The E2D collaboration aims to support and build capacity for health and social care decision-making. It will deliver timely and responsive evidence production and translation for efficient, effective and equitable health services and...

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Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are being left behind. There is a need for early detection, identification and intervention. Disability must be a key part of early childhood development policies.

Paediatrics and Child Health Associate Professor Marieke van der Zalm of the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre is this year’s recipient of the Female Scientific Leadership Prize for sub-Saharan Africa. The prize is awarded by the European &...

Dr Zara Trafford received a prestigious Wellcome Early-Career Award. To date, she is the only SU recipient of this specific grant. Her project focuses on disabled young people in low-resource communities.

Infectious disease specialist Prof Jean B Nachega has been appointed full professor of Infectious Diseases and part-time Director of the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI). Nachega previously served as the founding director of the Faculty...

A team of orthopaedic surgeons at Tygerberg Hospital recently achieved a South African first when they performed an innovative limb reconstruction surgery that has only been done a handful of times in the world. The team of surgeons, also...

E-learning and the use of technology to facilitate learning The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has a strong focus on the use of modern technology to facilitate learning and has been at the forefront of implementing some educational...

Strengthening health systems across Africa and Asia The Faculty is participating in the African Regional Capacity Development for Health Services and Systems Research, or ARCADE, funded by the European Union. It is coordinated by Karolinska...

In a country as diverse as South Africa doctors and health care professionals should be able to communicate meaningfully and intelligibly in the language of the patient's choice and demonstrate cultural sensitivity towards patients. This...