5th November 2024
ASSAf annually awards ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society.
5th November 2024
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
The Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity unit boasts with the following achievements at the Department of Medicine’s Annual Research Symposium Exceptional presentations by Dr Tahlia […]
5th November 2024
Prof K Dheda was an award recipient in the 2024 National Research Foundation Awards.
12th June 2024
Have you ever wondered if Rooibos herbal tea will make any difference?
18th December 2023
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
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.
7th July 2023
Many South Africans are
suffering from debilitating
symptoms long after
contracting the virus, a
condition not well
understood by the public or
health professionals, who
are searching for answers,
writes Claire Keeton
18th March 2023
The study by the US National Institute of Health and the South African Medical Research Council embarked on a case finding of undiagnosed TB in Mitchells Plain and Klipfontein in Cape Town.
Ntsika Majiba from The Argus recently caught up with the researchers for an interview.
11th March 2023
The fight against TB continues.
And health professionals are making strides in monitoring and identifying new cases.
A study conducted in Mitchell’s Plain and Klipfontein utilises a low-cost scalable mobile mini-clinic, operated by two health care workers. The clinics portable battery-operated DNA-based diagnostics tools are used to identify or track active. This replaces the older smear-microscopy diagnostic methodology.
Professor Keertan Dheda from the University of Cape Town and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins me now live to tell us more about this.
28th February 2023
The paper discussed in today's episode: Assessing Pretomanid for Tuberculosis (APT), a Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Pretomanid-containing Regimens for Drug-sensitive TB: 12-Week Results
31st January 2023
CapeTalks Lunch with Pippa Hudson recent Health and Wellness topic was Vaping and Teens. Pippa spoke to Prof. Richard van Zyl-Smith - A pulmonologist and Principal Investigator at the renowned UCT Lung Institute.
27th January 2023
According to the World Health Organization, of the roughly 10 million people who fall ill with TB annually, over 80% survive.
Unfortunately, as with long Covid, being cured of TB is not always the last hurdle and many people go on to struggle with post-TB lung disease.
Tiyese Jeranji asked local experts about this sometimes-neglected area of TB care.
24th January 2023
In 2022, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.
Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.
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.
27th September 2022
5th September 2022
TB experts elated as new drug cocktail cuts therapy and reduces side effects
Drug-resistant TB remains a public health threat in SA with a cure rate of just more than 50% for MDR and 27% for XDR.
13th June 2022
HIV has seen large increases in TB cases in the last few decades. Watch UCT's head of Pulmonology and Respiratory Services, Professor Keertan Dheda discuss this with eNCA's Gareth Edwards. Courtesy of #DStv403
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
7th April 2022
UCT Lung Institute prides itself in having a strong partnership with the community we serve
30th March 2022
Professor Keertan Dheda, head of the University of Cape Town’s Division of Pulmonology, and of Respiratory Services speaks to Spotlight
24th March 2022
World TB Day is commemorated on March 24 to build the fight toward ending the global epidemic of TB
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
22nd October 2021
Health24 – 22 October 2021 Amid the highest recorded pollen counts in history, Health24 will be bringing you exclusive pollen count updates courtesy of the UCT […]
11th October 2021
Health24 – 11th October 2021 Amid the highest recorded pollen counts in history, Health24 will be bringing you exclusive pollen count updates courtesy of the UCT […]
30th September 2021
Facebook – Gershawn Coetzee – 14 September 2021 TALKING VACCINES TRIAL PHASE – CHILDREN 21:00 DStv 263 with Allergologist / Paediatrician Dr. Thulja Trikamjee Thulja Trikamjee […]
21st September 2021
The Real Pollen Count – 21 September 2021 How are pollen levels, climate, pollution and Covid-19 related? The Air We Breathe webinar took place on 21 […]
17th September 2021
Facebook – Gershawn Coetzee – 17 September 2021 We talk Vaccinations and Trials (children) with Allergologist and Specialist Paediatrician Dr. Thulja Trikamjee #TimeOutWithGC DStv 263 Thulja […]
10th September 2021
