18th December 2024
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.
9th March 2023
“Rapid treatment initiation remains the most effective way of rendering patients non-infectious. Thus, the XACT case finding strategy could be linked to new advances in TB treatment characterised by shortening of treatment regimens for both drug-sensitive and resistant TB”, said Dheda, PI.
8th November 2022
John Maytham spoke to pulmonologist and researcher based at the University of Cape Town, Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit, about the smoking habits of teenagers.
3rd November 2022
A South African public health expert has called on authorities to increase efforts to find tuberculosis (TB) cases instead of waiting for patients to arrive at clinics when they are already at risk of dying.
Sipokazi Fokazi from Times Live reports.
19th October 2022
Prof. Keertan Dheda - Director of the Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity at the University of Cape Town - was recently a guest on SAfm, The Talking Point.
26th May 2022
Prof Rodney Dawson speaks to Refilwe Moloto about a new trial involving BTZ-043
25th May 2022
Are you interested in taking part in a COVID-19 research study? Participants are required for the Covidity vaccine.
19th May 2022
BTZ-043 was profiled in an early phase development study at the UCTLI, sponsored by the EDCTP and German funds in 2019
29th April 2022
UCT Lung Institute in partnership with Novartis and the Department of Health launched a ‘lab-in-a-cab’ mobile TB clinic
28th April 2022
Prof Rod Dawson, Managing Director of the UCT Lung Institute attends the handover of two Ford Custom Transporter vehicles from Mekor Ford Claremont
30th March 2022
Professor Keertan Dheda, head of the University of Cape Town’s Division of Pulmonology, and of Respiratory Services speaks to Spotlight
26th March 2022
There was a significant reduction in tuberculosis (TB) testing and case detection across South Africa in the past two years
26th March 2022
TB is still a major problem in South Africa, mostly in the third world, but it can be cured, provided you get treatment
24th March 2022
Watch this special programme featuring TB champions and medical specialists on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, 24 March
24th March 2022
A recently published study by academics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) has signaled a paradigm shift in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
24th March 2022
24th March 2022
Tuberculosis has killed more than 1.5 million people globally and South Africa saw 61 000 deaths in 2020
23rd March 2022
The global tuberculosis burden remains substantial, with more than 10 million people newly ill per year
22nd March 2022
In many African countries, there were more deaths from tuberculosis than from COVID-19
10th January 2022
The first to study the efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV
13th August 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021 – 15:55 SAMRC Cape Town | A study funded by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has revealed that a novel […]
15th July 2021
TimesLive | Sunday Times | Sipokazi Fokazi | 15 July 2021 – 16:59 New three-drug regimen cuts treatment of drug-resistant TB down to six months, while […]
24th June 2021
10th June 2021
UCT News | 10 June 2021 | Byline Linda-Gail Bekker, Glenda Gray, Ameena Goga, Nigel Garrett, Lara Fairall, Ian Sanne, Fatima Mayat, Jacquee Odhiambo, Simba Tavuka. […]
8th June 2021
8 June 2021 | Issue 59 There is a Setswana proverb that goes Motho ke Motho ka batho. In isiZulu, it goes umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu. As we commemorated […]
19th May 2021
UCT News | 19 May 2021 | Niémah Davids The ground-breaking XACT Model project, which seeks to advance community-based active case finding (ACF) of tuberculosis (TB) […]
17th May 2021
17 May 2021 | Story Niémah Davids. Read time 7 min. The ground-breaking XACT Model project, which seeks to advance community-based active case finding (ACF) of tuberculosis (TB) […]
24th March 2020
4th March 2020
Zakiyah Ebrahim | Health24 | 04 Mar 2020, 11:08 Since January 2020, the outbreak of the virus which causes Covid-19, has had the world in a […]
22nd February 2020
By Aisha Abdool Karim – February 21, 2020 Masks used by South African doctors and nurses are also being used to fend off […]
13th January 2020
20th November 2019
13th November 2019
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11th October 2019
4th October 2019
1st October 2018
Umthombo Magazine features research stories from across universities New diagnostics tools for TB meningitis See the interactive Umthombo magazine here Download the PDF version
28th September 2018
The University of Cape Town’s top scientific minds dominated at this year’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards ceremony, accounting for 11 of the 37 academics honoured […]
17th July 2018
TB meningitis is a major cause of death in Southern Africa. Early diagnosis is the key to improving the health outcomes of this disease, but the […]
12th July 2018
A NEW unit has been established at UCT to probe the ramifications of antibiotic resistance. A first for South Africa, the unit aims to address the […]
13th June 2018
Professor Keertan Dheda of the University of Cape Town says health care workers need to go and look for undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients. He has spoken […]
13th September 2017
SABC Expresso, 13 September 2017
15th June 2017
Professor Keertan Dheda, head of the Division of Pulmonology in UCT’s Department of Medicine, recently delivered a keynote address at the 2017 American Thoracic Society Conference […]
24th March 2017
New antibiotics are becoming available for the first time but without accurate diagnostics, clear treatment guidelines, and improved control efforts, their effectiveness could be rapidly lost […]
24th March 2017
There are no state-funded facilities for people living with incurable TB to spend the rest of their lives safely. New tuberculosis (TB) infections have declined around […]
24th March 2017
The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has resulted in scientists taking a more aggressive and urgent approach to research into the development of the disease. As […]
24th March 2017
Analysis By Keertan Dheda, University of Cape Town The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis has resulted in scientists taking a more aggressive and urgent approach to […]
