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Male peer networks used in pioneering large-scale trial to increase uptake of HIV prevention in men
Effectively engaging men in HIV prevention remains one of the greatest challenges to driving the HIV epidemic towards elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Frank Tanser, a distinguished epidemiologist and Director: Population...
Equality Unit’s videos on social injustices in great demand
The Equality Unit (EqU) at Stellenbosch University (SU) has embarked on a visual arts social media project that addresses unfair discrimination and harassment, HIV/Aids, and other social injustices. This interactive and inclusive project...
Surviving, striving and thriving during COVID-19
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated the resilience of women in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic during its first virtual Women's Day event held recently. The event embraced the theme Coping with COVID-19...
SU researcher awarded prestigious international fellowship
Prof Nuraan Davids from the Department of Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University in...
A love for numbers opens door to the world for SU lecturer
A fascination with numbers and a penchant for problem-solving helped a quiet boy from a poor village in northern Namibia become a world-respected financial mathematician who has visited and lectured at some of the world's leading...
Gender-based violence as a human rights violation - virtual panel discussion held
The HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and the Transformation Committee of the Stellenbosch University Law Faculty hosted a well-attended virtual panel discussion on gender-based violence as a human rights violation on the 19 th of...
Behavioural change needed for municipalities to perform
Municipalities will continue to underperform, unless managers change their behaviour, writes Dr Harlan Cloete from the School of Public Leadership in an article published on Mail & Guardian's Thought Leader platform (23 August). Read the...
Building long-term immunity against COVID-19
We simply know too little about how the immune system counterattacks COVID-19 infections. Upon careful interpretation of the picture that is emerging, emeritus professor Dirk Bellstedt believes there are reasons for optimism for bringing...
#Researchforimpact: The potential of popular music archives at SU
As a scholar-archivist and archivist-scholar, Dr Lizabé Lambrechts works across a variety of domains, including heritage preservation, academic research and public interest projects. Lambrechts is a post-doctoral research fellow at the...
'Warrior Women' on the Covid-19 frontline
"When things were difficult, I took pride in the amazing team of mostly women. Strong women doing their best," said Dr Usha Lalla, an intensivist working right on the Covid-19 frontline in Tygerberg Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. "Women...