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Appointment of Professor Mashiko Setshedi as Head of the Department of Medicine
The UCT Faculty of Health Sciences and Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) are delighted to share that Professor Mashiko Setshedi, a joint employee of UCT and GSH, has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Medicine
UCT Valedictory Lecture of Professor Ntobeko Ntusi - 22 May 2024
View recording of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi's Valedictory Lecture
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Annual UCT Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture
Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a professor at Stellenbosch University, holding the South African National Research Foundation Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma.
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Ethical & Legal Considerations
Dr Petro Wessels speaks on the ethical and legal considerations in transfusion medicine...
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Annual Research Symposium 2024
The Department of Medicine Annual Research Symposium 9-10 October 2024 has issued this Report on a very successful event.
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HIV-Associated Tuberculosis Publication
Untreated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection markedly increases the risk of tuberculosis, which remains the most common cause of hospitalization and death globally among people with HIV infection
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A Global Health Strategy for Africa
Dear Staff and Student Colleagues
You are invited to the second iteration of the Global Health lecture series where Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the incumbent vice-president at the UN Foundation, will be the keynote speaker.
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Why people stop taking their HIV treatment and what we can do about it
Stopping antiretroviral treatment when you are living with HIV can result in increased HIV transmission, illness, hospitalisation, and eventually death.
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