UP joins the fight against maternal and neonatal sepsis

Posted on November 28, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP)'s Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care will participate in the first ever global data collection effort to assess the burden and current management of maternal and neonatal sepsis.

Research at UP — a retrospective review now published

Posted on November 22, 2017

The production of the annual Research Review is always a highlight in the research calendar of the University of Pretoria, and the Research Review 2016 was no exception.

CGIS hosted Winter School focusing on participatory sensing

Posted on November 20, 2017

Earlier this year, the Centre for Geoinformation Science (CGIS) at the University of Pretoria hosted the 2017 Winter School on Participatory Sensing as part of the Geomatics and Participation project between UP and the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

Exercise reduces risk of injury and increases vitality

Posted on October 30, 2017

Prof Paola Wood has always believed that exercise could improve quality of life, and a main objective of her research has been to produce usable and relevant work that can make a difference in people's lives.

Dean of Health Sciences inaugurated into ASSAf

Posted on October 18, 2017

Prof Tiaan de Jager, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, was inaugurated as a new member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at its recent annual awards ceremony.

SARChI Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control renewed

Posted on October 11, 2017

The DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control at the University of Pretoria has just been approved for another five-year cycle. It has also been upgraded from the Tier 2 level to Tier 1.

Committed to improving maternal and child health in South Africa

Posted on October 04, 2017

The Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UP, is committed to making a contribution in the lives of pregnant women, new-born babies and infants.

New improved mosquito traps developed in partnership between UP ISMC and private sector

Posted on September 26, 2017

The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is assisting in the design and testing of an innovative solar-powered trap to monitor mosquito populations, especially in areas where malaria and arboviruses require vector control.