Facebook – Dr Fundile Nyati – 10 September 2021 Thulja Trikamjee is a specialist Paediatrician and Allergologist from the University of Cape Town. She shares ways […]
27th August 2021
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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 […]
12th August 2021
Thursday, 12 August 2021
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) […]
29th April 2021
spotlight – 29th April 2021 | Tiyese Jeranji South Africa’s first National TB Prevalence Survey (findings of which were published earlier this year) found that in […]
14th April 2021
spotlight – 14th April 2021 | Tiyese Jeranji After various delays and setbacks, new, less toxic, short-course tuberculosis (TB) prevention therapy is finally being launched in […]
12th April 2021
Sunday Times DAILY – Tanya Farber – 12 April 2021 – 19:45 Relax when outdoors, say experts, with Irish analysis revealing that only one in 1,000 […]
28th March 2021
eNCA – Mar 28, 2021 COVID-19 has sidelined the testing and treatment for other infectious diseases like Tubercolosis. Health experts fear the focus on COVID-19 may […]
26th March 2021
YAHOO NEWS – REUTERS – Wendell Roelf – Fri, March 26, 2021, 6:03 PM CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Parked on the roadside next to a graveyard […]
25th March 2021
Times LIVE – Sipokazi Fokazi – 25 March 2021 – 08:00 The year 2020 has become synonymous with Covid-19, but a new report by the WHO […]
24th March 2021
eNCA – 24 Mar 2021 Professor Keertan Dheda, Head of the Division of Pulmonology at UCT, spoke with eNCA’s Dan Moyane. Courtesy of #DStv403 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmg2Dz9TJQo
24th March 2021
Are efforts to contain COVID-19 jeopardising our chances of ending the TB crisis? T-SPOT.TB – 24 March 2021 While the coronavirus itself may be a global […]
4th March 2021
04 March 2021 | Story Niémah Davids. Read time 6 min. The lungs are one of the organs hardest hit by COVID-19, and in some cases the […]
15th February 2021
Sunday Times Daily – Claire Keeton – 15 February 2021 – 20:28 This feels like an unexpected bonus of being a volunteer South Africans on the […]
10th February 2021
CHANNEL AFRICA | AFRICAN DIALOGUE – Published Feb 10, 2021, 1PM South Africa’s Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, says that the roll-out of South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination […]
13th January 2021
Herald LIVE – By Raahil Sain and Riaan Marais – 13 January 2021 Anti-parasite agent flying off shelves despite official health warnings Despite official health warnings […]
7th January 2021
Sunday Times Daily – Claire Keeton – 07 January 2021 – 18:53 Oxford-AstraZeneca will be easier and cheaper to roll out in SA than many of […]
24th December 2020
SABC News – Dec 22, 2020 Nine months into the fight against the coronavirus pandemic South Africa’s cases stand at 930 711 with the national death […]
20th December 2020
Sunday Times – 20 December 2020 – 00:57 By Paul Ash, Naledi Shange, Tanya Farber and Nonkululeko Njilo Concern over new variant of Covid-19 as professional […]
10th December 2020
NEWS24 – Ntwaagae Seleka – 10 December 2020 Protective facial masks used by many medical practitioners are not safe. A study conducted on 12 brands of […]
4th November 2020
19th October 2020 | Amy Green If the world had forgotten the importance of vaccines, COVID-19 has served as a stark reminder. Less than a year […]
21st October 2020
King’s Events – 21 October 2020, 14:00 to 15:30 Panelists OB Sisay OBE, Gambia Country Head and Senior Global COVID-19 Adviser at the Tony Blair Institute […]
13th October 2020
By Amy Green for Spotlight • 19 October 2020 In recent months, the world has seen unprecedented investment in new vaccines. Yet, while a Covid-19 vaccine […]
9th September 2020
Daylymotion – 27 August 2020 Thulja Trikamjee is a specialist Paediatrician and Allergologist from the University of Cape Town. She shares ways to treat allergies. Please […]
4th September 2020
EWN | Kevin Brandt | 04 September 2020 Researchers said 1,783 participants had so far been enrolled in the randomised control trial nationally. CAPE TOWN – Participant […]
1st September 2020
Health24 | Updated 01 September 2020 SA has been consolidating its place in the race towards a Covid-19 vaccine, with its involvement in three international clinical […]
31st August 2020
SABC News – 31 August 2020 Scientists at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town have started a new trial to investigate the potential to repurpose […]
31st August 2020
eNCA – 31 August 2020 A locally conceived COVID-19 drug trial has started at the University of Cape Town’s Lung Institute. Keertan Dheda, Professor of Respiratory […]
28th August 2020
BusinessTech | Staff Writer | 28 August 2020 Coronavirus: Global Covid-19 infections have hit 24.2 million confirmed, with the death toll reaching 826,000. In South Africa, […]
