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First Planetary Health Report Card for UCT's Faculty of Health Sciences The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) took part in their first scorecard for the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC), a global student-led initiative to promote education about planetary health and environmentally sustainable healthcare in health science campuses 31 May 2023
Improving early learning for pre-school children in vulnerable contexts The Children’s Institute hosted a week-long, multi-country research partner meeting, focusing on improving early learning for pre-school children in vulnerable contexts. The project - titled SIPP: Safe, Inclusive, Participative Pedagogy: Improving Early Childhood Education – aims to explore and develop the application of safe, inclusive participative pedagogy in early childhood education.  31 May 2023
Dr Stuart Saunders Lecture: The Nine Circles of Scholarship Distinguished Professor Philippe-Joseph Salazar presented the third Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture, titled ‘The Nine Circles of Scholarship’ at Groote Schuur Hospital on 22 May. 29 May 2023
New research on Sutherland Nine remains digs deeper into their lives, deaths New research has dug deeper into and revealed insights into the lives of the Sutherland Nine, who were donated unethically to UCT in the 1920s. 25 May 2023
‘Find your scholarly voice’ – new RLP cohort advised Guest speaker Prof Stella Nkomo shared experiences from her academic journey with the 2023 Research Leadership Programme cohort of mid-career women academics. 18 May 2023
Harnessing healthcare to build the ‘Africa We Want’ Keynote speakers from UCT, the Africa CDC as well as the University of Global Health Equity shed light on the challenges and opportunities for the healthcare sector in Africa. 23 May 2022
New TB drug combination trial – hope for shorter treatment A new trial at the UCTLI involving a novel TB drug candidate BTZ-043 spells hope for TB patients. 19 May 2022
Newly launched i2i helps young researchers negotiate IP process Patenting and commercialisation help is at hand for UCT’s young innovators through RCandI’s new From Idea to Impact (i2i) programme. 12 May 2022
Leago Sebesho awarded Bongani Mayosi Medical Students Academic Prize Dr Leago Sebesho was awarded UCT’s Bongani Mayosi Leadership Prize for the medical student most representative of the late dean’s academic excellence and altruistic values. 06 May 2022 Republished
UCT among the top 200 universities for impact UCT was ranked in the top 40 in two focus areas – no poverty and gender equality – in the latest Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. 04 May 2022
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
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