SADC Malaria Week: UP ISMC to host webinar on safer malaria-free strategies

Posted on November 03, 2020

If malaria elimination is ever to be achieved in South Africa and globally without impacting on future generations, then research into safer, more innovative tools and alternative sustainable control tools, methods and strategies needs to be encouraged.

‘Malaria research is very close to my heart’, says UP graduate who hopes her work will make a difference in her own community

Posted on October 22, 2020

It was only after University of Pretoria (UP) graduate Takalani Makhanthisa began her postgraduate studies in entomology that she realised that more than half of South Africa’s cases of malaria occur in the Vhembe District in Limpopo, her home. Now Makhanthisa hopes her research towards her...

Invasive mosquito species could bring more malaria to Africa’s urban areas

Posted on October 19, 2020

A species of mosquito that can carry malaria – known as Anopheles stephensi – has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jeremy Herren and Clifford Mutero to provide insights into why this invasion is...

Community of Practice in Evaluating Malaria Control Interventions at UP goes beyond expectations with renewal for second round of funding

Posted on September 23, 2020

The University of Pretoria's (UP) first Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on eliminating malaria, hosted in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), has been renewed for a second round of funding. Through the CoP initiative, the National Research Foundation (NRF) provides...

#UPWomen Researchers help to eliminate malaria while empowering others

Posted on August 28, 2020

The UP ISMC has three research clusters, namely Human Health, Parasite Control and Vector Control, each with strong #UPWomen researchers helping to eliminate malaria in South Africa and Africa while simultaneously building capacity in the malaria space and empowering women in affected communities.

WORLD MOSQUITO DAY: UP malaria expert on the tiny animal that strikes fear in the heart of man

Posted on August 20, 2020

Mosquitoes are found virtually anywhere on Earth. They are annoying with their itchy bites and incessant buzzing at the most untimely moments, but there is more to them than the nuisance factor.

University of Pretoria boasts five finalists in 2019/2020 NSTF-South32 ‘Science Oscars’

Posted on June 05, 2020

Five academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) are finalists in the 2019/2020 National Science and Technology Forum’s (NSTF) prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards.

World Malaria Day: UP expert on keeping up the fight against malaria amid COVID-19

Posted on April 24, 2020

Malaria remains a major public health concern globally and, despite COVID-19-related challenges, the World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed that malaria services continue as usual. In light of World Malaria Day on 25 April, it is worth emphasising the need to continue to address the burden...