University of Pretoria launches Pan African Cancer Research Institute

Posted on February 28, 2022

The University of Pretoria (UP) has launched the Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI) to transform the fight against cancer in Africa.

Tuning South Africa to the bat frequency: creating awareness and education through radio and dialogue

Posted on February 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on zoonoses and human interactions with wildlife-especially bats. As people generally know very little about zoonoses and bats, it has become imperative to communicate factual information amidst misleading false news. As a research group concerned with...

University of Pretoria-led study reveals COVID-19 Delta variants transmitted from humans to animals

Posted on January 18, 2022

A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals.

UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences leads vaccination of undocumented communities against COVID- 19

Posted on December 21, 2021

“It is critical that people who are excluded or hard to reach are enabled to benefit from the vaccination programme to prevent islands within which the virus can hide and spread,” says UP’s Prof Jannie Hugo about the Gauteng-centred project.

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa must address hesitancy to increase COVID vaccination. Here’s how

Posted on December 07, 2021

In February 2021, as the first COVID-19 vaccinations were rolled out to healthcare workers in South Africa, there was a renewed sense of hope in the fight against SARS-CoV-2.

How collaboration and new drugs could beat malaria

Posted on December 06, 2021

The world is making progress in its fight against malaria, averting 1.5 billion cases of the disease and preventing 7.6 million deaths since 2000. This is largely thanks to a combination of several vector control tools.

Inaugural diabetes summit co-ordinated by UP and the Diabetes Alliance highlights the need for a COVID-19-type response to stem the rising tide of the diabetes pandemic in SA

Posted on December 06, 2021

Dr Kibachio Mwangi of the World Health Organisation (WHO) told participants that 420 million people live with diabetes worldwide and 4.6 million in South Africa, half of whom are undiagnosed.

Prof Robert Millar wins World Academy of Sciences Award

Posted on December 06, 2021

Professor Robert Millar, Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the University of Pretoria, was co-winner with Alexandro Schinder of Argentina of the Medical and Biological Sciences award for 2020.