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Medical Research

African Bioinformatics Institute looks to revolutionise continent’s research, infrastructure

13 Jun 2025

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Education & Training

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Mental health

Mental Health Data Prize – Africa: Igniting innovation for enhanced mental health

28 Dec 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical Research

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Healthcare

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. ©Gates Archive/Sylvain Cherkaoui.

Covid-19

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

Source: ©Penchan Pumila

Covid-19

Study: HIV and TB co-infection skews Covid-19 T cell response

24 Jun 2021

Source: ©Esben Hansen

Covid-19

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

Maria De Jesus 23 Jun 2021

Remote training in bioinformatics to upskill scientists across Africa

Skills Training

Remote training in bioinformatics to upskill scientists across Africa

7 May 2021

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

Medical Research

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

11 Mar 2021

A Phase I Covid-19 vaccine trial is about to start in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

A new vaccine is being tested in Cape Town: Here's why it's different

Michael Cherry 19 Feb 2021

A laboratory technician patient samples at the Amudat Hospital, Uganda. Laboratories are central to the delivery of high quality data in clinical trials. Paul Kamau

Medical Research

Innovation - and research - are key to killing off neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Monique Wasunna 29 Jan 2021

Changing consumer behaviour driving logistics challenges

Distribution

Changing consumer behaviour driving logistics challenges

29 Dec 2020

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Social Media

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

28 Dec 2020

First phase completion

Construction & Engineering

First phase complete on Entebbe research clinic

10 Dec 2020

A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a Covid-19 vaccine. Shutterstock

Public Health

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

Spatial applications show where the Covid-19 vulnerable populations and active cases are, where to find care, and where there are resource gaps. Bushko Oleksandr/Shutterstock

Covid-19

The 'science of where', or GIS, fortified Kenya's response to Covid-19. Here's how

Peter Macharia 6 Nov 2020

People wait for care at a Kenyan clinic. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

Public Health

Why Kenya's pro-poor health financing reforms miss their mark

Edwine Barasa & Evelyn Kabia 23 Oct 2020

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

Education & Skills Development

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

Anne M. Khisa 28 Sep 2020

Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

Medical Research

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Medical Research

Why Africa needs more antibiotic trials involving children

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam 4 Aug 2020

Researchers are central to any country’s science preparedness, especially in the face of pandemics.
Menna Hossam/picture alliance via Getty Images

Covid-19

Africa's research capacity is growing. That's good news for pandemic response efforts

Sam Kinyanjui & Sharon Fonn 24 Jul 2020

Exposure to sunshine for a few minutes is enough to provide sufficient vitamin D. GettyImages

Medical Research

Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again

Reagan Mogire 29 Jun 2020

Study on Covid-19 antibodies in children

Covid-19

Study on Covid-19 antibodies in children

24 Jun 2020

Vaccines are some of the most equitable and cost-effective health interventions available. ranplett/GettyImages

Public Health

Why a campaign to champion all vaccines matters now more than ever

Katherine E Gallagher, Anthony Scott, Ifedayo Adetifa, John Ojal, Shirine Voller & Wangeci Kagucia 5 May 2020

Medical Research

Africa's genetic material is still being misused

Keymanthri Moodley 9 Jan 2020

Medical Research

Unravelling the genetic code that controls cell function and disease

11 Dec 2019

TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE

Tuberculosis

We are gaining against TB but knowledge gaps remain

Emily Wong, Al Leslie & Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala 11 Nov 2019

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Public Health

Lessons from Rwanda on how trust can help repair a broken health system

Agnes Binagwaho 2 Oct 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

Tuberculosis

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

Scientists analysing data at the South-South Malaria Research Partnership project laboratory in Kenya. Flora Mutere-Okuku

Malaria

Novel approach brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine

Faith Osier 7 Nov 2018

Why more women don't win science Nobels

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why more women don't win science Nobels

Mary K. Feeney 17 Oct 2018

mGenAfrica launch aims to increase the awareness on STEM, genomic careers

Higher Education

mGenAfrica launch aims to increase the awareness on STEM, genomic careers

17 Aug 2018

Mia Malan, multiple Sikuvile Journalism Awards, receiving her Features Writing category award in 2016.

Media

Features category of Sikuvile Journalism Awards draws large number of entries

16 Oct 2017

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

Medical Research

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

22 Sep 2017

First authors announced for Open Book Festival 2017

Events

First authors announced for Open Book Festival 2017

6 Jun 2017

Good or bad, medical research funders promise to publish clinical trial results

Medical Research

Good or bad, medical research funders promise to publish clinical trial results

31 May 2017

Research

Why it's time African researchers stopped working in silos

Thomas Kariuki 26 May 2016

Multi-million grant for research training for African scientists

Research

Multi-million grant for research training for African scientists

28 Apr 2016

New study marks important implications for design of HIV vaccine

HIV/AIDS

New study marks important implications for design of HIV vaccine

14 Oct 2015

UCT has two winners at National Research Foundation Awards 2015

Higher Education

UCT has two winners at National Research Foundation Awards 2015

Natalie Simon 31 Aug 2015

New antimalarial compound could treat malaria in single dose

Malaria

New antimalarial compound could treat malaria in single dose

19 Jun 2015

Let's welcome wellness

Tourism & Travel

Let's welcome wellness

Tony Payne 26 Jan 2015

Malaria expert panel focuses on access to quality antimalarials

Malaria

Malaria expert panel focuses on access to quality antimalarials

26 Jun 2014

Reducing TB in HIV patients through two-pronged approach

HIV/AIDS

Reducing TB in HIV patients through two-pronged approach

9 Jun 2014

Medical Research

A scourge of rural Africa, the tsetse fly is genetically deciphered

Michael Greenwood 24 Apr 2014