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UCT-led study finds four in five adults with TB have no symptoms
A study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has found that most tuberculosis (TB) cases detected among adults living with someone who has TB are silent (without symptoms) at the time of screening. The study, published in The Lancet Global Health , suggests that to slow the spread of TB, South Africa and other high-burden countries should bring TB tests into communities and offer them to people at higher risk – such as household contacts – even if they feel well.
10 Nov 2025
Media release
TLC2025 provisional programme and abstracts
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) year-end examinations commenced on Tuesday, 4 November 2025 and will continue until Friday, 21 November 2025. Ahead of these exams, various departments have collaborated to plan logistical arrangements to ensure operations proceed as smoothly as possible.
07 Nov 2025
UCT professor charts a journey of science, service and mentorship in pathology
Professor Komala Pillay of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences delivered her inaugural lecture titled “Give the Path Less Travelled a Chance – It May Turn Out to Be Magical” on 30 October 2025, tracing her remarkable journey into anatomical pathology, a field that, though often underappreciated, forms the backbone of modern medicine.
07 Nov 2025
Media release
UCT celebrates 20 years of building vaccinology capacity across Africa
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA) marked a major milestone on Sunday, 2 November 2025, by hosting the 20th Annual African Vaccinology Course (AAVC) and celebrating two decades of advancing vaccinology training and collaboration across the continent.
06 Nov 2025
Media release
