Posted on May 27, 2021
Mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is higher in African countries than reported from studies done in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. This is according to the findings of a study that was conducted by a team of African researchers, including experts from the...
Posted on May 26, 2021
Nine top-performing UP graduates have been awarded the Vice‐Chancellor and Principal's medal for their consistently excellent performance through their undergraduate studies.
Posted on May 25, 2021
UP's Prof Wanda Markotter is one of 26 global experts chosen to provide science-based advice to the One Health High-Level Expert Panel, a UN initiative.
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.
Posted on May 24, 2021
The British Council funded Researcher Links Climate Challenge Workshops are aimed at harnessing the power of people globally, particularly early career researchers (ECRs), and those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change
Posted on May 18, 2021
Mosquitoes find themselves in complex environments filled with many different cues or stimuli. Locating their preferred host involves a series of behavioural steps. This starts with the mosquito becoming aware of the host.
Posted on May 16, 2021
UP has conferred an honorary doctorate in Medicine on Prof Charles Feldman, recognised as a world authority on pneumococcal pulmonary infections.
Posted on May 16, 2021
Numerous repellent-based products, such as creams, roll-ons and sprays, are available on the market for outdoor protection. Most of these have a very short period of protection – a few hours. People need to be protected from mosquito bites for longer.
Posted on May 12, 2021
The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) turns 10 on 12 May 2021. Primarashni Gower spoke to the institute’s Director, Professor Tiaan de Jager, who is also Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Posted on May 10, 2021
Meet Tintswalo Maluleke, former store shelf packer and newly qualified physiotherapist, who received his BPhysT degree from the University of Pretoria (UP) during the Autumn 2021 graduation season.
Posted on May 10, 2021
Diabetes is currently the ninth most common cause of death in the world. Around 420 million people or 6% of the world’s population is affected. This number is expected to rise beyond half a billion by the end of the decade with the biggest increase occurring in low- and middle-income...
Posted on April 30, 2021
Malaria is still a major public health concern and scientists constantly endeavour to develop new tools and control and management strategies to eliminate the disease.
Posted on April 29, 2021
For a decade, the ethos of the University of Pretoria (UP) Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) has been to transcend disciplines to allow for transdisciplinary collaborations and translational applications towards malaria elimination, as outlined in a paper published in Malaria...
Posted on April 29, 2021
Along with Italian colleagues, Prof Robert Millar published a paper in the journal Neuroendocrinology about the differences between men and women in terms of COVID-19 outcomes, focusing on the role that sex hormones play on the severity and outcome of the infection and the complex interplay of...
Posted on April 23, 2021
Africa Vaccination Week (AVW) is celebrated annually across different countries within the continent. The annual event is an initiative of the World Health Organization that aims to strengthen immunization in Africa. This is achieved through programs that increase awareness of the importance of...
Posted on April 08, 2021
On 7 April 2021, the Faculty of Health Sciences launched the Food Parcel Project in response to the significant increase in UP students who do not have access to healthy food and toiletries.
Posted on March 30, 2021
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) mostly attend special schools (89%), and only 10% are catered for in mainstream schools.
Posted on March 21, 2021
Each year SEMLI plays an important role in UP’s Varsity Cup by providing medical support and specialist services that ensure the physical and mental well-being of UP’s athletes.
Posted on March 20, 2021
We all know the saying, “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone”. Is this still the case in 2021? The COVID-19 pandemic has not just physically covered smiles due to the compulsory wearing of masks.
Posted on March 05, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Mike Sathekge, Head of Nuclear Medicine at UP and at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, on being awarded the 2021 SAMRC Presidential Award for his research.
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