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Child Gauge: Prioritising child and adolescent health
The South African Child Gauge 2019 explores how early investment in children’s health offers the greatest returns on child and adolescent development.
12 Dec 2019
Gang life: How to leave and stay out
Gangsterism is a serious problem in Cape Town. But, according to PhD research by Dr Jane Kelly, there are ways out.
12 Dec 2019
Epilepsy: a collaborative cure
A multidisciplinary team of UCT specialists is making sure that more and more patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are cured.
11 Dec 2019
Experimental economics fights global poverty
The surge of interest in experimental approaches in economics began in the early 1990s and has been influential in development economics.
10 Dec 2019
Architecture and informality in Africa
Professor Tomà Berlanda discusses how architecture can learn from and inform self-built settlements.
09 Dec 2019
UCT shines at L’Oréal-UNESCO sub-Saharan Africa
Two UCT postgraduate researchers have been awarded grants by the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Awards.
06 Dec 2019
A chemical attraction
Professor Kelly Chibale talks about the bonds he has formed through his illustrious career which began in an impoverished Zambian township.
05 Dec 2019
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SA’s new Water and Sanitation Master Plan
UCT’s Kevin Winter considers what universities can do to help realise the goals of South Africa’s new Water and Sanitation Master Plan.
05 Dec 2019
SA a world leader in HIV research
A new report charting global trends in HIV/AIDS research identified SA as a global leader in the field, with UCT rated as the most influential institution.
04 Dec 2019
Honorary doctorate for retiring Prof Ntsebeza
In recognition of his outstanding research, the University of Leiden will be presenting Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza with an honorary doctorate in early 2020.
03 Dec 2019
A career built by and for the people
When reflecting on her two-decade career at UCT, retiring Executive Director of Research, Dr Marilet Sienaert, says it is all about the people.
02 Dec 2019
Climate change adaptation: people first
An international collaborative project, co-led by UCT, investigated the ways people living in semi-arid regions adapt to a changing climate.
02 Dec 2019
5 questions with Hafeni Mthoko
Dr Hafeni Mthoko aspires to go beyond the boundaries of her discipline to explore how information systems and technology can support the social sector.
01 Dec 2019
Brain injury and infection in children
Dr Ursula Rohlwink, with UCT's Division of Neurosurgery, has focused her work on children with traumatic brain injury and the neuro-infection TB meningitis.
28 Nov 2019
HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks
UCT’s Dr Elmi Muller and colleagues looked at the longer-term outcomes of HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive renal transplantation.
27 Nov 2019
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Ocean’s potential to bolster food security
By more effectively managing ocean resources and harnessing marine aquaculture, we could see the oceans provide more food than they currently are.
27 Nov 2019
Safeguarding the judiciary
New research and guidelines from UCT could lead to more transparent selection of judicial officers in southern Africa.
27 Nov 2019
Women in Global Health
Silindile Ngcobo, a PhD candidate in biomaterials at UCT’s Department of Surgery, recently took part in the 2019 Women in Global Health Conference in Rwanda.
22 Nov 2019
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