UP and partners launch first national Type 1 diabetes burden study

Posted on June 02, 2025

UP and other South African institutions have launched a nationwide study to measure the burden of Type 1 diabetes

UP and Cornell University establish Centre for Transformative Infectious Disease Research on Climate, Health and Equity

Posted on December 06, 2024

UP and the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine have received a grant from the USA’s National Institutes of Health to establish the Center for Transformative Infectious Disease Research on Climate, Health, and Equity in a...

Make today matter by giving THE UP WAY

Posted on July 24, 2023

Giving Matters is a three-year fundraising campaign aimed at raising R100 million by 2024 to supplement UP’s day-to-day fundraising projects which offer financial assistance to “missing middle” students.

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...

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.

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.

UP’s Bags of Hope starter pack project gives abandoned babies a fighting chance

Posted on July 28, 2021

“Abandoned babies deserve a fighting chance at life, despite the circumstances they are born into.” – Leader of the Bags of Hope project, spearheaded by UP’s Department of Radiography, which supplies vulnerable newborn babies with care packs.

UP Community Oriented Primary Care and Rotary E-Club D9400 launch Maternal and Child Health project

Posted on May 25, 2021

The Rotary E-Club of Southern Africa D9400, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside, has partnered with UP's Community Oriented Primary Care unit in a community project in Melusi informal settlement.