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  • UP academics are category finalists in NSTF Awards

    Posted on June 11, 2018

    Profs Namrita Lall, Xiaohua Xia, Mmantsae Diale, Kevin Wall and the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), headed by Prof Tiaan de Jager are category finalists in this year’s prestigious National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards.

  • Three NSTF Award nominees for Faculty of Health Sciences

    Posted on April 19, 2018

    The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Health Sciences has three staff members who are accepted nominees in the highly acclaimed National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards 2017/2018.

  • A first for South Africa

    Posted on April 16, 2018

    Ms Takalani Makhanṱhisa, who will soon be commencing her MSc studies in Medical Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently awarded the Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology during a ceremony at UP.

  • Travelling to a malaria area this December? – Your Malaria Buddy is here to help

    Posted on December 15, 2017

    The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control has launched a mobile application (app) focusing on informing people, mainly tourists, about malaria.

  • UP postgraduate researcher a GradStar awardee

    Posted on October 30, 2017

    Hilde von Grunning was announced as one of the top 100 students in the prestigious GradStar Awards for 2017.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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