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Research project bridges treatment gap for children with MDR-TB
“On World TB Day and during World TB month, the global community is appropriately focusing on the rapidly evolving global COVID-19 pandemic. The care of already vulnerable families and children affected by tuberculosis, including MDR-TB...
WORLD TB DAY 2020
While the world comes to grips with terms such as COVID-19, social distancing and self-isolation, let us not forget that each year, on 24 March we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day to raise public awareness about the devastating...
Our genes can make us more susceptible to TB
Tuesday (24 March) is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Profs Marlo Möller and Craig Kinnear from the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences write...
Entrepreneurs hit hard by Coronavirus – ways to stay afloat
Seraj Toefy, Custodian of Entrepreneurship at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), says that according to the Small Business Association , the average cash safety net for small businesses is estimated to last only 27 days...
COVID-19: Message from the FMHS Dean
Dear Colleagues and Students Over the past few weeks, we have experienced the increasing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on many aspects of our lives. At the same time I have witnessed the extraordinary resilience, empathy and care...
Students: SU’s arrangements for SA lock-down period
Dear StudentsThe new set of circumstances resulting from the lock-down directive by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday evening has increased the complexity of Stellenbosch University’s objective to ensure that our students can complete...
Nothing will stop Luigia from pursuing her dreams
"During the lockdown, it's difficult to imagine a time after the pandemic, but we will get through it; just take each day as it comes." These are the words from Luigia Nicholas, a postgraduate student at Stellenbosch University (SU), to...
SU chemist receives R6,9 million FLAIR grant for research on antimalarial drug development
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Dr Prinessa Chellan is one of 30 young African scientists who will receive up to £300 000 (about R 6,9 million) over the next two years as part of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Royal Society of...
COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities rare opportunity to restore trust
The COVID-19 pandemic offers municipalities a rare window of opportunity to reboot and to restore the trust and confidence of local communities, writes Dr Harlan Cloete from the School for Public Leadership in an article (Monday 11 May)...
Growing Coronavirus: UWC and SU isolate South Africa’s first Laboratory Culture Of SARS-CoV-2
While much of the scientific and medical community rushes to develop therapeutic agents for COVID-19 based on clinical data, getting a better understanding of the brand-new virus remains crucial. That's why it's so important that South...