2024 at a glance

Valuing Our Stories

The Faculty of Health Sciences is embarking on a project called Valuing Our Stories. Part of this journey is to locate stories in the broader story of the University of Cape Town, and especially in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

UCT Inaugural Lectures - Health Sciences

An overview of UCT Inaugural Lectures presented by Health Sciences professors.

Celebrating our latest ad hominem promotions for 2025

Congratulations on this career milestone.

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Health Sciences Students' Council

Meet the newly appointed undergraduate HSSC members as elected by the undergraduate student body.

Highlights of 2024

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FHS Research News

Professor Emerita Valerie Mizrahi elected to prestigious US academy

Professor Emerita Valerie Mizrahi, world-renowned tuberculosis (TB) researcher and senior academic at UCT has been elected as an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

From research to impact: How VACFA is transforming vaccine policy in Africa

This year’s World Immunization Week, a global public health campaign, is themed: “Immunization for all is humanly possible”.

UCT prioritises end-of-life care with novel project

As the need for palliative care increases in South Africa, a novel, community-focused initiative is set to completely transform how healthcare workers approach and handle patients and their families in need of critical end-of-life care

Effective couple communication alters diabetes care, health outcomes

According to a research study conducted by academics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), good communication between two partners improves self-diabetes management, which improves overall health outcomes.

Address SA’s adolescent vaping catastrophe

As the vaping crisis intensifies among teens in South Africa, public health researchers have urged government to urgently implement the Tobacco Products & Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill to avoid a national vaping epidemic.

Tackling the challenges of tuberculosis in South Africa

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health threat. To commemorate World TB Day, we spotlight a few examples of cutting-edge TB research at UCT.

Turn PEPFAR funding freeze crisis into opportunity

The withdrawal of United States (US) president’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) support in South Africa is devastating. But it is possible to turn this crisis into an opportunity says Professor Linda-Gail Bekker.

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Photo galleries

Student aoth-taking and prize-giving 2025

Student Oath-taking and prize-giving 2024

[PHOTO GALLERY] This year’s prize-giving and oath-taking ceremony took place on 29 November 2024 in the Sarah Baartman Hall to a radiant, ecstatic and celebratory crowd of students and their loved ones who attended.

So long to our retirees

[PHOTO GALLERY] On 8 November 2024 the faculty held an appreciation function for its 2024 cohort of retirees.

Celebrating Africa Day

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FHS Fun Day

[PHOTO GALLERY] Bringing together student mentors and first-year students from various academic programs to relax and connect with their peers in a fun and casual setting.