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  • Biochemistry PhD student wins ASTMH 2016 Travel Award

    Posted on December 07, 2016

    Shehu Awandu, a PhD student in Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria was recently selected to receive the highly competitive American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016 Annual Meeting Travel Award.

  • Malaria, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases

    Posted on December 01, 2016

    Several students and staff from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory, which forms part of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control and the Department of Biochemistry, had the opportunity to present their research at the 3rd H3D Symposium in November.

  • Can we eliminate malaria in South Africa by 2018?

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    At the University of Pretoria, we believe that the solutions to global problems can be found in the research we do today. Visit Research Matters to find out how UP researchers are making today matter with projects to combat malaria.

  • Working together to eliminate malaria in southern Africa

    Posted on September 05, 2016

    Eight southern African countries affected by malaria have banded together under the auspices of an initiative called the E8, to implement malaria control and elimination strategies in a coordinated fashion.

  • 2nd South African Malaria Research Conference to be presented by UP

    Posted on July 29, 2016

    The University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) will present the 2nd South African Malaria Research Conference at the University’s Groenkloof Campus from Sunday, 31 July, to Tuesday, 2 August 2016.

  • UP ISMC expands research links into Asia

    Posted on June 15, 2016

    Recognising that Asia faces many of the same challenges as Africa with regard to vector control, the UP ISMC's Prof Leo Braack recently spent time working with malaria specialists and entomologists in Myanmar.

  • From Centre to Institute: chronicling five years of achievements

    Posted on June 03, 2016

    The establishment of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) was approved by the UP Senate on Thursday, 2 June 2016.

  • Employing the arts in the fight against malaria

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    A group of drama students from UP recently had the opportunity to perform an educational play on malaria at two rural primary schools in HaMakuya, a village in the Vhembe District of Limpopo.

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