CLII Archives - UCT Lung Institute

5th December 2025

Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award at 2025 World Conference on Lung Health

Prof Keertan Dheda was awarded the Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award, presented by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA), in recognition of his exceptional scientific contributions and his global leadership in the fight against tuberculosis (TB).

18th August 2025

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB

Delays by the multi-billion rand Tshiamiso Trust have meant 84% of lodged claims have not received compensation.

7th May 2025

Antibiotic Resistance

Prof K Dheda was interviewed for an article on antibiotic resistance. Read the full article.

12th March 2025

Digital Media Sociology and Interrupting Antimicrobial Resistance Amplification SARChI Chairs appointed at UCT

11 March 2025 | Story Staff Reporter. Photo Supplied. Read time 6 min. Digital Media Sociology and Interrupting Antimicrobial Resistance Amplification SARChI Chairs appointed at UCT. Click on the link to read […]

11th February 2025

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance: The Alarming Surge of Bedaquiline Resistance in South Africa

Prof Keertan Dheda, Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Cape Town and Professor of Mycobacteriology and Global Health at LSHTM, is a world leader in the field of TB diagnosis and transmission. In this interview with Dr Richard Wall, he discusses the impending threat of bedaquiline-resistant TB in South Africa and the steps required to minimise its spread.

18th December 2024

UCT’s Alan Pifer Award

Prof Dheda, head of Pulmonology and director of the Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity (CLII) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was honoured with the prestigious Alan Pifer Award at UCT’s 2024 Staff Awards.

5th November 2024

ASSAF Gold Medal Award

ASSAf annually awards ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society.

5th November 2024

Best Publication Clinical Sciences

Assoc Prof Ali Esmail, Head of the CLII Clinical Trials Unit, won Best Publication Clinical Sciences (Early Career) 2024. Click on the link to read all […]

5th November 2024

2024 National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards Celebrate Science Stars

Prof K Dheda was an award recipient in the 2024 National Research Foundation Awards.

18th December 2023

A Big Misconception About the World’s Greatest Infectious Killer

Growing up in India, which for decades has clocked millions of tuberculosis cases each year, Lalita Ramakrishnan was intimately familiar with how devastating the disease can be. The world’s greatest infectious killer, rivaled only by SARS-CoV-2, Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads through the air and infiltrates the airways, in many cases destroying the lungs.

28th November 2023

In-depth: SA’s remarkable TB clinical trial capacity

One reason why so much TB and HIV research can be done in South Africa is quite simply that we have large epidemics of both diseases here. Around 13% of South Africa’s population are living with HIV.

17th November 2023

Tuberculosis Surpasses COVID-19 as Most Deadly Infectious Disease

“Almost a third of newly ill patients with TB globally remain undetected or undiagnosed,” Dr. Keertan Dheda, professor of TB research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, wrote to The Epoch Times. This can be due to poor diagnostic techniques and difficulty accessing care.