🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Alex de Voux, Senior Lecturer, on her insightful interview in the Daily Maverick ! 📰 Dr. de Voux sheds light on the resurgence of syphilis and its implications for healthcare systems. Read her interview here: dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

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We are excited to share with you the programme line-up for the upcoming Biomedical Research & Innovation Platform (BRIP) Conference.   To attend in person, please follow this link: shorturl.at/bC9ue We look forward to welcoming you!

WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw Geneva – The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the

There's something about this Mother of the Nation that I like.

Our Uganda Principal Investigator Prof. Catriona Waitt shared exciting updates on the significant progress on the DOLPHIN3 study. During the CAB meeting, she highlighted steps taken in getting the study approvals. #DOLPHIN3 #ResearchUpdate #HealthInnovation

Celebrated epidemiologist Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim is McGill’s newest Hon Doc, Doctor of Science honoris causa. During her Convocation address, she urged graduates : “Ask bold questions. Build bridges. Stay curious. And above all, act with empathy.”

The DOLPHIN3 study team from the University of Cape Town visited IDI to finalize the Manual of Procedures and participant identification strategies. DOLPHIN3 seeks to evaluate long-acting injectable antiretrovirals for postpartum mothers compared to the oral standard of care.

Proud moments at the #DOLPHIN3 Consortium Meeting as PhD students Sihle Sithole and Shadia Nakalema presented their proposals, reinforcing the study’s commitment to capacity building and nurturing the next generation of scientists. #AtTheEquatorUG Thoko Malaba At The EQUATOR

Feedback that fuels progress! Our PhD students are grateful for the thoughtful feedback from supervisors and consortium delegates, helping them refine their research and achieve their goals. #DOLPHIN3 #AtTheEquatorUG Thoko Malaba

The #DOLPHIN3 Study South Africa Coordinator, Siphesihle Mandisa Sithole, presenting an overview of the UCT Manual of Procedures (MOP) outlining key operational guidance to ensure consistency, quality, and coordination across the study site.

Sihle also emphasized standardized processes, staff roles, and data flow that underpin effective study implementation. #AtTheEquatorUG Thoko Malaba

Had it been the ANC ruining Cape Town with so many foreigners buying up property and pricing out the locals, the DA would be yapping & complaining every chance they get But since this atrocity is all happening under the DA, they are dead quiet coz they have no one else to blame.

It's a hard-knock life in Cape Town 🥴

The great irony is that, as deeply racialised as South Africa is, none of the public objection to Starlink has anything to do with his race and everything to do with who he has revealed himself to be. Jeff Bezos, also white, also American, also male, also seeking to enter the

Phumzile Van Damme This analysis nails it. The Musk situation exposes something critical about South African political culture that many foreign actors fundamentally misunderstand: we don’t respond to American-style racial grievance politics because our context is entirely different. Musk assumed

"Thank you,Mr Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. One of my favourite books is Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office. This is in response to what you told me earlier in the morning when you urged me to be a good example to the girls,the younger ones who are doing their

Hands Off Gen. Mkhwanazi! A society that doesn’t protect whistleblowers is doomed to become a mafia state! They have already killed Babita. What do you think they will do to Mkhwanazi? He must be shielded from all petty, egotistical, pompous & parasitic attacks! All who try

We will soon find ourselves with scores dead, displaced masses, high energy and food prices and retrenchments while deep within a global recession. The role of government is clear and important. Fancy phrases and partnerships won’t work. Government will have to do the hard work.

Lu for Alaska It did not become zoonotic with human to human transmission until the mid 1990s. "After a single introduction of ANDV from a rodent reservoir into the human population, transmission was driven by 3 symptomatic persons who attended crowded social events. After 18 cases were