Posted on August 22, 2023
It is a privilege to support our neighbouring country towards the SDGs! https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7099771603500040192/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company%3Bwk9iwY%2BdSb2JNjIu31DT0Q%3D%3D
Posted on August 10, 2023
Join the JBI Mental Health at Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions from India and South Africa. The event is being organized by the two affiliate groups of JBI from India and South Africa. JBI is a global organisation promoting and supporting evidence-based decisions that improve health and...
Posted on August 04, 2023
Mothusi's research outlined the poorer growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes in 18-month old infants exposed to placental insufficiency and HIV. He also enjoyed the opportunity to have engaging discussions with fellow researchers and professionals from diverse backgrounds, as well as learning...
Posted on July 17, 2023
Two of our PhD students wrote a review article highlighting the immune and metabolic alterations experiences in children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU). The aim of the review was to draw attention to the immune and metabolic alterations observed in these HEU children, and to the impact...
Posted on July 03, 2023
Mrs Andrea Prinsloo, a PhD student from the Department of Immunology recently presented her study on antiretroviral and HIV-exposed-but-uninfected (HEU) infants in collaboration with the Research Centre at the SA AIDS 2023 Conference in June 2023 Durban. The immunological and metabolic changes in...
Posted on July 01, 2023
BIG reminder about the importance of premature birth, and the fact that we need to make much more progress in this area, as the needle on this has barely moved. Thank you Priya Soma-Pillay and Dilly Anumba for this piece, and the important work you and your colleagues do in this field! #preterm...
Posted on June 27, 2023
Nutrition and growth in the First 1000 Days set the stage for lifelong health. Healthcare providers need to work together to ensure continuity of care and optimal outcomes – midwives, obstetricians, paediatricians, dietitians and primary healthcare providers, it’s time to step outside...
Posted on June 12, 2023
In utero HIV exposure with placental insufficiency increases risk of stunting in 18-month old infants Mothusi Nyofane, a PhD candidate worked on the UmbiGodisa study, a research project at our Centre looking at the infant anthropometrical outcomes at 18 months according to HIV-exposure and...
Posted on June 05, 2023
Our Research Centre is a group of clinicians, academics and researchers who form a multidisciplinary team from the fields of obstetrics, paediatrics, nutrition, immunology and physiotherapy. Today Marna Nel, a physiotherapist, presented at the World Physiotherapy Conference in Dubai on an infant...
Posted on June 02, 2023
Join the JBI gLOCAL solution room on *Adolescent Health* - a collaborative session hosted from South Africa and India. Let us share about joint challenges in adolescent health issues in our different contexts. Date: 9 June 2023 from 10h00 - 13h30 (South African Standard Time) Registration link:...
Posted on May 11, 2023
The Lancet journal is publishing a series of articles on the formula industry and how it frequently exploits the concerns of mothers who are led to believe that breastmilk substitutes are equivalent to breastmilk. Spotlight, an online news source with an interest in public health, recently...
Posted on May 11, 2023
Prof Priya Soma-Pillay was a contributor to this new and very import resource on pre-term birth: Born too soon: decade of action. The report outlines the fact that 1 in 10 babies are born pre-term and this has not improved in the last decade in any region of the world and prematurity is the...
Posted on May 09, 2023
IMNHC2023 - as part of the country delegation at the South African stand - collectively we will reduce Maternal, Fetal and Newborn mortality!
Posted on May 08, 2023
Our Research Centre Director is at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference, which is taking place in Cape Town this week (IMNCH2023.org). Our work on stillbirth prevention and fetal growth restriction using the Umbiflow, a hand-held low-cost device which can be used at primary...
Posted on May 04, 2023
Prof Priya Soma-Pillay and Dr Louisa Seopela attended the Prebic Global Meeting (conference on preterm birth), in Dubrovnik, Croatia from April 24-26, 2023. Prof Soma-Pillay gave a presentation on "Single embryo transfer - the power of one".
Posted on April 21, 2023
On the occasion of the honorary Doctorate degree awarded to Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organisation, at the University of Pretoria on 21 April 2023, our Research Centre was invited to showcase the important research we do. The Director Professor Ute Feucht...
Posted on July 20, 2022
Until we know more about the risks, we should try to limit our exposure to microplastics found in products and in the environment, and the toxic chemicals associated with them. This is according to Professor Halina Röllin of UP’s School of Health Systems and Public Health, who was part of...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on May 20, 2022
The NSTF Awards were established in 1998 as a collaborative effort with members and stakeholders to recognise outstanding contributions to science, engineering and technology (SET) and innovation by SET-related professionals, teams and organisations in South Africa. This includes experienced...
Posted on May 16, 2022
Dr Valerie Vannevel, Prof Priya Soma-Pillay and several authors co-wrote an article on the Maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of hospitalized pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection in South Africa: An International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems-based cohort study
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