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Faculty of Health Sciences Addressing the comorbidity challenge around TB in SA This World TB Day we highlight some of this work being done by researchers at UCT who are working to address the comorbidity challenge of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV: a serious public health threat. 24 Mar 2025 - 6 min read

Faculty of Health Sciences

Addressing the comorbidity challenge around TB in SA

This World TB Day we highlight some of this work being done by researchers at UCT who are working to address the comorbidity challenge of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV: a serious public health threat. 24 Mar 2025 - 6 min read

Tackling the challenges of tuberculosis in South Africa

Researchers at the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences are working to tackle TB on many fronts. To commemorate World TB Day, we spotlight a few examples of cutting-edge TB research at UCT.

24 Mar 2025 - 5 min read

Turn PEPFAR funding freeze crisis into opportunity

The PEPFAR funding freeze has impacted millions of South Africans living with HIV.

14 Mar 2025 - 8 min read

Two UCT academics awarded SARChI research chairs

Profs Tanja Bosch and Keertan Dheda were awarded SARChI Chairs in Digital Media Sociology and Interrupting Antimicrobial Resistance Amplification, respectively.

11 Mar 2025 - 6 min read

Low literacy levels exacerbate rapidly rising lower limb amputations

New research by Dr Katleho Limakatso demonstrates some interesting findings on patients predisposed to lower limb amputations.

06 Mar 2025 - 7 min read

High prevalence of critically ill patients dying in African hospitals Approximately 12.5% of in-hospital patients across the continent are critically ill. 03 Mar 2025

Four UCT academics ranked among top 1% of most-cited researchers UCT researchers' global impact has been recognised in Clarivate’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list. 25 Feb 2025

Hope for women with heart disease in the peripartum period Recent research by the Cape Heart Institute brings hope for women with peripartum cardiomyopathy, with improved treatments and reduced risk in future pregnancies. 25 Feb 2025

The Long Shadow of Pre-eclampsia: Why Follow-up Screenings Matter This reproductive health awareness month we are focusing on pre-eclampsia, a common condition in pregnancy, and its unrecognised long-term impacts on women’s health. 21 Feb 2025

Elections 2024: Little accommodation for blind and visually impaired voters A study led by researchers in UCT’s Including Disability in Education in Africa revealed that there was little accommodation for blind and visually impaired voters during the 2024 general election. 12 Feb 2025

Emerging researchers working to effectively treat skin cancer South Africa experiences one of the highest rates of skin cancer globally. In the wake of SunSmart Skin Cancer Awareness Month we focus on the innovative work of two young resarchers. 05 Feb 2025

Dr Mubeen Goolam appointed as first African recipient of coveted Goldstein Science Policy Fellow The International Society for Stem Cell Research ( ISSCR ) has appointed University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Mubeen Goolam as one of the three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows. 29 Jan 2025

REVIVE: Large-scale HIV trial set to build capacity in clinical trial management in Africa The REVIVE trial is one of the largest ever HIV trials to take place on the continent – testing a simple antibiotic intervention with the potential to increase survival rates in advanced HIV. 28 Jan 2025

Top 100: UCT rises in Medical and health and Education Studies UCT sees an improvement in subject placement according to the THE World University Rankings published this month. 24 Jan 2025

Robert J Wilkinson awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to infectious disease research UCT’s Professor in Infectious Diseases at Imperial and the Director of the Wellcome Discovery Research Platform for Infection has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List. 06 Jan 2025 Republished

Lenacapavir Named 2024 Breakthrough of the Year: A New Era in HIV Prevention The fight against HIV has reached a historic milestone with Science naming Lenacapavir its 2024 Breakthrough of the Year . 13 Dec 2024

Honorary doctorate for Kelly Chibale Leiden University in the Netherlands will confer an honorary doctorate on Prof Kelly Chibale on 7 February 2025. 13 Dec 2024

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