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Forgotten diseases hit poorest billion hardest during pandemic

A new Lancet Commission report shows for the first time that non-communicable diseases and injuries (NCDI) cause more death and disability at every age among the world’s poorest billion than in wealthy countries. These conditions a

Emergency medicine team rises above the challenges

A tightly knit team of University of Cape Town (UCT) emergency medicine specialists have overcome multiple challenges and set up a dynamic system to cope with the wave of COVID-19 patients at the busy Mitchells Plain District Hospital and the Heideveld

Running into COVID-19 chaos

Starting a new job is always somewhat stressful. Starting a new job in emergency medicine on the brink of a pandemic? Well, that’s a different kettle of fish entirely. For the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Lauren Lai King, ho

Faculty staff assist with the new ‘Hospital of Hope’

Several UCT colleagues from the Faculty of Health Sciences are involved with ‘Hospital of Hope’, including emergency medicine, family medicine and the PHC directorate:

Open up access to advance healthcare

Within a context categorised by an already small emergency medicine research output, one in six African emergency care publications is inaccessible to African researchers.

A first for water safety in South Africa

On average there are 200 drownings per year in the Western Cape, with children under five years of age most at risk.

Study reveals the obstacles mothers face in getting help for their critically ill children

Researchers interviewed caregivers of 252 children who were admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, as well as the caregivers of 30 children who died prior to PICU admission.

Why emergency care in Africa needs to become a specialised course

Few African emergency centres are able to provide comprehensive emergency care because they are staffed by general practitioners.

Neglected pandemic kills 5.8 million a year

"No-one talks about it or studies it; it's not part of the Millennium Development Goals; there are no global funds fighting it; and the World Health Organisation has devoted few resources to it," said Wallis in his inaugural lecture on 2

From emergency medicine to five-star winemaking

Professor Lee Wallis, is an expert in more than his field. He has just picked up a five-star award for winemaking in the new John Platter South African Wine Guide 2009 for the Dunstone Shiraz 2008.