News

  • UP postgraduate researcher a GradStar awardee

    Posted on October 30, 2017

    Hilde von Grunning was announced as one of the top 100 students in the prestigious GradStar Awards for 2017.

  • SARChI Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control renewed

    Posted on October 11, 2017

    The DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control at the University of Pretoria has just been approved for another five-year cycle. It has also been upgraded from the Tier 2 level to Tier 1.

  • New improved mosquito traps developed in partnership between UP ISMC and private sector

    Posted on September 26, 2017

    The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is assisting in the design and testing of an innovative solar-powered trap to monitor mosquito populations, especially in areas where malaria and arboviruses require vector control.

  • Promising mosquito repellent formulations to fight malaria

    Posted on September 05, 2017

    Researchers from the Institute of Applied Materials and the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently discovered a special blend of two repellents with improved mosquito repellent efficacy and persistence.

  • Community of Practice in malaria elimination hosted at UP

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    The University of Pretoria (UP) will host its first Community of Practice focusing specifically on the elimination of malaria in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.

  • Profile: Dr Bianca Brider, working towards malaria elimination

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    Dr Bianca Brider is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria. In 2014, her research on malaria drug discovery earned her a PhD in Biochemistry. She has been studying and working on the malaria parasite for over eight years.

  • One step closer to malaria elimination

    Posted on June 08, 2017

    An international collaborative effort, including researchers from UP, the University of Cape Town and partners, has resulted in the identification of a new chemical compound that can potentially eliminate malaria.

  • Using technology in the fight against malaria

    Posted on May 09, 2017

    The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently announced the release of version 1.2 of the 'Malaria Buddy' app originally launched on World Malaria Day 2016.

  • Malaria Awareness Week: Spreading the word about a killer disease

    Posted on April 21, 2017

    The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control has initiated an awareness campaign about malaria, during which focus will also be placed on some of the research being done at the Institute.

  • Malaria in Pretoria: Facts, figures and awareness

    Posted on March 10, 2017

    Each year, news reports of malaria cases and deaths in Gauteng result in panic. The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is working towards malaria control and eventual elimination, focusing on innovations for prevention.

  • Can we eliminate malaria in South Africa by 2018?

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    At the University of Pretoria, we believe that the solutions to global problems can be found in the research we do today. Visit Research Matters to find out how UP researchers are making today matter with projects to combat malaria.

  • Working together to eliminate malaria in southern Africa

    Posted on September 05, 2016

    Eight southern African countries affected by malaria have banded together under the auspices of an initiative called the E8, to implement malaria control and elimination strategies in a coordinated fashion.

  • UP ISMC expands research links into Asia

    Posted on June 15, 2016

    Recognising that Asia faces many of the same challenges as Africa with regard to vector control, the UP ISMC's Prof Leo Braack recently spent time working with malaria specialists and entomologists in Myanmar.

  • From Centre to Institute: chronicling five years of achievements

    Posted on June 03, 2016

    The establishment of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) was approved by the UP Senate on Thursday, 2 June 2016.

  • Employing the arts in the fight against malaria

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    A group of drama students from UP recently had the opportunity to perform an educational play on malaria at two rural primary schools in HaMakuya, a village in the Vhembe District of Limpopo.

  • Saying 'goodbye' to malaria for good

    Posted on April 21, 2016

    The MRC/UP CSMC and the Goodbye Malaria Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of collaborating on research towards the elimination of malaria in southern Mozambique and South Africa.

  • Key information on Zika virus and South Africa

    Posted on February 05, 2016

    Prof Leo Braack from the Zoonoses Research Unit and the Department of Medical Virology at UP, says that South Africans should be made aware that, in terms of Zika virus, there is no cause for panic in this country.

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