News: Health

#UP to collaborate (unemployment)- "Foundation"

The University of Pretoria (UP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dr Sam Motsuenyane Rural Development Foundation to collaborate in areas including rural development, poverty and unemployment alleviation and township economic revitalisation.

Empowering communities to beat Malaria

Malaria is a deadly, infectious disease with a complex life cycle. So complex in fact that after many years of research, scientists have still not been able to come up with a definitive solution to eradicate the disease completely.

Gender and transformation

‘It’s time for a (trans)formation that liberates trans, gender-diverse, and all people,’ say gender experts at UP’s Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender

COVID-19: Are men the weaker sex?

Along with Italian colleagues, Prof Robert Millar published a paper in the journal Neuroendocrinology about the differences between men and women.

Why manufacturing a key vaccine in South Africa is so important

South Africa has been granted a licence to manufacture one of the world’s most important vaccines. It’s the first time the country will be able to do so since the mid-1990s, and is news that will result in many positive spin-offs for the country.

Nature conservation, wildlife and biodiversity

Theranostic:See it, treat it!

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