunity The PEPFAR funding freeze has impacted millions of South Africans living with HIV. 14 Mar 2025
Two UCT academics awarded SARChI research chairs Profs Tanja Bosch and Keertan Dheda were awarded SARChI Chairs in Digital Media Sociology and Interrupting Antimicrobial Resistance Amplification, respectively. 11 Mar 2025
Low literacy levels exacerbate rapidly rising lower limb amputations New research by Dr Katleho Limakatso demonstrates some interesting findings on patients predisposed to lower limb amputations. 06 Mar 2025
High prevalence of critically ill patients dying in African hospitals Approximately 12.5% of in-hospital patients across the continent are critically ill. 03 Mar 2025
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
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