UP academic co-directs documentary on healthcare workers’ fight against COVID-19

Posted on September 13, 2021

UP’s Prof Leonie Scholtz has co-directed a riveting film about healthcare workers’ battle against COVID-19. Catch ‘Fighting Every Day for Everyone’s Tomorrow: Zero to Zero’ on DStv Premium on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) on 4 October at 8:30pm.

Faculty of Health Sciences hosts #ChooseUP Virtual Event

Posted on September 13, 2021

On 11 September 2021 the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted the annual faculty #ChooseUP Virtual Event for the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Healthcare Sciences.

COVID-19 vaccine: A light in the darkness of the pandemic

Posted on September 08, 2021

UP alumna Dr Amy Louise Collyer writes about the stressful cycle that has become the life of many healthcare workers as they fight to save the lives of their COVID-19 patients and challenge misinformation

Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccination Recommended for all Health Sciences Students and Healthcare Workers

Posted on September 07, 2021

The South African Committee of Medical Deans (SACOMD) and the South African Committee of Dental Deans (SACODD) representing higher education institutions who educate the South African health workforce, recommend compulsory vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19 for all...

Alumni Blog: A Light in the Darkness of the Pandemic

Posted on September 02, 2021

It is 23:20, and the emergency bell begins to ring; it is high pitched and deafening. It signals that medical assistance is needed somewhere in the hospital, so I check the monitor: it's the COVID-ICU.

#WomenofUP: ‘COVID-19 challenged us: we had to gain new skills and knowledge in the storm’ – UP critical care specialist and physician

Posted on August 31, 2021

“We’ve received so much gratitude from our patients, their families and communities; that’s what has kept us going.” – UP’s Prof Veronica Ueckermann, critical care specialist and physician, on her experience of COVID-19 in the wards.

South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far

Posted on August 31, 2021

As a team of South African researchers, we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically distinct virus population with a common ancestor.

University of Pretoria students prove science and rap music rock

Posted on August 30, 2021

"Vaccinate, let us try and heal the nation. Wait, but there’s a debate. People are wondering why we should vaccinate." These are the lyrics of a catchy rap song by UP medical student Rostum Ogbuehi that aims to promote vaccination.