Posted on August 07, 2019
Over 27 years ago, the national Department of Health declared the first week of August National Rheumatic Heart Disease week in order to focus on the need to reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in South Africa.
Posted on August 02, 2019
Walking into a local clinic in Malawi, you will be faced with images calling for men to take a more active role in children and mother’s health. Some of the messages boldly challenge what we consider to be normal, explicitly stating that “Exclusive breastfeeding is a husband’s...
Posted on July 19, 2019
Miss Jolene Helena, a PhD student (upgraded from her Master of Science) in the Department of Physiology at Faculty of Health Sciences.
Posted on July 19, 2019
The Faculty of Health Sciences has a proud of tradition of changing the lives of people in the community in various contexts.
Posted on July 12, 2019
The Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) paediatric unit, a one-of-a-kind unit that is known internationally. The Kalafong Hospital staff celebrated its 20th anniversary on July 10, 2019.
Posted on July 11, 2019
In 2016, deaths caused by viral hepatitis surpassed all chronic infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, according to a Global Burden of Disease study.
Posted on June 19, 2019
Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg was selected as member of the International Netball Federation (INF) Medical Committee (MC) for a two-year term, which commenced on 11 April 2019.
Posted on June 10, 2019
The journey towards healthy aging begins long before we are born, leading to an important question: can we influence the impact of our genetic make-up on ourselves and our children? Scientific evidence that is emerging supports the concept that we can significantly decrease the risk of getting...
Posted on June 07, 2019
On 6 April 2019, Ms Elsa Nolte completed a PhD in Human Physiology at the University of Pretoria, which was jointly awarded with Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes (France) as Docteur (Biologie cellulaire).
Posted on May 28, 2019
The recent verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), who rejected Caster Semenya’s challenge against the International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete internationally, has been described as an...
Posted on May 23, 2019
The acting Head of Department: Radiography Mable Kekana recently received a PhD in Education.
Posted on May 22, 2019
The term epilepsy refers to a group of different neurological conditions characterised by recurrent and unprovoked epileptic seizures. One should therefore think epilepsies, rather than epilepsy. It is one of the most common neurological conditions in children and young people, with an incidence...
Posted on May 21, 2019
The University of Pretoria has a formal collaboration agreement with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Brazil.
Posted on May 09, 2019
The Faculty of Heath Sciences is proud of undertaking community projects and providing quality services to underprivileged persons. Dr Joji Mercier, senior lecturer at the Department of Physiology at the University of Pretoria (UP), served on the International Selection Panel for the Eskom Expo...
Posted on May 02, 2019
Information received from the Tuks Undergraduate Research Forum (TURF), a driver of undergraduate participation in educational events, led to our decision to attend the 4th International Challenge in Emergency Medicine (ICEM) hosted by Khon Kaen University (KKU) in Thailand.
Posted on April 30, 2019
Drs Nicoline Potgieter and Tshepiso Mfolo, who are both full-time academics in the School of Dentistry in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently appointed as president and vice-president respectively of the Paedodontic Society of South Africa (PSSA).
Posted on April 25, 2019
From insect-repelling socks to potential new drugs from local plants, the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) is turning up the heat on the deadly disease this World Malaria Day.
Posted on April 24, 2019
During the week from 24 to 30 April 2019, Africans will be celebrating Vaccination Week. The theme of this initiative, which aims to create awareness of vaccines that can protect children and women in particular from specific preventable diseases, is ‘Vaccines work, do your part’.
Posted on April 17, 2019
A recently released Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) report reveals that the University of Pretoria (UP) produced the most weighted research outputs per capita for 2017, as well as the highest number of published research outputs in South Africa.
Posted on April 09, 2019
Many might remember Dr Aliya Mukadam from a video that went viral on social media of the exceptional medical student at the oath-taking ceremony when it was announced that she had won the School of Medicine prize for the best performance in the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) course...
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