Posted on December 07, 2020
COVID-19 has stimulated modern societies, including academia, to rapidly adopt measures to save lives, protect livelihoods and safeguard nature to reduce the risk of future pandemics. The biggest challenge is to balance the sense of urgency—with a small window of opportunity in overcoming...
Posted on November 25, 2020
COVID-19 has brought numerous challenges globally. It has impacted people’s health, the economy; affected how people communicate and gather; mourn and celebrate and of course, travel. It has also highlighted the importance of physical activity and exercise, for one's overall health and...
Posted on November 24, 2020
The Children's Chest and Allergy Clinic at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital has been selected as a World Allergy Organization (WAO) Center of Excellence for the 2020-2023 term. Currently, there are only three WAO Centers of Excellence in Africa.
Posted on November 20, 2020
The fifth annual International One Health Day took place on 3 November 2020 https://onehealthplatform.com/onehealthday. The global campaign brings attention to the need for a One Health approach to solving the shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. “The One Health...
Posted on November 14, 2020
South Africa has the highest levels of diabetes-related mortality on the African continent. In 2019, 89 800 of the 366 200 diabetes-related deaths in Africa occurred in South Africa.
Posted on November 10, 2020
“It’s not just about disease surveillance; we really need to bring multidisciplinary teams together, and use the resources to answer several different questions.”
Posted on November 07, 2020
“One health” refers to a transdisciplinary approach that focuses on the convergence of humans, animals and their various environments.
Posted on November 03, 2020
Researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) are producing unique nanobodies that could be of ground-breaking use in rapid tests and as a therapy for COVID-19. In tests conducted in collaboration with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the nanobodies have been shown to...
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