14th August 2020
Eyewitness News – Mia Lindeque | 14 August 2020 Dr Gray said that before the end of August, a second vaccine trial would be rolled out followed […]
11th August 2020
The Union, 11 August 2020 Partner sponsored content The Union presents a series of special webinar sessions, organised and paid for by our partners to showcase […]
9th April 2020
Health24 | Updated 09 April 2020 The age-old BCG vaccine is currently being trialled in Australia to see if it could lessen the impact of Covid-19 […]
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 […]
8th November 2019
SAMRC 50th GALA Event – 07 November 2019 – CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria Cape Town | The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) will tonight honour […]
19th September 2019
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-08-22-uct-lung-institute-says-cheers-to-20-years
29th July 2019
27th July 2019
23rd April 2019
Dr Phindile Gina has been selected as one of the 2019 WhiteSci Travel Award winners. The award of R7,500 will make a significant contribution towards the costs […]
18th April 2019
Researchers from the University of Cape Town have found that the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera could potentially increase women’s risk of contracting TB. A breakthrough study by […]
15th April 2019
A breakthrough study conducted by Professor Keertan Dheda and Dr Michele Tomasicchio, at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, has […]
18th October 2018
Professor Dheda interviewed on eNCA, 18 October 2018.
25th September 2018
The story of Goodman Mkhanda In the world of tuberculosis it is often said that ‘it takes a village to cure TB’, and in the case […]
19th September 2018
17th September 2018
Photo: Prof. Tanner, Prof. Keertan Dheda, Dr Simão Prof Dheda was presented with the Scientific Leadership Prize at the EDCTP opening ceremony of the Ninth Forum […]
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 […]
24th March 2018
A breakthrough South African study may change the course of vaccine research for the world’s number one infectious-disease killer: tuberculosis (TB). While a new vaccine has […]
23rd March 2018
Prof Keertan Dheda interviewed on eNCA, 23 March 2018
20th March 2018
Prof Keertan Dheda interviewed on Medecins Sans Frontieres South Africa
25th September 2017
The Ultra’s combination of a lower limit of detection and ability to find dead bacilli after starting TB therapy vastly improves sensitivity compared to other tests, […]
13th September 2017
SABC Expresso, 13 September 2017
22nd August 2017
Another amazing accomplishment for the Lung Infection and Immunity Unit at this year’s South African Thoracic Society Congress as four of the units scientists won awards. […]
7th August 2017
At a glance, the symptoms of a cold and allergy appear similar. You’ll have a runny nose, nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, post-nasal drip, conjunctivitis and a […]
29th March 2017
Primary healthcare practitioners call it their bible. You’ll find a well-thumbed copy of the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) in clinics all over South Africa. […]
25th March 2017
The rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) threatens to derail decades of progress in the fight against the disease, experts warn in a new report published in […]
25th 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
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
TB kills more people every year than any other infectious disease, including AIDS, claims the report. New Delhi: Global rise of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threatens to derail […]
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 […]
22nd March 2017
London (Reuters) – Rising rates of superbug tuberculosis (TB) are threatening to derail decades of progress against the contagious disease, experts said on Thursday, and new […]
12th March 2017
They’re being given greater powers to treat patients because there is a shortage of doctors. Al Jazeera, 12 March 2017
7th February 2017
The rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis has taken a new, horrifying turn. According to scientists, as a result of patients not finishing their treatments for tuberculosis (TB), […]
1st May 2014
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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 […]
17th March 2014
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23rd November 2013
In his address to MRC award and grant winners at a prestigious ceremony in Cape Town, outgoing MRC Chairperson Professor Lizo Mazwai described the South African […]
31st October 2013
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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 […]