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Fitbone Surgery

Medicine and health

Tygerberg-SU surgeons first to perform novel limb reconstruction in South Africa

A team of orthopaedic surgeons at Tygerberg Hospital recently achieved a South African first when they performed an innovative limb reconstruction surgery that...

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Marieke van der Zalm

Awards and milestones

Van der Zalm awarded EDCTP’s Female Scientific Leadership Prize for sub-Saharan Africa

Paediatrics and Child Health Associate Professor Marieke van der Zalm of the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre (DTTC) is this year’s recipient of the Female...

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HeartWorks

Arts, languages and social sciences

HeartWorks: Fine arts and biomedical students reconsider the human heart

When thinking about the human heart, how can artists represent this multi-faceted organ to include all its complexities? Can art represent the heart both...

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Prof Regan Solomons from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health photographed delivering his inaugural lecture

Institutional news

Prof Regan Solomons helps save lives of children with tuberculous meningitis

Prof Regan Solomons from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Tygerberg Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch...

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A diverse group of medical practitioners talking at a healthcare facility

Media release

Primary care providers need stronger support to deliver mental health services

In South Africa, up to nine out of ten patients with mental health disorders do not receive treatment or have access to mental healthcare programmes. Primary...

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Students doing a home visit in Knoflokskraal

Impact

Theewaterskloof InReach: Multi-sector collaboration brings vital services to rural communities

Last week, partners from government, universities, and the public and private sectors descended on the Theewaterskloof sub-district to deliver health, wellness...

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Booze

Medicine and health

New study highlights role of fathers’ drinking in foetal alcohol spectrum disorder

It's a well-known fact that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in children is caused by mothers who drink during pregnancy. But it turns out that the...

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MMLC

Media release

Stellenbosch University launches Africa's most advanced Medical Morphology Learning Centre

Stellenbosch University (SU) today officially opened the Medical Morphology Learning Centre (MMLC), establishing Africa's largest and most technologically...

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Operation Maties Bikes

Impact

Operation Maties Bikes boosts activity and mobility in rural communities

When Stellenbosch University's (SU) transport department began renewing its bicycle fleet, Dr Leslie van Rooi, SU Senior Director of Social Impact and...

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Prof Louis Jenkins

Awards and milestones

Prof Louis Jenkins receives international medical award

When Professor Louis Jenkins received an email announcing he'd won a prestigious international award for 'Excellence in Health Care', his first instinct was to...

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