This #mandeladay2024 our CHAMPS team reached out to a local children's home and rolled up their sleeves! Shabir Madhi Wits Faculty of Health Sciences

Today is the beginning of #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2024. #DYK that #breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival? Read more here: who.int/health-topics/…… World Health Organization (WHO) Wits Faculty of Health Sciences CHAMPS Image credit: WHO/Yoshi Shimizu

For #BreastfeedingWeek2024 Wits VIDA teams shared #health education with mothers and caregivers in collaboration with local clinics. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences CHAMPS

OPENING OF THE WITS ROY MCALPINE BURNS UNIT | Today, 26 August is the official opening of the Wits Roy McAlpine Burns Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. R 100 million has been donated for the expansion of the only public sector specialist burns unit in Gauteng.

Deadline extended! Apply for the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust PGD studentship, which is fully funded and offered in collaboration with Pwani University Deadline: September 8, 2024 Apply: shorturl.at/TqKHI Alternative link: shorturl.at/29weX

📣New publication alert! #newresearch #GBS #GlobalHealth #MaternalHealth #Vaccines Shabir Madhi Clare Cutland Wits Faculty of Health Sciences 🔗Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Did you know? Wits VIDA Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) has a regular slot on our local community radio station Jozi FM 105.8 FM, Mondays at 11:00 - Read more about CHAMPS here: wits-vida.org/work/champs-st… Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Shabir Madhi

📢Publication Alert! Read the latest findings on the NVX-CoV2373 #COVID19 💉 vaccine here: journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-… #Research #Vaccines #PublicHealth Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Shabir Madhi

Read our latest work which examines the effectiveness of a reduced pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) dosing schedule in South African children. Shabir Madhi Courtney Lottreaux Wits Faculty of Health Sciences 🔗tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Meet Dr. Shabir Madhi and Dr. Cathy Ndiaye: two committed health researchers that share a common goal of protecting people from deadly infectious diseases. One of their greatest tools? Vaccines. Read our recent TIME feature to learn more: bit.ly/3ZWaDJl

🎥 🎗️ #HealthyLifestyleAwarenessDay | Good Nutrition for Healthy Kids 🥦🍎 👋 Today at Wits VIDA, we're shining a light on the importance of good nutrition for children.

📢 Join NICD Monthly Scientific Forum for CHAMPS (Wits VIDA) 🇿🇦 findings. 🗓 Wed, 5-Mar-25 🕛 12:00-13:00PM SAST 🔬 Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into life-saving surveillance! 🩺🌍 Scan QR/click to join: zoom.us/j/99890894336?… #CHAMPS #MITS #PublicHealth

‼️Today at ⏰12:00 NICD Monthly Scientific Forum, open to public: 🔬 Learn how #MITS is uncovering causes of mortality, improving health, addressing HIV-related deaths, & shaping vaccine priorities. 🩺 #OpenScience #PublicHealth #Under5mortality

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 🦠 is a highly contagious respiratory virus that typically starts in South Africa around Feb/Mar. While it often resembles a ‘cold’, it can lead to lower respiratory tract infections, especially for infants & elderly. Share for #RSVAwareness

We’re proud to support the Group B Strep Support GBSS Virtual Conference: 14 May 2025! Experts & organizations share latest research on group B Streptococcus (GBS) prevention & care. Let’s improve outcomes for parents & babies! tinyurl.com/gbss25

Did you know that over the last 50 years, essential #vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives? (World Health Organisation (WHO), 2025) Find resources and information here: who.int/campaigns/worl… Shabir Madhi Wits Faculty of Health Sciences

Wits VIDA is proud to contribute to the CHAMPS network, featured in FORTUNE, highlighting efforts to better understand and prevent child mortality. 🔗 fortune.com/2025/05/08/gat… Shabir Madhi Wits Faculty of Health Sciences #CHAMPS #ChildHealth #GlobalHealth #WitsVIDA

🌍 On #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay, we’re proud to have conducted over 60 clinical trials over the past two decades — from life-saving vaccines to maternal and newborn health innovations. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences