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News 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 - 7 min read

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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 - 7 min read

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 - 6 min read

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 - 7 min read

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 - 6 min read 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 - 4 min read

UCT’s Lung Institute launches mobile TB diagnosis clinic UCT’s Lung Institute in partnership with Novartis and the Department of Health launched a mobile TB diagnosis clinic on Monday, 19 April 2022. 29 Apr 2022

SA healthcare workers lack critical knowledge on new ARV Briony Chisholm, a PhD student at UCT is committed to helping healthcare workers understand the antiretroviral drug, dolutegravir. 29 Apr 2022

Satellite centre to fast-track new antibiotics discovery as drug resistance rises By joining forces, UCT’s H3D Centre and Johnson & Johnson hope to develop new drugs to counter rising antimicrobial resistance, now listed among the WHO’s top 10 priorities. 28 Apr 2022

VC celebrates UCT’s April babies Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a celebratory lunch at Glenara for a handful of UCT staff who celebrated their birthdays in April. 28 Apr 2022

New mobile TB diagnostic clinic to target ‘missing’ carriers A new mobile TB diagnostic clinic will take testing out to find the “missing patients”: undiagnosed and often asymptomatic carriers. 26 Apr 2022

UCT in top 1.4% of universities worldwide UCT has been ranked the best university on the African continent and 270th worldwide, according to the Center for World University Rankings. 26 Apr 2022

UCT’s development studies in top 10 UCT is one of the best places in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds. 14 Apr 2022

UCT ranked top in Africa for sport science At 41st place in the ShanghaiRanking’s 2021 Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments, UCT is top on the continent. 08 Apr 2022

Vaccinations, regular screening key to eliminating HPV UCT’s Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre hosted a belated hybrid HPV Awareness Day seminar on Thursday, 7 April. 08 Apr 2022

How trying to copy a COVID-19 vaccine changes the outlook for African countries Ina Skosana spoke to UCT’s Professor Kelly Chibale about the significance of the replication of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and what the next steps are. 07 Apr 2022 Republished

UCT team participates in research to find safer new treatment for cryptococcal meningitis A team of researchers from UCT participated in a research study to evaluate safer, shorter and more effective treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in under-resourced areas. 01 Apr 2022

TB takes centre stage in honours public engagement project BSc Medical Honours students showcased their public engagement projects centred on TB research in commemoration of World TB Day on 24 March. 01 Apr 2022

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