Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded an honorary doctorate to pioneering South African social scientist and epidemiologist Dr Olive Shisana on Thursday (26...

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Dr Susan Purchase from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre writes that...

World Kidney Day is marked each year on 12 March. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that a...

In 1995, Dr Scarpa Schoeman was an excited first-year medical student at Stellenbosch University. Now, three decades later, he has returned to head the medical...

A Stellenbosch University researcher focusing on the ethical priorities surrounding emerging neurotechnologies for neuropsychiatric conditions in Africa has...

Psychotic disorders remain under-researched and under-resourced across Africa, despite evidence that between 1 percent and 4.4 percent of people on the...

Personalised and timely care, the battle between cancer and the immune system, and standardised, evidence-based guidelines to tackle cervical cancer are among...

Seventy years ago, Stellenbosch University brought about a vision to create a place where the advancement of human health became the foundation on which...

Prof Novel Chegou of Stellenbosch University’s recently created Division of Immunology, which he currently leads as acting head, has been elected as a Fellow of...

Cot deaths, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), are tragic and often lack a clear medical explanation.

Findings from the Safe Passage Study (SPS), recently...