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The WITS PG DTM&H course commences on 20 March - you still have time to apply.

The academic staff teaching on the #WitsDTMH course are renowned experts in their fields.

Counting the days to the start of the 2023 programme #WitsDTMH

The #WitsDTMH programme commences in just 2 weeks

#MeaslesOutbreakUpdate Measles cases continue to increase across the country. The NICD has tested 4608 serum samples for measles, of which 727 (15.8%) were confirmed measles cases. Click here to read more nicd.ac.za/south-african-…

Congratulations to Prof Bavesh Kana from Wits on his Gold Medal Award from SAMRC. Real scientist making real differences to health of people. ⁦Wits University⁩ ⁦Wits Faculty of Health Sciences⁩

Congrats to WRIM’s Dr Basil Brooke for his shiny new NRF B-Rating and to Prof Maureen Coetzee for her upgrade to Professor Emerita status! 🎉🏆 View the full list of awardees here: Wits Health Sciences Honours Celebration 2022 issuu.com/witsfhs/docs/h… via Issuu #witsmalaria

#Tuberculosis #TB #TBAwarenessMonth #TBAwareness

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Cholera is spread primarily through contaminated water or food, so it is important to make sure that the water you are drinking and using is safe.

#MeaslesOutbreakUpdate In the past week (4 April up until 11 April 2023), 30 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were detected across the country, of which the majority were from Limpopo (22). Read more here nicd.ac.za/south-african-…

Lizette Koekemoer taking us through how predictive research can enable research groups like Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM) to positively influence health decisions at a national level. #fasbmb #iubmb #malariaresearch #Biochemistry #sciencepolicy

There are plenty of daily practices you can implement to stay ahead of troublesome cold-weather bugs such as 💉 Getting the flu shot 🧼Washing your hands well and frequently 🤲🏾 Not touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unclean hands #PreventFlu

Applications for 2024 are open

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The WITS Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) has been designed to provide health practitioners with the tools to meet the modern challenges of tropical health posed by infectious diseases and human parasites.