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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.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2024-03-13-ucts-h3d-spearheads-africas-drug-discovery-accelerator-programme Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:46:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-11-02-uct-jumps-up-in-clinical-and-health
UCT is 77th in the world for clinical and health and among the top 200 in four other subject areas, according to Times Higher Education.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-11-02-uct-jumps-up-in-clinical-and-health Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:41:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-04-08-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.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-04-08-uct-ranked-top-in-africa-for-sport-science Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:54:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-uct-alum-helps-uk-navigate-its-way-to-good-health
Alumna Jeanelle de Gruchy was recently appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) for England – one of the nation’s top public health positions.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-uct-alum-helps-uk-navigate-its-way-to-good-health Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:49:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-how-ucts-garden-route-teaching-platform-is-transforming-health-sciences-training
Every year since 2016, as part of a pilot teaching and learning programme, a small group of UCT Health Sciences students have spent the final year of their MBChB living and studying in the scenic Garden Route District located within South Africa’s Western Cape Province. Students and alumni agree that there are enormous benefits to being immersed in the community they serve. ]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-how-ucts-garden-route-teaching-platform-is-transforming-health-sciences-training Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:32:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-addressing-the-psychosocial-needs-of-women-facing-adversity
The second year of the pandemic brought additional challenges, but more opportunities to respond to address the psychosocial needs of women living in adversity. The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP), located within the Centre for Public Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health celebrated a number of highlights during 2021. ]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-addressing-the-psychosocial-needs-of-women-facing-adversity Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:00:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-the-new-division-of-interdisciplinary-palliative-care-and-medicine
Over the past 20 years, the palliative medicine programmes at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have become an established and world-renowned palliative medicine teaching and research group, and the first postgraduate program in palliative medicine on the African continent. In 2021, the UCT Senate approved this unit becoming a stand-alone division, known as the Interdisciplinary Palliative Care and Medicine (IPCM) division. IPCM is ideally situated within the new clinical department of Family, Community and Emergency Care, emphasising the commitment of IPCM to ensure accessible evidence-based palliative care across the continuum of care.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-the-new-division-of-interdisciplinary-palliative-care-and-medicine Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:53:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-uct-spearheading-training-and-research-for-occupational-lung-disease-in-southern-africa
The highest global pneumoconiosis mortality and disability rates are found in Southern Sub-Saharan Africa. Given this high disease burden, A/Prof Shahieda Adams, occupational medicine specialist in the Division of Occupational Medicine, and Dr Qonita Said-Hartley, consultant radiologist and Head of Clinical Unit of Radiology at Groote Schuur Hospital, spearheaded an interdisciplinary African collaboration to promote capacity for the detection of pneumoconiosis. They delivered a training programme on how to classify chest radiographs of workers with occupational lung disease according to the International Labour Organisation classification. The training was done under the auspices of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) and took place at the Occupational Health Centre of Excellence in Kitwe, Zambia.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-uct-spearheading-training-and-research-for-occupational-lung-disease-in-southern-africa Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:41:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-reaching-the-unreachable-with-malaria-treatment
A special permit now allows specially trained malaria programme staff to treat malaria cases, advancing malaria elimination efforts by reaching more of those infected and treating them earlier. This intervention has been led by Prof Karen Barnes, from the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Founding Director of the UCT MRC Collaborating Centre for Optimising Antimalarial Therapy (CCOAT). She co-chairs the South African Malaria Elimination Committee.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-reaching-the-unreachable-with-malaria-treatment Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:28:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-collaboration-to-make-disability-more-visible
Collaborating with both internal and external partners is vital in making disability more visible and creating an environment that is inclusive and transformative. Members of the Division of Disability Studies in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences have been working with partners to  develop research capacity and academic leadership that will contribute to the understanding of disability in context, as an issue of social justice.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-30-collaboration-to-make-disability-more-visible Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:52:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-27-shawco-health-78-years-of-service
