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Call for Applications 2023: Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health - Master of Public Health - PhD

Applications Close: PGD & MPH in Public Health - 30 September 2022. These flexible, modular Programmes use e-learning as their key learning and teaching medium, accompanied by a series of webinars throughout the course of the year.

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Fragmented maternity protection in South Africa - PhD research coverage in the media

PhD candidate Catherine (Katie) Pereira-Kotze spoke to Tumelo on eNCA on Thursday 21 July 2022, about one of her PhD publications that maps out maternity protection policy in South Africa, that demonstrates the fragmentation in over 20 policy documents available.

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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022

The Food Environment Research group (a collective from Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Public Health and the DSI/NRF Center of Excellence in Food Security) at the University of the Western Cape under the leadership of Prof Rina Swart...

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Collaborative project on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa launched

The School of Public Health recently began work on two exciting aspects of a global research project focusing on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa.

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10 June 2022

Two-year retention in care for adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Ehlanzeni district, South Africa: a baseline cohort analysis

Staff inolved: Emeka F. Okonji*, Brian Van Wyk, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang

10 June 2022

Interventions to Improve Treatment Outcomes among Adolescents on Antiretroviral Therapy with Unsuppressed Viral Loads: A Systematic Review

Staff inolved: Farai Kevin Munyay*, Brian van Wyk and Yolanda Mayman

8 June 2022

Gender and COVID-19 Global Research Agenda: Priorities and Recommendations

Staff inolved: Lavanya Vijayasingham, Asha George, Claudia Lopes, Mamothena Mothupi, Jacqui Stevenson, and Michelle Remme

8 June 2022

District Governance and Improved Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in South Africa: Pathways of Change

Staff inolved: Helen Schneider, Asha George, Fidele Mukinda and Hanani Tabana

8 June 2022

Measuring Mental Wellness of Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Instruments

Staff inolved: Zaida Orth*, Faranha Moosajee and Brian Van Wyk

8 June 2022

Comparison of the Ability of Anthropometric Indices to Predict the Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in South African Males: SANHANES-1

Staff inolved: Machoene D. Sekgala*, Ronel Sewpaul, Maretha Opperman, Zandile J. Mchiza

7 June 2022

Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province

Staff inolved: Sibusiso Cyprian Nomatshila, Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda, Thandi Puoane, and Teke R. Apalata

7 June 2022

Did COVID-19-Related Alcohol Sales Restrictions Reduce Alcohol Consumption? Findings from a National Online Survey in South Africa

Staff inolved: Marieke Theron*, Rina Swart, Mukhethwa Londani, Charles Parry, Petal Petersen Williams and Nadine Harker

7 June 2022

Motivational determinants of physical activity in disadvantaged populations with (pre)diabetes: a cross-cultural comparison

Staff inolved: Jeroen De Man, Francis Xavier Kasujja, Peter Delobelle, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Pilvikki Absetz, Edwin Wouters, Meena Daivadanam, David Guwatudde, Thandi Puoane, Roy Remmen, Hanani Tabana & Josefien Van Olmen