UP ISMC students to showcase their malaria research at annual Malaria Research Conference

Posted on July 21, 2022

Despite being fully preventable and treatable, malaria remains a challenging and very complex disease to eliminate.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Malaria elimination can be attained through transdisciplinary and sustained programmes – UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control

Posted on April 25, 2022

The UP ISMC focuses on the human, parasite and vector aspects when addressing malaria control and elimination challenges, and is already making tangible contributions towards mitigating malaria through several approaches.

Never let your fears stand in the way of your dreams

Posted on April 25, 2022

NAS Featured scientist: Dr Dina Coertzen Senior Postdoctoral fellow: Malaria Parasite Biology and Drug Discovery laboratory (M2PL), Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology

How collaboration and new drugs could beat malaria

Posted on December 06, 2021

The world is making progress in its fight against malaria, averting 1.5 billion cases of the disease and preventing 7.6 million deaths since 2000. This is largely thanks to a combination of several vector control tools.

UP arts student and malaria institute collaborate on a project to impart health-focused messages

Posted on November 29, 2021

“The impact of art on a scientific topic is creating new opportunities to make research more accessible.” – Prof Tiaan de Jager of the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.

Grassroots research gives a voice to the plight of men at risk of a silent killer: prostate cancer

Posted on November 29, 2021

The Southern African Prostate Cancer Study, of which UP’s Prof Riana Bornman is clinical leader, uses a ‘grassroots to cloud’ approach to track the cause of prostate cancer in Southern African black men.

A UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control perspective on potential game changers to move the SADC region from malaria control to elimination

Posted on November 06, 2021

Malaria elimination in the SADC region by 2030 is possible by incorporating various innovative strategies along with existing control measures, and community participation, say UP's Prof Tiaan de Jager and Dr Taneshka Kruger.

UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control secures major funding grant to build capacity in Africa

Posted on November 04, 2021

The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control has been awarded a R13m Bill & Melinda Gates foundation grant to develop and deliver a leadership and management training course to drive malaria eradication.