Despite the COVID-19 disruptions, SHAWCO Health continues to strive with the introduction of many new initiatives including the development of a cookbook, mom-and-baby clinics and collaboration with sex-worker organisation, SWEAT.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-27-shawco-health-78-years-of-service Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:50:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-21-uct-spearheading-training-and-research-for-occupational-lung-disease-in-southern-africa
Professor Shahieda Adams, occupational medicine specialist in the Division of Occupational Medicine, and Dr Qonita Said-Hartley, consultant radiologist and Head of Clinical Unit of Radiology at Groote Schuur Hospital, spearheaded an interdisciplinary African collaboration to promote capacity for the detection of pneumoconiosis. They delivered a training programme on how to classify chest radiographs of workers with occupational lung disease at the Occupational Health Centre of Excellence in Kitwe, Zambia.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-21-uct-spearheading-training-and-research-for-occupational-lung-disease-in-southern-africa Tue, 21 Dec 2021 02:58:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-17-shawco-health-78-years-of-service
Despite the COVID-19 disruptions, SHAWCO Health continues to strive with the introduction of many new initiatives including the development of a cookbook, mom-and-baby clinics and collaboration with sex-worker organisation, SWEAT.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-17-shawco-health-78-years-of-service Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:31:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-dr-muzzammil-ismail-winner-of-the-global-reimagine-challenge-2020
Congratulations are in order to the School of Public Health and Family Medicine’s Registrar, Dr Muzzammil Ismail, who was announced as one of the winners of the global Reimagine Challenge 2020. The achievement sees him receiving up to US$25 000 (R375 000) in tuition scholarships. ]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-dr-muzzammil-ismail-winner-of-the-global-reimagine-challenge-2020 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:15:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-access-to-care-cape-town-goes-virtual-to-keep-practical-radiotherapy-teaching-on-track-during-the-pandemic
Radiotherapy (RT) uses ionizing radiation to target cancer cells in specific locations in the body, while attempting to spare normal tissue surrounding the cancer area.  This requires sophisticated treatment machines as well as computerised RT treatment planning (RTP) systems to plan the delivery of the radiation accurately. About half of all cancer patients will require RT, but access to the machines is often limited. To address this, new machines are being installed worldwide, making training essential.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-access-to-care-cape-town-goes-virtual-to-keep-practical-radiotherapy-teaching-on-track-during-the-pandemic Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:03:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-global-surgery-in-action
Based in the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Division of Global Surgery aims to improve the quality of surgical care in Africa through research, capacity building, implementation and advocacy. They envision a world in which all people have access to quality, comprehensive, surgical care. In 2021, the Division focused on Advocacy and Implementation in an attempt to focus on systems change and community engagement.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-global-surgery-in-action Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:47:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-gbv-in-the-spotlight-from-research-to-frontline-interventions
Despite another challenging year for social science researchers in South Africa, the Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit (GHJRU) continued its violence prevention and response interventions as part of the “Masiphephe” network. Masiphephe, meaning “Let’s be safe” in Nguni, works towards reducing vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) and strengthening local governance responses to GBV.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-gbv-in-the-spotlight-from-research-to-frontline-interventions Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:22:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-tackling-intimate-partner-violence-ipv-one-awkward-dad-conversation-at-a-time
Dr Chivaugn Gordon, Head of Undergraduate Obstetrics & Gynaecology Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences relates her personal journey of presenting a TED Talk, how it came about, and what it means to her.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-12-13-tackling-intimate-partner-violence-ipv-one-awkward-dad-conversation-at-a-time Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:53:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-03-25-tb-research-must-continue-in-the-face-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
On the 24th of March the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) , an independent, transdisciplinary scientific research institute based in KwaZulu-Natal and the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) , an international centre of excellence where world-class scientists collaborate to tackle diseases of major importance in Africa, hosted a joint, virtual World Tuberculosis (TB) Day mini-symposium in recognition of the day. The IDM is based at the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences.]]> https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-03-25-tb-research-must-continue-in-the-face-of-the-covid-19-pandemic Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:33:00 GMT https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-23-departmental-highlights https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-23-departmental-highlights Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:39:00 GMT