23rd March 2017
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23rd March 2017
Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly resistant to drugs worldwide which threatens to derail decades of progress, a report warns. Although new antibiotics are becoming available for the […]
27th February 2017
Being an asthmatic shouldn’t hold you back from being a great sportsman – just look at Michael Phelps and David Beckham. But, as with all treatable […]
9th February 2017
Tuberculosis has killed more than a billion people over the last two centuries. A new UCT-led study had the myriad undiagnosed cases of the highly infectious […]
17th December 2016
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E-news, 17 December 2016
15th March 2016
Test enables a diagnosis in 20 minutes and earlier anti TB treatment A rapid, and simple to use, low-cost urine sample to test for TB at […]
16th October 2015
At a ceremony on Tuesday 13 October, UCT announced the names of six new fellows – permanent academic staff who are being recognised by UCT Council […]
12th August 2014
Teamwork: Dr Rod Dawson (right) and his team of (from left) Thami Mlonyeni, Bernie Isaacs, Michelle Evreva, Dr Kim Narunsky, Gloria Vusani, Lizette Rooi, and Suraya […]
3rd June 2014
UCT is delighted that one of its academics, Prof Keertan Dedha, is the 2014 recipient of the Oppenheimer Fellowship, the Oppenheimer Trust’s premier award with a […]
31st May 2014
UCT researchers have been nominated for BHP Billiton Awards for their work in the fight against tuberculosis, from using satellite tracking to identify “super spreaders”, to […]
28th May 2014
“Sometimes I ask myself, why me? Why did this have to happen again?” says 31-year-old Andile from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, South Africa. “But […]
21st May 2014
Eleven UCT researchers have been selected as finalists for the prestigious NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards for 2013/14. The national awards celebrate outstanding contributions to Science, Engineering, Technology […]
22nd March 2014
A sampling device identifies ‘superspreaders’ who cough up live TB bacteria A face mask with satellite-tracking will show where patients go in the community The team […]
22nd January 2014
The spread of a virtually untreatable form of tuberculosis in South Africa is being fueled by the release of infected patients into the general community, according […]
17th January 2014
Long-term treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are unknown. We followed up a cohort of patients to address knowledge gaps. Download article The […]
31st October 2013
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6th June 2013
Download article Cape Argus, 3 June 2013 Download article Die Burger, 6 June 2013
26th April 2013
The new technology, which was unveiled at Groote Schuur Hospital for teh first time in Africa yesterday, is a minimal brochoscopic procedure that heats the wall […]
12th April 2013
Watch this informative video as uploaded to YouTube by EDCTP.
23rd January 2013
Three new top appointments at UCT’s Department of Medicine – all black staff – are proof that the university is well on its way to becoming […]
23rd November 2011
Keertan Dheda interviewed on SAFM
1st September 2011
UCT won no less than three nominations – more than any other institution – when the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) recently recognised […]
8th June 2011
Malika Davids, a doctoral student in UCT’s Lung Infection and Immunity Unit in the Department of Medicine, certainly had her fellow delegates sitting up and taking […]
10th May 2011
Radio Interview with Prof Keertan Dheda on SAFM
4th May 2011
Prof Keertan Dheda interviewed on SABC
15th April 2011
Splinternuwe masjiene wat vir die eerste keer middelweerstandige tuberkulose (MDR-TB) in staatshospitale kan diagnoseer,isdeurdiedepartementvangesondheid aangekoop. Download article Die Burger, 15 April 2011
13th November 2010
Dr Keertan Dheda, Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Cape Town, is the recipient of the 2010 Union Scientific Award, bestowed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD). The annual global award honours a researcher under the age of 45 who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of tuberculosis and/or lung disease.
1st November 2010
Recent unprecedented efforts have led to an expanded tuberculosis diagnostic pipeline, and, in September, publication of the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF in a large multicentre trial […]
21st September 2010
UCT researchers have shown that health workers in South Africa are contracting extensively drug-resistent tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the most serious form of the disease that is extremely […]
13th September 2010
The controversial question of whether or not to incarcerate patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis came under the spotlight at a workshop held at the Faculty of Health […]
14th May 2010
TB is the most common serious opportunistic infection that HIV-positive South Africans contract. TB patients who are tested for HIV can be put on antiretroviral treatment […]
1st May 2010
Data from Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, suggest that almost all patients with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are HIV-positive, with a fatal outcome. Since, there are few […]
1st May 2010
Although progress has been made to reduce global incidence of drug-susceptible tuberculosis, the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis during the past decade […]
1st March 2010
The Lung Infection and Immunity Unit of the University of Cape Town would like to join with the rest of the world in commemorating World TB […]
26th October 2009
New findings by UCT’s Dr Richard van Zyl-Smit could up-end some widely-held tenets of tuberculosis testing. Based at the Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Van Zyl-Smit, […]
26th October 2009
Three specialists at UCT’s Lung Infection and Immunity Unit have won substantial US fellowships for their doctoral studies on tuberculosis. Download article Monday Paper, 26 October […]
23rd October 2009
Skin testing for tuberculosis, the current method used in South Africa as well as in the UK and Canada is being questioned by a top UCT […]