Posted on February 10, 2016
Dr Salome Abbott has been collaborating with an international team of researchers to gather comprehensive data on the viral workings of acute lower respiratory infections among HIV-infected children in 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.
Posted on January 27, 2016
Two academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Prof Mike Sathekge and Dr Flavia Senkubuge, have been appointed as President and Junior Vice-President of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), respectively.
Posted on December 14, 2015
Members of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) recently met with representatives from Merck Serono and other stakeholders, to discuss opportunities for collaboration with regard to malaria control and...
Posted on December 01, 2015
The Environmental Chemical Pollution and Health (ECPH) Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), successfully hosted the first African Conference on the Health Effects of Endocrine Disruptors at the Skukuza Conference Centre in the Kruger National Park.
Posted on November 23, 2015
Prof Riana Bornman is the South African Study Director of the Southern African Prostate Cancer Study (SAPCS) - a project that is shedding light on the scope and impact of prostate cancer in the central to northern regions of SA.
Posted on November 17, 2015
Dr Taneshka Kruger, from the UP CSMC is very passionate about eliminating malaria in South Africa, and eventually in Africa as a whole and has been involved in research on the subject for a number of years.
Posted on November 04, 2015
The week of 28 October to 3 November has been named Stroke Week, the purpose of which is to raise awareness of the symptoms of stroke.
Posted on October 29, 2015
The University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) Student Forum, in collaboration with the Faculty of Education at UP, recently presented a seminar titled 'Education towards malaria elimination'.
Posted on October 26, 2015
Two UP public health academics, Emeritus Professor of Public Health Medicine, Maila John Matjila and Professor Eric Buch, were awarded PHILA Lifetime Achievement awards at the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA)'s annual gala dinner.
Posted on October 26, 2015
The University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (China CDC).
Posted on October 19, 2015
Lawrence Haddad had the rare opportunity to share a global nutrition report, hot off the press, with an eager-to-engage multi-sectoral audience when he presented an overview of the Global Nutrition Report at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg on Friday, 2 October 2015.
Posted on October 15, 2015
12-20 October is Bone and Joint Action Week. Various activities will be held to create awareness of disorders such as back pain, arthritis, osteoporosis, and of the effects of childhood obesity on the musculoskeletal system.
Posted on October 13, 2015
Staff of the Department of Cardiology at UP are actively involved in research on the alarming increase in cardiac disease in South Africa, as well as changes in the local epidemiology of coronary artery disease.
Posted on October 08, 2015
The University of Pretoria (UP) was privileged to host a joint conference with The Network: Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH) and the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) in September this year.
Posted on September 30, 2015
The 2015 Global Nutrition Report will be launched on Friday, 2 October 2015 at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Johannesburg. The report is the first comprehensive summary and scorecard on both global and country level progress regarding all forms of nutrition across 193 countries.
Posted on August 26, 2015
This year’s eagerly anticipated Faculty of Health Sciences’ Research Day at the University of Pretoria (UP) was an eclectic mix of research and innovation.
Posted on July 20, 2015
Research activities between the UP CSMC and French partners will focus on the expansion of predictive malaria-risk maps to investigate the impacts of climate variability and changes on the occurrence and intensity of malaria epidemics.
Posted on July 09, 2015
The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC) and the French Embassy in Pretoria co-hosted a workshop to explore the potential of a joint research programme using remote sensing.
Posted on July 07, 2015
The Street Medicine in Tshwane Inner City project recently initiated by the Department of Family Medicine will provide basic medical care to those living and sleeping on the streets.
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