The Springboks honoured leading Sisonke COVID-19 trial principal investigators Professor Glenda Gray and Professor Linda-Gail Bekker for their commitment to fighting the pandemic and assisting South African Sport through the height of the crisis by including them in the traditional pre-match team photo in Cape Town on Friday.
- In South Africa, the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic is gradually subsiding. The highly contagious omicron variant was discovered here six months ago. It's now winter in Johannesburg, yet the infection numbers are decreasing and the situation is normalizing.
- Male voices dominated South African Covid-19 reporting: that has to change
- The Non-communicable Disease Research Unit (NCDRU) is pleased to announce the launch of the website of the FoodSAMSA project, which goes live on the 27th June 2022.
- Multimorbidity refers to the situation where an individual is living with two or more chronic diseases. It has become a global research priority, yet relatively little is known about it in low- and middle-income countries. South Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide but also has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases; potentially leading to uncommon disease combinations.