UP is playing a pivotal role in addressing homelessness in Tshwane

Posted on October 05, 2022

Three UP professors are helping to combat homelessness in Tshwane by contributing to a national policy for the homeless, with a project that forms part of the framework for South Africa’s National Health Insurance (NHI), in collaboration with The Presidency of South Africa.

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.

UP initiative helps create food security for vulnerable communities

Posted on September 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many without a source of income. This has had devastating effects on household food security, a disastrous reality which prompted the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Community Oriented Primary Care Research Unit (COPC), to start an initiative.